 November
2002
The Macmillan
English Dictionary for Advanced Learners has been announced
WINNER of the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh English-Speaking Union
English Language Book Award in 2002.
The Duke of Edinburgh
English-Speaking Union Award is presented annually to the best and
most innovative work in the field of teaching or learning the
English language. This prominent award for the most innovative
work of the year on the English Language whether presenting a
description, a teaching methodology or a work devoted to language
in use for a specific purpose of profession, is applicable to
books published between 1st July 2001 and 30th June
2002.
The Macmillan English
Dictionary is the first dictionary to have received this award
in a long time. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT, President of the
ESU and Chairman of the English Language Council, will present the
award at Buckingham Palace later this year.
www.esu.org
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Launch of MED Magazine
October 2002
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An exciting new Macmillandictionary.com email
service has been launched: the MED Magazine. MED Magazine, the free monthly webzine of the
Macmillan English Dictionary resource site, will cover a wide
range of topics, all connected to the English language and the teaching
of English as a foreign language. You
can register for the MED Magazine here.
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VS
Naipaul launches the Macmillan
English Dictionary
22nd
March 2002 |
The distinguished gathering of
the great and good ensured a pleasant birth, and media coverage
in the next day’s newspapers and on TV. |
Despite
the predictable rainy weather, MED was blessed and launched at
Samuel Johnson’s house in central London by both a
resuscitated Samuel Johnson, father of the English dictionary,
and rain-soaked VS Naipaul, the Nobel Prize winner for English
Literature.
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Uncovering
Grammar has won the 2002 Ben Warren International House Prize |
by Scott
Thornbury
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Another
title in the award winning Teacher Development series.
The BEN WARREN - INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
TRUST PRIZE, launched in September 1996, is a new annual book
prize of 2,000 pounds sterling to be awarded each year to the
author or authors of the most outstanding work in the field of
language teacher education.
The prize is awarded by the Ben Warren -
International House Trust, set up as a memorial to the life and
work of Ben Warren, who was tragically killed while attending
the International House Directors' Conference in May 1991. He
was the founder of the IH schools in Eastern Spain and one of
the key figures in the growth and development of the
International House organisation. The Trust has been funded by
contributions from his friends, colleagues and admirers around
the world.
Find out more about Uncovering
Grammar in the Catalogue.
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Macmillan
English Dictionary Launch Bangkok
Tuesday January 22nd
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Gwyneth Fox with members of
the Thailand TESOL executive committee at the MED High Tea Launch Party
in Bangkok 22nd January 2002.
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Tuesday January 22nd
saw the first official launch of the Macmillan English
Dictionary take place in Bangkok. To mark the launch of the new
English dictionary teachers and booksellers were invited to
enjoy High Tea at the Siam City Hotel. Sixty teachers and
university lectures, including members of the Thailand TESOL
executive committee, came to the launch as well as over twenty
booksellers.
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