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Globish: How the English language became the world’s language

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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
Wildly irregular or no longer insuperable? Tips for teaching phrasal verbs	teaching phrasal verbs	Jonathan Marks
Lifting the silverware An exploration of English football jargon	football terms	Susan Jellis
Football games	football terms	Mairi MacDonald
Football vocabulary and dictionary skills practice	football vocabulary	Caroline Krantz
Using bilingual dictionaries in the classroom	bilingual dictionaries in the classroom; dictionary activities	Gwyneth Fox and Elizabeth Potter
How do you go about writing a bilingual dictionary?	writing a bilingual dictionary	Sinda Lopez
Pea-green boats on a wine-dark sea: Spinning the colour wheel of English	colours in English	Susan Jellis
Introducing the new edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary	the second edition of MED	Michael Rundell
From corpora to confidence	considering a corpus-driven research project	Michael Rundell & Sylviane Granger
‘Deck the halls with boughs of holly . . . ’tis the season to be jolly’	making sense of Christmas vocabulary	Susan Jellis
Rhyme time	the role of rhyme in the creation of new words and phrases	Susan Jellis
Wording it right	a look at the work of a lexicographer	Karen Ann Monsy
2008 in twelve new words	new words in 2008	Kerry Maxwell
The future has arrived: a new era in electronic dictionaries	the development of electronic dictionaries	Michael Rundell
Survival of the fittest – new words and longevity	why some new words survive, and others don't	Kerry Maxwell
Lost for words	how to win at Scrabble® with the Macmillan Dictionary	Mairi MacDonald
How Many Words Do You Need to Know?	what is the optimum vocabulary size?	Michael Rundell
A Lekker Lexicon	South African English	Kerry Maxwell