There is a discussion in progress on the IATEFL computer SIG list and I found the following posting particularly interesting. It is re-posted with Patricia's...
For those of you already using RSS feeds, I have just made Germany-English available by RSS.Briefly, with a special program called a reader, the information...
The Business English SIG of IATEFL has gone that way too - works well. The following may be useful: ***What is RSS?*** RSS is a system that allows you to...
I have had this one recommended: http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Business/Card_and_Label_Makers/Capas.html Duncan Duncan Baker MA (TESOL), RSA Cert TEFL,...
(Cross-posted to CETEFL and Germany-English) Apologies if you are seeing this for a second time, but it seems to me that an earlier form of this message got...
Posted by Dennis to various TEFL lists. Apologies for cross-posting. ... IATEFL TTEd SIG / VHS Vienna conference 4-6 March ... Dear list members, The TTEd SIG...
Dear Dennis I automatically think of Hamlet's For this relief much thanks. (I.i.6) and assume the quotation is the main force behind current usage. Or is there...
Graham Sutherland
GrahamSutherland@...
Feb 10, 2005 3:35 pm
1973
Dear all, As I am in the very process of negotiating a number of classes (extensive and intensive) with a company in the Frankfurt area, I might be able to...
Marcuskoch65@...
Feb 11, 2005 5:01 am
1974
Dennis and Graham, Much thanks are due for your delightful observations about 'much/many thanks'. I'd never noticed it before. The subtle nuance added by...
Hi Vicki, That's a very interesting observation you've made. I usually consider myself fairly well-versed in North American vs. British English, but I never...
Can anybody help me find an activity? I am looking for an activity to do with an international group of university students on a Masters programme. I'm sure...
Rebecca Sprengel
Sprengel@...
Feb 11, 2005 12:16 pm
1977
Can anybody recommend some good websites for an English speaker who needs to learn German? Thanks a lot, Vicki...
Hi folks Thanks for all your tips. I have found the activity with the help of my friend Jean: its Reward Intermediate Business Resource Pack. Activity 1-5...
Rebecca Sprengel
Sprengel@...
Feb 12, 2005 8:58 am
1979
Hi everyone There was a discussion on this board some months ago about voting in the UK. I thought that you lost your vote after living outside the UK for 20...
Erica J Williams
ericajwilliams@...
Feb 12, 2005 10:48 am
1980
It has always been 15 years as far as I know. I am sure it was when I was working in the High Commission in Nairobi in 79-81 (which is as far as I go back!)...
Hi Duncan and everyone Didn't Thatcher change it to 20 years some time in the 80s thinking ex-pats would vote Tory? I can remember this somehow? Erica ... ...
Erica J Williams
ericajwilliams@...
Feb 12, 2005 12:21 pm
1982
"Many thanks" is indeed 'impeccable' (Dennis), and I'd go for it. "Much thanks", grammatically speaking, seems to suggest that "thanks" - in its usage - also...
Ayamba Michael Asu
aasu@...
Feb 12, 2005 2:17 pm
1983
Hi everyone, I promised an advanced group of mine an exhaustive list of English swear words, primarily those you'd use while driving. I'd welcome additions to...
Hinsen, Patricia
verwaltung@...
Feb 12, 2005 7:39 pm
1984
Michael Swan's Practical English Usage is very good on taboo words - suspect it's one of the most thumbed sections of the book - though of course the rest is...
Hi Patricia, On the web there is an extremely funny short story called (I think) Bampot Central which includes a helluva lot of swear words in a Scottish...
JAMES.LAW@...
Feb 14, 2005 10:34 am
1986
Dear Erica I've clearly live in Germany and outrside the UK for longer than you, so may have lost more of my ties. I can understand your frustration, since we ...
Graham Sutherland
GrahamSutherland@...
Feb 14, 2005 12:15 pm
1987
PLEASE CONTACT FRAU BRÖDNOW DIRECTLY - AND IN GERMAN ======================================== Private Grundschule sucht Englisch-Lehrer/in für Kinder im...
David James Prickett
djamespri@...
Feb 15, 2005 3:35 pm
1988
I am interested in opportunities to teach English as a second/foreign language in Berlin. Can you suggest whom I might contact. I wil send resume if requested....
I am interested in opportunities to teach English as a second/foreign language in Berlin. Can you suggest whom I might contact. I wil send resume if requested....
I could use some advice and help! I am moving to Berlin August 1st. I plan on teaching English and have saved enough to live for a year or two with only a...
Hello Gary You will find most of the information you are looking for here: http://p219.ezboard.com/feltfrm1.showMessage?topicID=130.topic and here: ...
In einer eMail vom 12.02.05 01:48:39 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit schreibt ... Dear Vicki, Yes, this does ring a bell! I remember a situation in a staff room...