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Archive for the Teaching English Category

The voices behind the conversations

On March 2, 2012   /   Teaching English   /   Leave a comment
The voices behind the conversations

When we made Nice Talking With You, we wanted to get a professional sound that was different from standard textbooks. You know, professional voice actors, standing at the mic, script

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Using listening transcripts in ESL classes

On February 5, 2012   /   Teaching English   /   Leave a comment
Using listening transcripts in ESL classes

I don’t know for sure if all the tech advances we’ve seen over the last few years (or even the last few months!) will help us make our students better

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About Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny

Cambridge University Press author Tom Kenny shares ideas on teaching and learning in this blog, updated semi-regularly, or whenever he remembers to do it.

Tom is associate professor of linguistics in the Department of British & American Studies at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in Japan.

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Nice Talking With You, Level 1
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