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25 Feb 2013 |
Writers Ian Badger and Pete Menzies really have gone to town to provide us with a course book which hits the heart of learner needs. For my money, "Business English" is about the closest you're likely to get to simulate the ups and downs of the business..
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04 Jan 2013 |
Ian Badger will be running two workshops at the British Council in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 16th January 2013. The first will focus on the need to understand English however it is spoken in global communication and the second specifically on developing..
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18 Dec 2012 |
If you did not put your name on the mailing list for Ian Badger's handout slides for his talk at held at Morley College London, please use the Contact form to request these.
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27 Nov 2012 |
Click here to access Ian's slides for his talk at the IATEFL BESIG conference on using authentic..
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20 Nov 2012 |
Delighted to announce that the IPad App based on Ian Badger's 'English for Business: Listening' has won the 2012 David Riley prize for innovation in Business English and ESP (English for special purposes). The book + MP3 CD is published by CollinsELT..
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17 Oct 2012 |
An update on Ian's presentations from now till the end of the year. He will be presenting at Belte, Brighton on 20 October, the English UK teachers' conference in London on 10th November, IATEFL BESIG in Stuttgart on 17th November and at the IATEFL PronSig..
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09 Sep 2012 |
| Thank you to all who attended my talk in Wroclaw and for making me feel so welcome. Read More..
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14 Aug 2012 |
Ian will be talking about the importance of understanding a range of accents when using English as the international language of communication and will suggest ways in which trainers can help learners to improve their listening skills. He will refer..
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23 Jul 2012 |
Many thanks to Wayne Trotman for his excellent review of the brand new Collins 'English for Life' Series published in the latest editon of the EL Gazette. Ian Badger wrote the 'Listening' title in the series - another title based totally on authentic..
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30 Apr 2012 |
As promised, here is a selection of the main slides from Ian Badger's talk at the conference on Read More..
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03 Apr 2012 |
Delighted to hear that Ian Badger's 'Listening' book in the Collins English for Business series has been shortlisted for the British Council's international ELTON 2012 award for 'Innovation in learner resources'. For a full list..
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27 Mar 2012 |
Please click on the link for the main slides from Ian's talk at the IATEFL Glasgow conference on 20th March 2012. Read More..
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18 Mar 2012 |
Ian will be speaking at the IATEFL conference at the Glasgow International conference centre on Tuesday March 20th at 14.45. The title of his talk will be 'Understanding English however it is spoken'. Handout slides will be posted here after the talk...
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31 Jan 2012 |
If you attended Ian's talk (or even if you did not) in which he introduced his new book based on authentic listening clips published by Harper Collins, Collins ELT and would like copies of the handout, please use the contact..
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01 Aug 2011 |
Here are the key slides for those who attended Ian's talk this afternoon. It was good..
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28 Jun 2011 |
| Ian will be giving a talk to Bristol University pre-sessional students on 1st August at 4.20pm on using English in a professional career. See the Read More..
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09 Apr 2011 |
Ian Badger's new book: 'Listening' a key title in the new Collins Business Skills series has just been published. The book is available from bookshops and on-line booksellers worldwide. For details, see the
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05 Jan 2011 |
Ian Badger's article on the future of business English training has just been published in the January/February 2011 edition of Business Spotlight..
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24 Nov 2010 |
If you attended Ian's presentation at the BESIG conference in Bielefeld or his talk at France TESOL, Paris and would like copies of the summary slides, please contact us with your name and affiliation details.
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29 Oct 2010 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at the IATEFL BESIG conference on 20th November in Bielefeld, Germany. The topic will be 'business-critical' language training and will develop themes introduced during the first BESIG webinar held in July 2010. He will also..
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03 Aug 2010 |
It was great to meet such a large number of pre-sessional students from Bristol university yesterday during and after my talk. Those who would like handout copies of the slides are welcome to contact me at info@bmes.co.uk. ..
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01 Jul 2010 |
If you attended Ian's talk and would like handout copies of the slides, please write to info@bmes.co.uk. For those who provided email addresses, the slides will be sent on 2/7/10
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15 Jun 2010 |
Ian will be presenting on key issues relating to the teaching of Business English in a New Decade as part of the BESIG Summer conference at the University of Economics Roma Tre, Rome, Italy on 26 June 2010. Ian's presentation is kindly sponsored by Heinle..
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12 Jun 2010 |
A recording of the BESIG webinar in which Ian Badger talks about 'business-critical' language training is now available on Youtube.
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21 May 2010 |
This first-ever online BESIG event will explore the implications of the current move in Business English towards totally needs-based learner-focused language training. Ian Badger will be speaking about 'business critical language training' at this webinar..
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11 May 2010 |
If you attended Ian Badger's opening plenary 'Business English in a New Decade' at IH London on 8th May 2010 and would like electronic copies of the slide handouts, please email: info@bmes.co.uk
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31 Mar 2010 |
All levels and components of 'English for Business Life' are now available direct from Cengage Learning in Japan - see details here
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28 Mar 2010 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at this event and running a workshop on 'Business English trainers - knowing our limits, developing our competencies' See the BESIG website for details...
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15 Feb 2010 |
Welcome to the new BMES website! Return to this page for our latest news, but in the meantime we have carried over some 'old' news items from our previous site.
Please contact us if you or your company/organisation needs the specialised..
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15 Feb 2010 |
Some reviews of 'English for Business Life' by Ian Badger and Pete Menzies - now published by Heinle ELT, part of Cengage Learning
'The self-study book is a gem and can serve as a stand-alone course ... The material is consistently..
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08 Jan 2010 |
If you attended Ian Badger's presentation / workshop 'We are not the problem, they are' at BESIG Poznan, please email us with your contact details and we will send you the..
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08 Jan 2010 |
Some posts from the news section of our 'old' website. We have not replaced all of the links - so please contact us if you are interested in any of the items mentioned using the 'Contact' form on our Home page.
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29 Jul 2009 |
'English for Business Life', written by Ian Badger and Pete Menzies has a new publisher. Heinle ELT part of Cengage Learning has acquired Marshall Cavendish's ELT Business. See the press..
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