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In this Issue If you've been on holiday, welcome back! This month we bring you the 41st edition of MED Magazine, the webzine of the Macmillan Dictionaries resource site.The lucky winner of our 2006 World Cup competition is announced in this issue. Visit this page to find out the correct answers to the three competition questions and to see who has won the specially engraved Macmillan English Dictionary iPod Nano. In the feature article, you can read about the benefits of using a bilingual dictionary in class. Authors Gwyneth Fox and Elizabeth Potter also provide some helpful tips for dictionary activities you can do with your students. In MED Web Watch you can read about the QI website, an inspirational resource for classroom discussion topics. The British and American culture series provides a summary of the British and American education systems. The new words series brings you a follow-up article on the topic of new English words in other languages published in the March 2006 edition. Author Jonathan Marks explores how German absorbs English vocabulary. If you would like to browse the content of previous editions of MED Magazine, visit the Back issues and Index pages. On the Letters to the editor page, you'll find a selection of emails readers have sent us from around the world. If you would like to tell us what you think of MED Magazine, fill in and email us this simple form. Would you like to recommend this webzine to students, colleagues, friends or family? Click here to spread the word. I wish you happy browsing in August! |
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