The Politeness and Pragmatics of ELF Early approaches to politeness in academia, ELT materials and our language classroom have focussed mainly on our learners emulating the native speaker (NS) models of politeness and although non-native speaker interactions (NNS<->NNS) now take prominence in a global world where English is used as the predominant Lingua Franca (ELF), …
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IATEFL BESIG, along with Cambridge University Press are delighted to announce a new lesson plan competition that gives business English trainers the chance to have their ideas published on the CUP website, Professional English Online for the first time. The idea of the competition is to recognise teachers who demonstrate creativity and high professional standards …
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IATEFL BESIG Satellite Event Montevideo, Uruguay BESIG the Business English Special Interest Group of IATEFL is having the 2011 Annual Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia over the weekend 18 – 20 November. Click here to find more info about the global event. As part of this event we have the unique opportunity to participate in …
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La XII Conferencia Internacional de ABS para Líderes y Directores de Inglés se realizó en Montevideo el 3 y 4 de Setiembre. El objetivo de esta conferencia es ofrecer herramientas a sus participantes para convertirse en mejores líderes para su gente y sus instituciones. Oradores de Argentina, Perú, El Salvador, Estados Unidos y Uruguay presentaron …
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El evento anual de TEDx Montevideo se llevó a cabo el pasado 22 de Junio en el Teatro Solís. TED es un evento anual donde algunos de los pensadores y emprendedores más importantes del mundo están invitados a compartir lo que más les apasiona. TED significa tecnología, entretenimiento y diseño, tres grandes áreas que en …
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Having won the BESIG Facilitator Conference Scholarship, I could attend and give a presentation at the recent 45th Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition which took place in Brighton from 15-19 April 2011 The possibility of attending such an extraordinary event was one of the most exciting and enriching moments of my professional career. It …
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