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FEATURE
Wildly irregular or no longer insuperable?
Approaches to teaching and
learning phrasal verbs

COLUMNS

Language interference
False friends between
Spanish and English

Focus on Phrasal Verbs:
Introduction
How new phrasal verbs develop

New word of the month
From metrosexual to metrosessuale:
the global influence of English in
the creation of neologisms

Corpora tips
Googling for idiomatic language
Search engines as corpora tools

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• Feature Articles
• Language Interference
• New Word of the Month
• Language Awareness
• Language Study
• Study Skills
• Focus on Phrasal Verbs
• Top Tips for the CD-ROM
• Metaphor
• Top Tips for Business English
• Games
• Corpora Tips
• Your Questions Answered

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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
Learner Independence in Business English	learner styles and learner independence in Business English	Rosemary Richey
Not funny but useful Function words in action	function word like in speech	Richard Cauldwell
We all know what new means, but what about nov-? The importance of word elements	word elements	Michael Vaughan-Rees
Know your rights – and your lefts	meaning and origin of the words right and left	Jonathan Marks
How professional do you want to be?	professionalism in English Language Teaching	Philip Kerr and Lindsay Clandfield
Understanding phrasal verbs: is there a system?	metaphor and phrasal verbs; common particles	Michael Rundell
Phrasaled out? Don't worry! Help is at hand	common misunderstandings about phrasal verbs	Jonathan Marks
Phrasal verbs international	phrasal verbs and phrasal vocabulary in other languages	Jonathan Marks
The truth revealed: phrasal verbs in writing and speech	phrasal verbs in writing and speech	Jonathan Marks
Spreading the word: where does it all come from?	how the meanings of phrasal verbs and other phrasal vocabulary develop	Jonathan Marks

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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
Making friends with Polish True friends, false friends, unreliable friends and friends in disguise	Polish and English borrowings and false friends	Jonathan Marks
Maltese - an unusual formula	a brief history of Maltese; English-Maltese false friends; the impact of English on Maltese	Professor Joseph M. Brincat
Romanian and English – a mediated partnership	English loan words in Romanian	Mihaela H. Precup

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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
New words of the year A review of 2004 in twelve words	new words in 2004
What is ELF? Old and new abbreviations in English Language Teaching	abbreviations in ELT
LetsGt2gtha on Valentine's Day! The vocabulary of text messaging	text messages
New words in fashion	fashion and clothing
New phrasal verbs	phrasal verbs
Words made in Hollywood	film and new words
New words in Australian English	Australian English
Hinglish words in English	Hinglish neologisms
New abbreviations and acronyms	abbreviations and acronyms
Euphemisms – examples of lexical camouflage	euphemisms (rendition)
*Go flirtberrying* and become a LAT: love and neologisms in the noughties**	love and new words

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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: How to begin	essay-writing (how to begin)	Averil Coxhead
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
Metaphor	metaphor in English and other languages	Dr Rosamund Moon

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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
Word formation compounds and acronyms	word formation: compounds and acronyms	Elizabeth Potter
Metaphor	metaphorical language	Elizabeth Potter

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Study Skills

Title	Topic	Author
Composition skills Guide and tools for becoming a better writer Types of composition	composition skills, types of composition	Dr June Hassall
Punctuation Capital letters and punctuation in English	capital letters and punctuation	Michael Vince and Dr June Hassall
Revision and examination skills Revising for an exam Types of exam questions	exam revision and skills	Dr June Hassall

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Focus on Phrasal Verbs

Title	Topic	Author
Metaphor and phrasal verbs	metaphor and phrasal verbs	Dr Rosamund Moon
The syntactic behaviour of phrasal verbs	grammar of phrasal verbs	Elizabeth Potter
Register and phrasal verbs	register	Bryan Fletcher
Pronunciation and phrasal verbs	stress pattern of phrasal verbs	Adrian Underhill
Learners and phrasal verbs	learner errors and phrasal verbs	Dr Sylvie De Cock

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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)
Teaching presentation skills Presentation Essentials 2	language and skills for presentations (in the context of engineering)
Teaching negotiations skills Negotiations Basics	language and skills for negotiations
Teaching socializing skills Basic socializing	language and skills for socializing

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Games

Title	Topic
Common words with multiple meanings Crossword	words with multiple meanings
Sporting vocabulary	basketball, football and tennis
Sporting vocabulary	American football, basketball and golf

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Corpora Tips

Title	Topic	Author
The Web as corpus: using media sites to present new or unfamiliar words	using the Web as corpus; presenting new or unfamiliar words	Mairi MacDonald
The bigger picture: exploring words with WebCorp	WebCorp	Mairi MacDonald
Digging deeper with WebCorp: collocation tools	WebCorp and collocation	Mairi MacDonald
Simple searching with Web Concordancer	Web Concordancer	Mairi MacDonald
More than simple searching: getting more with the BNC	British National Corpus (BNC)	Mairi MacDonald
Spoken language and the BNC	British National Corpus (BNC)	Mairi MacDonald
Where to go if you would like to find out more	Word sketching	Adam Kilgarriff

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Your Questions Answered

Title	Author
press on meaning 'hurry'	Gwyneth Fox
the definition of wander	Gwyneth Fox
becoming a lexicographer	Gwyneth Fox
the meaning of horsey	Gwyneth Fox
diet as adjective	Gwyneth Fox
learner error	Hilary Nesi

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