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Business Communication Skills and Teaching Presentation Skills [Interview]
In November 2010, the Oxford University Press Conference for Private Language Schools took place in Kyiv. Oxford News met with guest speaker John Hughes, whose presentation ‘Business people want...
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The Power of Business Video – Part 1: Using ‘graded video’ in Business...
Ahead of his talk at BESIG on 19th November, John Hughes examines the case for using graded video in the first of two posts on using video in the Business English classroom. At my BESIG presentation in...
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The Power of Business Video – Part 2: Key uses of video for Business English...
Following his post on using graded video, John Hughes looks at how video can be used in the Business English classroom. John will be speaking on this subject at the BESIG conference on 19th November....
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An introduction to Business English
John Hughes, co-author of Business Result, discusses the unique challenges of teaching business English. John will be hosting a webinar on this topic on 20th September. In the first in a series of...
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Why teaching culture is part of teaching Business English
John Hughes looks at how to approach teaching about culture in business English. John hosted a webinar on the topic of Intercultural communication in Business English on 17th October 2012. I once...
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Seven tips for successful case studies
John Hughes offers his advice on using case studies in the classroom. John hosted a webinar on the topic of Case Studies in the Business English Classroom on 6th November 2012 – watch it here. Case...
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Teaching Presentation Skills
John Hughes is the co-author of a new video course from OUP called ‘Successful Presentations’. On 25th January, he hosted a webinar on this topic. In this post, he sums up the key points of managing...
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10 attack strategies for teaching the text in Business English
Ahead of his webinar on the same topic (click on Adult > Teaching the whole text in Business English), Business English expert John Hughes shares his top tips for approaching a piece of text in...
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Teaching low level Business English
John Hughes is an author of Business Result. The new Starter level of this series will be launched in November at the BESIG 2013 conference in Prague. John will also be running a workshop on teaching...
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How to write your own EFL materials: Part One – Writing for different levels
John Hughes has co-authored a number of titles for OUP including three levels in the Business Result series, Successful Meetings, and Successful Presentations. He will be giving a practical workshop on...
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How to write your own EFL materials: Part Two – Thinking about context and flow
John Hughes has co-authored a number of titles for OUP including three levels in the Business Result series, Successful Meetings, and Successful Presentations. He will be giving a practical workshop on...
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Practical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part One – Developing...
This is the first article of a three-part Business English series by ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes. Here, he looks at the core critical thinking skills required by...
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Practical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part Two – Making the...
This is the second article of a three-part Business English series by ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes. Here, he looks at how the use of video can support business...
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Practical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part Three – Teaching...
This is the final article of a three-part Business English series by ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes. Here, he looks at ideas and exercises for successful networking....
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The power of pronunciation in Business English
ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes, shares some classroom ideas for teaching pronunciation in your business English classes ahead of his webinar on 19th February. Register...
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Transforming business research into classroom materials
In advance of his talk at the BESIG conference in Malta (November 10-12), John Hughes describes how he makes use of business research in his teaching and materials writing. Business research can take...
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Teaching English with vox pops 🎤
Vox pops videos can transform your Business English classroom The term vox pop comes from the Latin term vox populi, meaning voice of the people. In modern media terms, it refers to the method of...
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Engaging content for your Business English lessons
What’s the point of talking about this? Because exploring a topic with your class that they are interested in and passionate about can spark some great conversations. Discussing content that students...
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Using games for win-win learning | Q&A
Over a thousand teachers attended the webinars on Using games for win-win learning and there was plenty of discussion in the chatbox with teachers sharing their ideas and opinions on using games. Here...
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Teaching more than English – giving students the professional skills to succeed
Image by © Laura Doss/Corbis Disrupting our definition of Business English in the 21st Century In a recent Washington Post article entitled ‘The surprising thing Google learned about its employees –...
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