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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on May 10, 2013
A big thank you to everyone who took part in our “Say the Word” competition. The brief was to find any words in Beatles songs which are not ‘red words’ in the Macmillan Dictionary. And this isn’t easy. We mentioned in an earlier post that the Beatles’ lyrics are mostly made up of basic, high-frequency [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on February 12, 2013
Games are a great way to learn English. Our language games are not only for English language learners but also for native speakers who are addicted to word games. In our red words game, you can test your intuition on word frequency. You can practise irregular verb forms by spinning the irregular verb wheel. We’ve [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on February 05, 2013
The Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord feature turns 10 years old later this month! To celebrate this 10th anniversary, we will be posting interesting BuzzWord-related content here on the blog throughout the year. The first in this series is a quick look back at the BuzzWords of 2012. We asked our regular blog contributors the following couple [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 04, 2012
A recent poll has suggested that the English Language Teaching profession is becoming more popular amongst newly graduated students in the UK. The following infographic, created for teacher’s resource site onestopenglish, includes some introductory information about how to get into English Language Teaching (ELT), such as things to consider before deciding on becoming a teacher, [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on November 27, 2012
Following the success of last year’s competition, we’re launching the Macmillan Dictionary Love English Awards 2012 for best blog and best website about the English language. For full details of this year’s competition – how you can nominate and vote, and what the prizes are – check out this page on the blog. Key dates: [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on February 01, 2012
It’s over – voting has closed, the count has finished, and the UN observers have signed off the results. We’ve seen some fantastic blogs and sites in the course of the last couple of months, and now is the moment of truth for our two winners and the four runners-up. Best Blog There were [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 31, 2011
Here we go again, saying good-bye to another year, and what a fantastic year it’s been over here on Macmillan Dictionary Blog! We look forward to 2012 bringing plenty more lively linguistic discussion, but for now Macmillan Dictionary Blog would like to wish all contributors and readers a very Happy New Year!
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 21, 2011
We’re one week into the Love English Awards, to coincide with the generally festive vibe in the air at the moment. Looking back on the year, which website or blog has been the most useful, entertaining, informative for you in terms of learning English, or improving your English, or just feeding your love of the [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on December 15, 2011
We’re delighted to launch the Macmillan Dictionary Love English Awards 2011 for best blog and best website about the English language. For details of the competition – how you can nominate and vote, and what the prizes are – check out this page over on Macmillan Dictionary. You can nominate your chosen website and/or blog [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on June 30, 2011
The second (i.e. final) week of the Wimbledon Championships is well underway and the world and SW19 are buzzing with tennis. Here is a quick selection of words popular with spectators of the sport: Move over Henmania, Timbledon and Henman Hill, and make room for: Murraymania, Andymonium and Murray Mound. And it’s not just about [...]
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