September already? It’ll soon be Xmas…
New releases
Deborah Hobbs (author) mentioned the release of ‘Open World’ (CUP). This is from the Cambridge English website:
Open World is an exciting new course from Cambridge which takes you further. Embark on a journey beyond the traditional boundaries between exam preparation and real-world language.
The book looks a bit Life-y based on that front cover.
Paul Ashe announced the release of New Hello! for the market in Egypt. If you’re interested about the context that this book will be used in then here’s a summary of ELT in Egypt from the British Council.
There are inspection copies out for C21 from Garnet Education. If I manage to get a copy I’ll review it. There’s an uber-positive review on their site about it, which was published in the EL Gazette.
Every publisher seems to be marketing books as developing ‘21st Century Skills’ these days. I’ve just googled a list of core ‘21st Century Skills’… eeek. I’m a crap leader, fairly unproductive, sometimes inflexible and not that creative. Send me the book Garnet, I can learn from it…
Emily Bryson has just written ’50 Ways to Teach Life Skills’ for Wayzgoose Press. (more…)