Christine Burgmer | Blog » News http://blog.english-trainer.de Ideas, news, tips and resources for the Business English learner Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:06:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Words in the News http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/05/words-in-the-news-2/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/05/words-in-the-news-2/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 19:45:07 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=2546 A new monument celebrating books has been launched in Buenos Aires.  Found out the details here.

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]]> http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/07/uk-news/feed/ 1 Mobile phones banned from cabinet http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/05/mobile-phones-banned-from-cabinet/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/05/mobile-phones-banned-from-cabinet/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 21:42:05 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=1946 The UK’s new prime minster, David Cameron, has banned his cabinet ministers from using mobile phones and Blackberrys in meetings.  You might like to read the BBC News article here.

What do you think?  Should people be allowed to take their mobile phones and Blackberrys into meetings?  What are the rules at your place of work?

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]]> http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/03/one-minute-world-news/feed/ 1 The Voice of America http://blog.english-trainer.de/2009/10/the-voice-of-america/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2009/10/the-voice-of-america/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:27:38 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=1450 The Voice of America broadcasts radio programmes in ‘Special English’ using a core vocabulary of 1500 words.  It uses  short, simple sentences that contain only one idea and the active voice (rather than the passive), and it does not use idioms.  It is excellent for English learners.

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