News Archive
2004
Browse through the following news items to find out what was new from Macmillan Business English in 2004
November 2004
Train for CerTEB with Mark Powell
Train with Mark Powell at International Languages Institute in Budapest for the London Chamber of Commerce Certificate in Teaching English for Business (CertTEB). Owing to extra demand we're offering a third course this year from 26th November to 3rd December.
For more details e-mail info@ili.huor log on to www.teachertraining.hu.
November 12-14 2004
17th IATEFL/BESIG International Conference, Vienna, Austria
Over 350 teachers from more than 20 countries attended the conference.Paul Emmerson gave a fascinating talk on Improving Email Writing Skills which covered practical ideas for working on email writing with students. Activities from Email English were used to illustrate his points.The Macmillan Business English stand was overwhelmed with teachers.
September 2004
In Company Elementary Wordlists now available
To coincide with the recent launch of In Company Elementary, we have published the Elementary Wordlists for you to download. These resources feature useful words and expressions taken from each unit of the Elementary Student's Book.
Take a look at the In Company wordlists by clicking here
August 2004
In Company Elementary now available
In Company Elementary reflects the need for learners at this level to build a strong grammatical foundation, increase their lexical range and acquire communicative strategies for both professional and social situations. Learners progress through 20 units, which steadily build up language skills for basic survival, obtaining and sharing information, socialising and business travel.
Please click here for more In Company information.
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In Company Upper intermediate Teacher's Book now available
The In Company Upper intermediate Teacher's Book is now available. To find out more about In Company, please Click here.
To coincide with this, we have published four new photocopiable worksheets for you to download and use with your students. Like the other levels, these will be updated every month and the previous worksheets will be added to the archive.
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Train with Mark Powell
An opportunity to train for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Certificate in Teaching English for Business (LCCI CertTEB) with Mark Powell, author of Macmillan's bestselling In Company Intermediate and Upper intermediate. This practical, fast-paced and competitively priced 50-hour course is held over 8 days at the purpose-built International Languages Institute near Budapest, Hungary. The dates of the course in August are 5th-12th inclusive.
For further details contact the International Languages Institute on 36-28-511366 or e-mail them on info@ili.hu.
July 2004
BRAZ-TESOL
19th-22nd July 2004, Belo Horizonte
Mark Powell will be presenting a talk entitled 'English at the speed of thought: Macmillan's In Company' at this year's Brazil conference. There will also be a talk by one of Macmillan's online editors, Bryan Fletcher presenting 'Internet-supported teaching: practical ideas for English teachers'.
For more information about the conference, please visit
http://www.braz-tesol.org.br/
April 2004
IATEFL
13th-17th April 2004, Liverpool
Mark Powell spoke to a packed audience on 'The secret language of business'. His session focused on practical classroom activities to hone the 'softer', subtler business skills such as email, the telephone and 'off the record' conversations in bars, taxis, restaurants, office corridors, departure lounges etc.
All participants were given a free copy of the new In Company Upper intermediate level and came away stimulated with ideas they were able to use immediately in the classroom.
Mark Powell presenting 'The secret language of business'
Macmillan at IATEFL
Paul Emmerson delivered an interesting talk on his new book Email English. Participants left with a variety of free resources and useful email tips.
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Train with Mark Powell
An opportunity to train for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Certificate in Teaching English for Business (LCCI CertTEB) with Mark Powell, author of Macmillan's bestselling In Company Intermediate and Upper intermediate. This practical, fast-paced and competitively priced 50-hour course is held over 8 days at the purpose-built International Languages Institute near Budapest, Hungary. The dates of the course in April are 2nd-9th inclusive.
March 2004
Email English Free Downloadable Worksheets
We've created an archive of free writing practice worksheets to accompany the new Email English course by Paul Emmerson. Updated every month, the archive will grow so you can always access the specially written materials.
Take a look at the free worksheets by clicking here.
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In Company Upper intermediate Wordlists
More free resources are now available to compliment the new In Company Upper intermediate Student's Book. Click here to start downloading the free wordlists.
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Paul Emmerson visits the Swan School, Oxford 
Paul Emmerson, author of Business Grammar Builder, Business Builder and Email English, gave a fascinating talk on Intercultural Communication and Business English which offered some useful insights to the Business English teacher. The audience came away stimulated with ways to connect theory with practice and some great ideas for teaching.
January 2004
In Company Upper intermediate Student's Book by Mark Powell is now available
It contains 18 progressively more challenging units organised into five categories: Talking points, Networking, Desk work, Meetings and Presenting.
The course addresses the need for learners at this level to review and explore in more depth previously studied areas of grammar and to increase their lexical range and knowledge of idiomatic expressions. Above all, the course aims to boost learners' communicative power as self-reliant speakers of English in both professional and social situations.
The usual free downloadables are available such as Answer Keys and Audio samples.
For more information, please click here.
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Email English
A new course, written by Paul Emmerson, for students of general or Business English who need to write effective and convincing emails.
The course develops both language and confidence, as well as providing invaluable reference material.
Find out more about Email English
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BEC Testbuilders 
The BEC Testbuilders, written by Patricia Aspinall and Jake Allsop, are for Preliminary and Vantage levels are designed to improve exam performance and increase language competence for success in the Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) exams.
Find out more about the BEC Testbuilders
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New Edition Survival English by Peter Viney
The New Edition Survival series is a two-level International English course for professional adults who need English for work and travel.
The New Edition Survival series is the same popular series known and used by teachers world-wide, revised and updated.
Find out more about Survival English
