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'Collins English for Business' and 'Collins English for Life' eBooks available!

08 Feb 2023
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In-company communication - then and now

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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BESIG Conference Gdansk 11-13 November 2022

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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Business English writing. What are the rules?

04 Apr 2022

After two covid postponements, Ian Badger will finally be giving his talk 'Business..

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Collins downloadable audio resources

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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IATEFL 2021 Belfast

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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New edition of Everyday Business English Writing

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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Online audio resources for Collins ELT books

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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Collins English for Business Listening - free additional resources

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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BESIG showcase event at IATEFL Manchester conference - postponed till 2021

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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2020 Collins catalogue published

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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IATEFL BESIG Berlin 2019 - an excellent conference

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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Ian Badger - plenary at the IATEFL BESIG Conference Berlin, 13.10.19

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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Business English Writing. What are the rules?

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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Interview with Ian Badger for the IATEFL BESIG blog - July 2019

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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Audio for 'English for Business Life' - free to download from the Cengage official website

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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Thank you to IATEFL BESIG participants in IASI

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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Ian Badger in Iasi, Romania: 'Working with the British. Do they speak English?'

08 Nov 2018

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English NOT as a lingua franca!

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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Hamburg conference for in-company trainers

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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Talk at the University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Vienna

24 May 2018
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Excellent IATEFL ESP/BESIG Conference in Lublin, 13.1.18

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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Ian Badger - Plenary at the IATEFL Poland ESP/Business English conference in Lublin, 13 1.18

03 Jan 2018

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Workshops in Berlin and Hamburg

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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BESIG Malta 2017 - Ian Badger's slides

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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1 Plan, 2 Gather data, 3 Write

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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IATEFL Poland conference at Bielsko-Biala 9/17

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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Launch of Business English Phrases (with Polish translations)

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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Working with authentic listening materials - new article from Ian Badger

07 Aug 2017
Just published in the latest edition of NATECLA's Language Issues journal.  This article is a report on Ian Badger's workshop at the NATECLA conference at Nottingham..

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Ian Badger's June workshops in Germany

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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Business English UK conference, 10.6.17 - Ian Badger's summary slides and further sources of authentic recordings

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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Business English UK conference, London, 10 June, 2017

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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Ian Badger's presentation at the IATEFL BESIG PCE in Glasgow, April 2017

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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Ian Badger presenting at the Glasgow IATEFL Business English PCE - 3.4.17

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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Langenscheidt Sprachkurs Englisch Fortgeschrittene

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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Flash on English for Business Conversations - ELi and Klett versions available

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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Are the natives still the problem? Summary slides from Ian Badger's presentation at the BESIG Munich conference, 5.11.16

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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'Flash on English for Business Conversations' at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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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Workshops at Weingarten-Ravensburg Hochschule and ELTA-Rhine Cologne - 14 and 15.10.16

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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Ian Badger's plenary talk at IATEFL ESPSig Conference, Athens, 1.10.16

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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IATEFL ESP SIG Conference Athens October 1-2 2016

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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Ian Badger's summary slides for IATEFL Poland Szczecin workshop - September 2016

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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NATECLA Conference, University of Nottingham

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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IATEFL Conference Birmingham 15.4.16 - Ian Badger's slides

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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'English for Business Conversations' - out very soon!

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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Ian Badger's talks and workshops 2016 - provisional schedule

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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IATEFL BESIG Conference, Sitges, 16/11/15

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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British Council Amsterdam - Business English Day 29/10/15

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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ELTABB workshop - summary slides

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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Ian Badger's autumn 2015 talks and workshops

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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NEW NOVEMBER 2023! Collins brochure - talk in Stuttgart

13 Oct 2023
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Summary slides for Ian Badger's plenary talk and workshop

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.

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Workshops in Germany - May 2015

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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Ian Badger's keynote talk at the ETAS Conference, Bern, Switzerland

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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Summary slides from Ian Badger's workshops in Munich and Cologne - May 2015

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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"It's a pony, Ian" - Ian Badger's slides for BESIG, Bonn - 15.11.14

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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Summary slides and references from Ian Badger's talk at SATEFL event at Stirling University

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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The Scottish Association for Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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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Ian Badger's talk at Business English UK Trainers' Conference, London June 7th 2014

09 Jun 2014
Click here for the summary slides for Ian's talk 'Business critical..

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English for Life: Listening B2 is out!

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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Collins 'English for Life' and 'English for Business' now available in Vietnam

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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Chinese edition of 'Collins English for Business: Listening' now available

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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New Zanichelli edition of Collins English for Business Listening

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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BESIG conference Prague - 9-10 November 2013

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.. With the Infoa team on the Collins/Info stand

Workshops for business trainers in Berlin and Frankfurt

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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4th ESP conference Ulm - summary slides from Ian Badger's talks

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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Follow up: 4th English for Specific Purposes Conference - Ulm 5/10/13

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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"Business English Phrases" is back!

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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4th English for Specific Purposes Conference - Ulm 5/10/13

11 Sep 2013

Ian Badger will be giving the opening plenary talk: 'Business-critical ESP training' at the 4th English for Specific Purposes Conference on Saturday 5th October 2013 at the Hochschule..

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Summary slides, references and resources from Ian Badger's authentic listening workshop at the City of Glasgow College ESOL conference, June 10th 2015

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.  

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Two workshops at the British Council Kuala Lumpur, 16.01.2013

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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English for Business Life - a summary of reviews

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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IATEFL PronSig Event - London 15.12.12

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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Handout slides for Ian Badger's talk at IATEFL BESIG conference Stuttgart 17.11.12

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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Collins English for Business Listening App wins the 2012 David Riley Prize

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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City of Glasgow College - ESOL Conference 10 June 2015

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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Ian Badger: Upcoming conference presentations - October to December 2012

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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Interview with Ian Badger in EL Gazette November 2012

17 Oct 2012
Ian is interviewed by EL Gazette Editor..

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Understanding English however it is spoken - Summary of Ian's presentation at IATEFL Poland conference Wroclaw 8.9.12

09 Sep 2012
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Ian speaking at IATEFL Poland, Wroclaw 8.9.12

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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English for Life: Listening

Review of Collins 'English for Life' series in EL Gazette August 2012

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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Business English UK conference 28/4/12 - Ian's handout slides

30 Apr 2012

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'Collins English for Business: Listening' shortlisted for 2012 ELTON prize

03 Apr 2012
Ian Badger's English for Life: Listening nominated for British Council award

Handouts for Ian Badger's talk at IATEFL Glasgow - Understanding English however it is spoken

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..


IATEFL Conference Glasgow - 20 March 2012

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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BESIG Conference Dubrovnik - Nov 2011

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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Slides for students attending Ian's talk at Bristol University - 1.8.11

01 Aug 2011
Here are the key slides for those who attended Ian's talk this afternoon.  It was good..

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Talk at Bristol University, 1st August 2011

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..

Ian Badger workshops in Germany May 2015 - Programmes now available

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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Business Listening book is published

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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Business English training - new article in 'Business Spotlight'

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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Summary slides for November conference talks in Germany and France

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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Ian Badger's upcoming conference presentations in November 2010 - Germany and France

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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'Using English in your professional career' - Talk at Bristol University 2.8.10

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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BESIG Rome summer conference

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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Ian Badger presenting at the BESIG conference in Rome, 26.6.10

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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BESIG webinar recording now available on Youtube

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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BESIG Webinar - 1 June 2010.

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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Plenary at Business English UK conference

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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Business English trainers - knowing our limits, developing our competences

13 Apr 2010
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'English for Business Life' - now available in Japan

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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IATEFL BESIG Pre-conference event Harrogate, UK 7.4.10

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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'English for Business Life' - some reviews

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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BMES 'old' posts

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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BESIG Poznan conference 2009

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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New BMES website

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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'English for Business Life' has a new Publisher

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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