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08 Feb 2023 |
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07 Dec 2022 |
Early notification that Ian Badger will be speaking at International conferences in 2023 about developments in corporate communication training. He will reflect on changes in the focus of such training from 'then' to 'now'. Details to follow.
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03 Nov 2022 |
Wishing all presenters and participants a successful conference in Gdansk. Mandy Welfare will be talking about what courses of 'academic'..
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04 Apr 2022 |
After two covid postponements, Ian Badger will finally be giving his talk 'Business..
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11 Oct 2021 |
If you are using Ian Badger's English for Business and English for Life Listening materials published by Collins, you can now download the audio files from this..
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15 Mar 2021 |
Early warning! Sadly the 'physical' IATEFL conference scheduled for Harrogate in June 2021 has been cancelled. Ian Badger is now planning to give his talk on the new rules of Business English Writing at the Belfast IATEFL conference in May 2022(!) which..
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04 Feb 2021 |
In the pipeline..... Ian Badger will publish a new updated edition of Everyday Business Writing in 2023. The Pearson edition, which is now out of print, is available from Amazon.
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08 Jul 2020 |
Many Collins ELT materials are now being sold without CDs - including Ian Badger's English for Life Listening materials. For details of how to download the audio files from the Collins ELT website, click
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16 Jun 2020 |
For those trainers who are using Ian Badger's 'Collins English for Business Listening', free support and supplementary materials are available on the Collins..
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21 Apr 2020 |
April 19th 2020 should have been the day that Ian Badger would be discussing 'rules' in current business writing. Sadly because of the covid-19 pandemic, the conference has been cancelled and all scheduled talks and workshops have been deferred until..
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21 Feb 2020 |
The new Collins ELT catalogue which includes details of all English for Life and English for Business titles including Ian Badger's books is now available here.
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16 Oct 2019 |
This was an excellent event with a wide range of great talks and workshops. Ian Badger was honoured to give the closing plenary 'Two Ians in dialogue with Ian McMaster, editor-in-chief of 'Business Spotlight'. Ian also gave a talk which focussed on..
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09 Oct 2019 |
Ian Badger will be giving the final plenary session at the BESIG Annual conference together with Ian McMaster, Editor-in-Chief of Business Spotlight magazine. Entitled 'Two Ians in Dialogue', they will discuss future trends in Business English.
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02 Sep 2019 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at the IATEFL Poland teachers’ conference in Gdansk on 21 October on what makes for successful and unsuccessful written communication. Ian will refer to examples of everyday written..
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29 Jul 2019 |
Click here for Ian Badger's interview for the Business English Special Interest Group of IATEFL. Ian talks about paths into materials writing, the importance of authentic listening..
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28 Jun 2019 |
Great news that Cengage/National Geographic Learning have now made the audio components for the four course books in the 'English for Business Life' series free to download from their website.
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19 Nov 2018 |
A big thank you to all the participants who attended Ian Badger's lively Keynote talk at the conference: 'Working with the British. Do they speak English?' . If anyone who attended the talk would like the summary slides, please contact Ian via
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08 Nov 2018 |
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11 Sep 2018 |
For a change... Ian Badger will be giving a talk at the Poland IATEFL conference in Wroclaw on 21.9 entitled “English NOT as a lingua franca” - living in and working..
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22 Aug 2018 |
Ian Badger will giving the plenary talk, 'Taking a pragmatic approach to teaching English for the workplace', at the forthcoming conference for in-company trainers working..
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24 May 2018 |
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26 Jan 2018 |
Many thanks to the organisers for arranging such a thought-provoking and welcoming conference. Thanks also to all those who attended Ian Badger's plenary talk on authentic listening and to those who came to the BMES stand to talk about the Collins Listening..
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03 Jan 2018 |
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22 Nov 2017 |
Coming up, Ian Badger will be giving two workshops in Germany sponsored by Ernst Klett Sprachen. On Friday 24th November in Berlin as part of a Cambridge/Klett day and on Saturday 25th November in Hamburg..
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20 Nov 2017 |
If you attended Ian Badger's talk at the conference and would like copies of his slides, please request them using the website contact form. Thanks to the organisers and participants for a great conference! Interesting..
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07 Nov 2017 |
Ian Badger will be describing the process behind writing materials for specific clients. major publishers and for self publishing at the BESIG Conference in Malta on 11 November. For details of the conference, click
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29 Sep 2017 |
What a great conference in Bielsko-Biala!. If you attended Ian Badger's workshop 'From basecamp to summit' and would like copies of the slides and/or if you visited the BMES stand and would like more information about any of Ian's books - Business English..
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12 Sep 2017 |
BMES will be launching this new version of 'Business English Phrases' with Polish translations at the
26th Annual International IATEFL Poland Conference, Bielsko-Biala on 15-17 September..
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27 Jun 2017 |
Ian introduced 'English for Business Conversations' during his 'Building the Bedrock' workshop at Klett's Treffpunkt in Stuttgart (23.6). Many thanks to Klett for the invitation and also to Klett and..
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13 Jun 2017 |
Thank you for the warm welcome at the Business English UK conference held at IH London. The main slides from Ian's plenary talk are no longer available on this site. Please use the contact form if you attended..
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12 May 2017 |
Ian Badger will be giving a plenary talk at the Business English UK trainers' conference in London on 10 June in which he will discuss the areas of language learning which need to be prioritised in ESP (English..
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02 Apr 2017 |
Five years have passed since Ian's talk at the previous IATEFL conference held in Glasgow and the enthusiasm for using authentic listening has grown and grown! Please contact Ian via the BMES contact form if you would like copies of his presentation..
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28 Feb 2017 |
Ian will be speaking about how the use of authentic listening materials should be fundamental to many business English teaching situations at the IATEFL..
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08 Feb 2017 |
This new box set from Langenscheidt 'English for Advanced Learners', which includes Ian Badger's Collins English for Life B1 Listening book, is available in most bookshops in Germany. Or you can
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22 Dec 2016 |
Take your pick! ELi Publishing for the globally-available edition of the book or the brand new Klett version for Germany (with a German glossary of the everyday vocabulary). Klett will publish a free app to accompany the material early next..
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09 Nov 2016 |
A lot of interest in this topic! Please contact Ian Badger if you attended the talk and would like to comment on it or if you would like to know more about the materials for A2/B1 'non-native' speakers (English..
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20 Oct 2016 |
Great to see ELi having a prominent display of the new book on their stand at Frankfurt 2016
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20 Oct 2016 |
Thank you to all who attended and gave me such a great welcome at these two events. I have sent copies of the summary slides to the organisers of these workshops and they should be forwarded to you. If you do not receive these, please contact me direct. ..
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10 Oct 2016 |
The slides for Ian Badger's plenary talk have now been removed from the website. If you attended the conference and would like copies of these, please use the Contact form on this website to request them. With thanks to the organisers for facilitating..
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27 Sep 2016 |
Ian will be giving a plenary talk on Saturday 1st October at the conference entitled 'Building the Bedrock'.
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19 Sep 2016 |
Many thanks for being such a great participatory audience at IATEFL Poland. I really enjoyed the session! We have now removed the summary slides from this website but if you would like the slides and attended the session (or even if you didn't),..
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07 Jul 2016 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at the NATECLA conference on 9th July. If you are attending the conference and would like copies of his summary slides, please use the contact form and we will send them to you in..
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19 Apr 2016 |
Ian Badger's talk on 'Putting authentic Listening at the heart of language learning' at the IATEFL conference held at the ICC, Birmingham. It was great to talk to some attendees after the talk. If you would like copies of the updated slides, please..
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12 Apr 2016 |
Advance copies of Ian Badger's new book will be available on the Eli Publishing stand 70 at the IATEFL conference in Birmingham from 12-16 April 2016 and at the London Book Fair during the same week.
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30 Mar 2016 |
IATEFL Conference, Birmingham, April 2016
Wimbledon School of English seminar, May 2016
NATECLA Conference, Nottingham, July 2016
IATEFL Poland Conference, Szczecin, September 2016
Ravensburg and Cologne seminars,..
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23 Nov 2015 |
Please contact us if you would like further information about Ian Badger's presentation at this conference using the BMES Contact form. Thanks for all who came to the talk and for the enthusiastic reception! ..
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30 Oct 2015 |
Thanks to all for being such great participants during Ian Badger's workshop on 'Understanding English however it is spoken'. Thanks also to Salinda Poelman and the British Council Netherlands for the invitation and to Collins Education for the sponsorship.
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07 Sep 2015 |
Thank you to all for the great welcome in Berlin and to the Berlin School of English for hosting the ELTABB event. If you attended the event, please use our contact form to request a pdf version of Ian's key..
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02 Sep 2015 |
Coming up soon...
ELTABB, Berlin - 3rd September
British Council, Amsterdam - 29th October
IATEFL BESIG Sitges/Barcelona - 14th November
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27 Jan 2015 |
First, many thanks for the wonderful hospitality and organisation of the ETAS committee and the great response to the talk and workshop from the participants.
The summary slides from the plenary talk and workshop are no longer available on..
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24 Apr 2015 |
Looking forward to a busy weekend in Germany in May. Thank you to the the teachers' groups for the invitations. First MELTA in Munich and then ELTA-Rhine in Cologne.
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06 Jan 2015 |
Ian's keynote talk at the ETAS conference in Bern on 24th January will focus on the importance of improving listening comprehension in language learning.
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18 May 2015 |
Many thanks for the great welcome and generous feedback following the workshops in Germany at the weekend. Email info@bmes.co.uk if you attended the workshops and would like to receive the summary slides for the two parts of the session: 'Working and..
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13 Nov 2014 |
Welcome to participants around the world for this simulcast talk! Click here for a link to the slides (pdf).
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07 Oct 2014 |
What an excellent SATEFL event at Stirling! Many thanks for making me so welcome and for being so fired-up about using authentic listening materials! Click
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01 Oct 2014 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at SATEFL's conference in Stirling on October 4th. For details, click here.
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08 May 2014 |
Ian Badger's new authentic listening book + mp3 cd is published today by Collins. Recordings of speakers from around the world - from England, Scotland, the USA, China, India and many more!
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16 Jun 2015 |
Ian Badger's authentic listening titles: 'English for Life Listening' B1 and B2 and 'English for Business Listening' are now available in Vietnam from Nhan Tri Viet Co.
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20 Mar 2014 |
Collins English for Business: Listening with notes in Chinese has just been published in cooperation with Commercial Press. Click
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21 Feb 2014 |
Especially for Italy! The new Zanichelli Collins edition of Ian Badger's 'English for Business Listening' is now available. Click
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12 Nov 2013 |
| Many thanks for the great support from Collins and Infoa during the BESIG Prague conference and to an enthusiastic and engaged audience at my talk. Click on the photo for more information. Key slides are available Read More..
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05 Nov 2013 |
Many thanks for the warm welcome and very active participation during Ian Badger's workshops ('Overcoming the barriers in business communication') held in Berlin and Frankfurt on November 1st and 2nd. Summary slides of the workshops are available
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08 Oct 2013 |
Here are the summary slides from my plenary talk at the conference and from my session on using authentic listening materials in ESP training.
Plenary:
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07 Oct 2013 |
7/10/13 Thank you to all participants for the great response to my talks in Ulm, to the organisers and to my publisher Collins for their sponsorship. The summary slides from the plenary and from my talk on using authentic listening materials will..
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07 Oct 2013 |
Business English Phrases
by Ian Badger - for A2/B1 levels - is back! Useful phrases for everyday work life and great cartoons. Originally published by Penguin books, Business English Phrases is..
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14 Jun 2015 |
Thank you to all the participants and organisers at the first City of Glasgow College ESOL conference for a great welcome and an excellent conference.
Summary slides (in pdf) from Ian Badger's workshop on authentic listening can be downloaded..
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04 Jan 2013 |
Ian Badger will be running two workshops at the British Council in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 16th January 2013. The first will focus on the need to understand English however it is spoken in global communication and the second specifically on developing..
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25 Feb 2013 |
Writers Ian Badger and Pete Menzies really have gone to town to provide us with a course book which hits the heart of learner needs. For my money, "Business English" is about the closest you're likely to get to simulate the ups and downs of the business..
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18 Dec 2012 |
If you did not put your name on the mailing list for Ian Badger's handout slides for his talk at held at Morley College London, please use the Contact form to request these.
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27 Nov 2012 |
Click here to access Ian's slides for his talk at the IATEFL BESIG conference on using authentic..
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20 Nov 2012 |
Delighted to announce that the IPad App based on Ian Badger's 'English for Business: Listening' has won the 2012 David Riley prize for innovation in Business English and ESP (English for special purposes). The book + MP3 CD is published by CollinsELT..
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06 Jun 2015 |
Andrew Dilger, Ian Badger, Johanna Stirling, Philida Schellekens and Angela Buckingham will be speaking at the City of Glasgow College ESOL Conference on 10th June 2015. For details of the programme, click
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17 Oct 2012 |
An update on Ian's presentations from now till the end of the year. He will be presenting at Belte, Brighton on 20 October, the English UK teachers' conference in London on 10th November, IATEFL BESIG in Stuttgart on 17th November and at the IATEFL PronSig..
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09 Sep 2012 |
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14 Aug 2012 |
Ian will be talking about the importance of understanding a range of accents when using English as the international language of communication and will suggest ways in which trainers can help learners to improve their listening skills. He will refer..
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23 Jul 2012 |
Many thanks to Wayne Trotman for his excellent review of the brand new Collins 'English for Life' Series published in the latest editon of the EL Gazette. Ian Badger wrote the 'Listening' title in the series - another title based totally on authentic..
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30 Apr 2012 |
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03 Apr 2012 |
Delighted to hear that Ian Badger's 'Listening' book in the Collins English for Business series has been shortlisted for the British Council's international ELTON 2012 award for 'Innovation in learner resources'. For a full list..
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27 Mar 2012 |
Please click on the link for the main slides from Ian's talk at the IATEFL Glasgow conference on 20th March 2012. Read More..
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18 Mar 2012 |
Ian will be speaking at the IATEFL conference at the Glasgow International conference centre on Tuesday March 20th at 14.45. The title of his talk will be 'Understanding English however it is spoken'. Handout slides will be posted here after the talk...
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31 Jan 2012 |
If you attended Ian's talk (or even if you did not) in which he introduced his new book based on authentic listening clips published by Harper Collins, Collins ELT and would like copies of the handout, please use the contact..
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01 Aug 2011 |
Here are the key slides for those who attended Ian's talk this afternoon. It was good..
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28 Jun 2011 |
| Ian will be giving a talk to Bristol University pre-sessional students on 1st August at 4.20pm on using English in a professional career. See the Read More..
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11 May 2015 |
Programmes for the seminars now available on the MELTA and ELTA-Rhine websites - Munich on 16 May and Cologne on 17 May...
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09 Apr 2011 |
Ian Badger's new book: 'Listening' a key title in the new Collins Business Skills series has just been published. The book is available from bookshops and on-line booksellers worldwide. For details, see the
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05 Jan 2011 |
Ian Badger's article on the future of business English training has just been published in the January/February 2011 edition of Business Spotlight..
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24 Nov 2010 |
If you attended Ian's presentation at the BESIG conference in Bielefeld or his talk at France TESOL, Paris and would like copies of the summary slides, please contact us with your name and affiliation details.
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29 Oct 2010 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at the IATEFL BESIG conference on 20th November in Bielefeld, Germany. The topic will be 'business-critical' language training and will develop themes introduced during the first BESIG webinar held in July 2010. He will also..
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03 Aug 2010 |
It was great to meet such a large number of pre-sessional students from Bristol university yesterday during and after my talk. Those who would like handout copies of the slides are welcome to contact me at info@bmes.co.uk. ..
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01 Jul 2010 |
If you attended Ian's talk and would like handout copies of the slides, please write to info@bmes.co.uk. For those who provided email addresses, the slides will be sent on 2/7/10
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15 Jun 2010 |
Ian will be presenting on key issues relating to the teaching of Business English in a New Decade as part of the BESIG Summer conference at the University of Economics Roma Tre, Rome, Italy on 26 June 2010. Ian's presentation is kindly sponsored by Heinle..
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12 Jun 2010 |
A recording of the BESIG webinar in which Ian Badger talks about 'business-critical' language training is now available on Youtube.
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21 May 2010 |
This first-ever online BESIG event will explore the implications of the current move in Business English towards totally needs-based learner-focused language training. Ian Badger will be speaking about 'business critical language training' at this webinar..
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11 May 2010 |
If you attended Ian Badger's opening plenary 'Business English in a New Decade' at IH London on 8th May 2010 and would like electronic copies of the slide handouts, please email: info@bmes.co.uk
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31 Mar 2010 |
All levels and components of 'English for Business Life' are now available direct from Cengage Learning in Japan - see details here
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28 Mar 2010 |
Ian Badger will be speaking at this event and running a workshop on 'Business English trainers - knowing our limits, developing our competencies' See the BESIG website for details...
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15 Feb 2010 |
Some reviews of 'English for Business Life' by Ian Badger and Pete Menzies - now published by Heinle ELT, part of Cengage Learning
'The self-study book is a gem and can serve as a stand-alone course ... The material is consistently..
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08 Jan 2010 |
Some posts from the news section of our 'old' website. We have not replaced all of the links - so please contact us if you are interested in any of the items mentioned using the 'Contact' form on our Home page.
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08 Jan 2010 |
If you attended Ian Badger's presentation / workshop 'We are not the problem, they are' at BESIG Poznan, please email us with your contact details and we will send you the..
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15 Feb 2010 |
Welcome to the new BMES website! Return to this page for our latest news, but in the meantime we have carried over some 'old' news items from our previous site.
Please contact us if you or your company/organisation needs the specialised..
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29 Jul 2009 |
'English for Business Life', written by Ian Badger and Pete Menzies has a new publisher. Heinle ELT part of Cengage Learning has acquired Marshall Cavendish's ELT Business. See the press..
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