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Language Interference
Making friends with Polish
True friends, false friends, unreliable friends and
friends in disguise

Focus on Language
Study:
Introduction
Word formation
Compounds and acronyms
UK version ¦ US version

New words of the year
A review of 2004
in twelve words

Top Tips for Business English
Teaching presentation skills:
Presentation Essentials 2
Activities ¦ Teacher's notes

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• New Word of the Month
• Language Awareness
• Language Study
• Top Tips for the CD-ROM
• Metaphor
• Top Tips for Business English

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Feature Articles

Title Topic Author
MED CD-ROM: The Ideal Self-study Tool
Learner training and vocabulary, pronunciation, language skills work outside the classroom		 MED CD-ROM as self-study tool Pete Sharma
Word Sketches: The Modern Lexicographer's Tool
Learn how they were created and used for the Macmillan English Dictionary		 Word Sketches Adam Kilgarriff and Michael Rundell
Christmas is Coming!
Read about Christmas traditions and words you often hear		 Christmas traditions and vocabulary Elizabeth Potter

My Life-Long Love of the English Language Business
Ken Wilson reflects on English Language Teaching

 ELT Ken Wilson
Languages at War
Loan words in times of conflict		 loan words Diane Nicholls
Cutting a Long Word Short
Creating new words in English		 word formation Diane Nicholls
What's in a Word?
Professor Michael Hoey considers the consequences of changes in lexicography		 changes in lexicography and dictionary writing Prof. Michael Hoey
Housing Vocabulary in American and British English British and American English Susan Stempleski
A Tough Nut to Crack
Figures of speech and the language learner
 figures of speech and the language learner Diane Nicholls
Getting around in American and British English British and American English; vocabulary of transport Susan Stempleski
Shopping in American and British
English
 British and American English;
clothing and shopping terms
 Susan Stempleski
Food and Cooking in American
and British English
 		British and American English;
food and cooking terms
 Susan Stempleski
Talking Nonsense: old-fashioned
terms for nonsense in English
 old-fashioned words
for nonsense
 Diane Nicholls
Trends in English Language
Teaching Today
 ELT trends Adrian Underhill
Crib notes, copying
and dictionary use
 self-teaching and cheating Lindsay Clandfield
A wish beyond words
Richard Cauldwell calls for a novel
way of teaching listening skills
 speech and listening skills Richard Cauldwell
Issues in Business English teaching Business English teaching Rosemary Richey
The intercultural dimension of
Business English 		intercultural awareness in Business English Rosemary Richey
Classroom management for
Business English
 classroom management
in Business English
 Rosemary Richey

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Language Interference Series Consultant Diane Nicholls

Title Topic Author
Learner English and its Uses
Why do Inspector Clouseau and Ali G sound funny?		 learner English Diane Nicholls
Watt is a Homonym?
Find out by reading about troublesome words		 homonymy in English and across languages Diane Nicholls
Friend or Foe?
Decide by finding out more about false friends and the language learner		 false friends and
the language learner		 Diane Nicholls
False Friends and the Varieties of English
Are England and America really divided by the same language?		 false friends and language varieties Diane Nicholls
Borrower Beware!
False friends and English loan words		 false friends and
loan words		 Diane Nicholls
English Loan Words in Japanese
The pitfalls of loan words and false friends in Japanese		 English loan words
in Japanese		 Diane Nicholls
Three Words to Watch out for:
actual, eventual and important		 actual, eventual, important Diane Nicholls
False Friends between German and English
How to avoid the traps of deceptive similarities		 German and English false friends Diane Nicholls
False Friends between French and English
Parlez-vous Franglais?		 French and English false friends Diane Nicholls
Spanish and English False Friends
Cognates, false friends and unreliable friends		 Spanish and English false friends Diane Nicholls
Beyond False Friends
Language interference outside word meaning		 language interference outside word meaning Diane Nicholls
Stringing Words Together
Language interference at sentence level		 language interference at sentence level Diane Nicholls

Korean English
English loan words in the Korean language

 Korean English Jeffrey Miller
'We put the top on the job'
False friends between Dutch and English 		Dutch and English false friends Kevin Cook and
Daniel Gibb
Hungarian or Hunglish?
Borrowings and false friends
between Hungarian and English		 Hungarian and
English borrowings and false friends		 Adrian Tennant and
Ágnes Tennant
Borrowings and false friends between Russian and English Russian and
English borrowings and false friends		 Diane Nicholls
False friends between Italian and English Italian and English false friends Diane Nicholls
Borrowings and false friends between Polish
and English 		Polish and
English borrowings and false friends		 Adrian Tennant
It's 10% Greek to me
Borrowings and false friends
between Greek and English
 Greek and English
borrowings and
false friends
 Luke Prodromou

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New Word of the Month Series Author Kerry Maxwell

Title Topic
'I know how to spell banana, but I don't know when to stop!' banana problem
Emotional repair through reading bibliotherapy
Are you having trouble finding the perfect Christmas gift? re-gift
Mailbomb, virus, worm, Trojan horse, nastygram and mockingbird
Find out what these words have in common		 computing and Internet
On women and new words women
The language of the web Internet
Food for thought food
New words caught in the web of politics politics
Read about new idiomatic phrases idioms
Compounds and blends
'Two meanings packed into one word'		 compounds and blends
Neologisms from American English American English
New words for the autumn autumn
New ways of expressing age age
Festive food and drink alternatives food and drink
New words describing 21st-century ailments illnesses and conditions
Are you still looking for your Valentine?

Valentine's Day
Extreme sports of the noughties extreme sports
New blends in entertainment entertainment, reality TV
The language of the European Union Europe
Proper nouns and new words proper nouns
New words in sport sport (football, tennis)
The language of shopping online online business and retail
Popular blends and affixes blends, prefixes and suffixes
New words in journalism
and the media
 journalism, media

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Language Awareness

Title Topic Author
Pragmatics
The key to avoiding slips		 pragmatics Dr Joanna Channell
Business English
Writing a business letter		 business letters Howard Middle
Business English
How to write a CV		 curriculum vitae Howard Middle
Business English
Writing emails		 email Howard Middle
Sensitivity
Learn about words that may cause offence		 words causing offence Susan Stempleski
Academic English
Writing an essay: Finding and referencing sources		 essay-writing
(references)		 Averil Coxhead
Academic English
Writing an essay: Structure and vocabulary		 essay-writing
(structure and vocabulary)		 Averil Coxhead
Academic English
Writing an essay: Editing your writing and seeking feedback		 essay-writing
(editing and seeking feedback)		 Averil Coxhead
Word Formation
Common processes of word formation in English		 word formation Dr Rosamund Moon
British and American English
Differences in semantics and pronunciation		 British and American English
(semantics and pronunciation)		 Dr Don R. McCreary
British and American English
Differences in spelling and grammar		 British and American English
(spelling and grammar)		 Dr Don R. McCreary
Spoken discourse
discourse markers oh, well
and like
 discourse markers
oh, well and like
 Michael Hoey
Spoken discourse
discourse markers er/erm
and OK
 discourse markers
er/erm and OK
 Michael Hoey
Writing and pronouncing numbers numbers:
spelling and pronunciation
  
Computer words computer words:
new words and meanings
 Dr Ingrid Meyer
Computer words computer words
and online communication
Dr Ingrid Meyer

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Language Study

Title Topic Author
Register
Saying the right thing at the right time
 register and domain Ron Martinez
Text types
Narratives and descriptions
 text types: narratives and descriptions

Cindy Leaney
Text types
Reviews and discursive texts
 text types:
reviews and
discursive texts
 Cindy Leaney
Pronunciation
sounds, stress and word linking
 pronunciation Michael Vaughan-Rees
Collocation
Fixed combinations:
idioms and phrasal verbs
 collocation:
fixed combinations
 Luke Prodromou
Collocation
less fixed combinations
and functional expressions
 collocation:
less fixed combinations
and functional expressions
 Luke Prodromou
Word formation
word families,
prefixes and suffixes
 word formation:
prefixes and suffixes

Elizabeth Potter

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Top Tips for the CD-ROM

Title Topic Author
Create your own activities with SmartSearch SmartSearch
(conditionals)		 Mairi MacDonald
Use SoundSearch to explore pronunciation and spelling SoundSearch
(pronunciation and spelling)		 Jane Bottomley
Using TextSearch and WordSearch to practise vocabulary relating to Christmas TextSearch and WordSearch
(topic vocabulary)		 Mairi MacDonald
Use SoundSearch to learn about homophones SoundSearch
(homophones)		 Jane Bottomley
Create vocabulary extension activities with SmartSearch SmartSearch
(vocabulary extension)		 Mairi MacDonald
Spelling practice with SoundSearch SoundSearch
(spelling)		 Jane Bottomley
Using SmartSearch to correct learner errors SmartSearch
(learner errors)		 Mairi MacDonald
Using the CD-ROM as a thesaurus with SmartSearch SmartSearch
(thesaurus)		 Mairi MacDonald
Using SoundSearch for intensive listening practice SoundSearch
(listening)		 Jane Bottomley
Using the CD-ROMs for teaching collocations SmartSearch, WordSearch and TextSearch
(collocation)		 Mairi MacDonald
Using the CD-ROMs to explore British and American false friends usage notes
(British and American false friends)		 Mairi MacDonald
House and furniture vocabulary activities wordlists and activities
(topic vocabulary)		 Mairi MacDonald
Using Smartsearch to examine register
and domain		 register and domain Mairi MacDonald
Vocabulary building with word families (adjectives)
 word families Mairi MacDonald
Exploring vocabulary relating to illness
and health
 SmartSearch
(pronunciation and
vocabulary extension)
 Mairi MacDonald
Making sense of spoken language SmartSearch
(spoken language)
Mairi MacDonald
Celebrating with the CD-ROMs SmartSearch and activities
(vocabulary extension and consolidation)
Mairi MacDonald
SoundSearch for pronunciation practice SoundSearch and pronunciation practice Mairi MacDonald
Phrasal verbs practice
using the CD-ROMs
 WordSearch and
SmartSearch
(phrasal verbs)
 Mairi MacDonald
MED CD and functional
language
 SmartSearch
(etymological and
cultural information)
 Mairi MacDonald
MED CD and
functional language
 SmartSearch
(functional language)		 Mairi MacDonald

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Metaphor Series Author Diane Nicholls

Title Topic
What we talk about when we talk about love love
What we talk about when we talk about money money
What we talk about when we talk about
illness
 illness
What we talk about when we talk about
success and failure
 success and failure
What we talk about when we talk about
words and language
 words and language
What we talk about when we talk about
anger
 anger
What we talk about when we talk about
friendship
 friendship
What we talk about when we talk about
honesty and dishonesty
 honesty and dishonesty

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Top Tips for Business English Series Author Rosemary Richey

Title Topic
Teaching meeting skills
Meeting Essentials 1
 language and skills for meetings
Teaching meeting skills
Meeting Essentials 2
language and skills for meetings
(in a banking context)
Teaching presentation skills
Presentation Essentials 1
 language and skills for presentations
(in the context of the hotel business)

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