Presentation Skills

My Business English students have presentations coming up soon.  Also, if you do Listening and Speaking class, you have to do some student presentations.  No matter who you are, you will have to do a presentation.  Therefore, here's a great image for effective presentations.

Additionally, here's a great TED talk on presentation skills...

Old Words, New Words

In today's BBC headlines we heard how some words are falling out of fashion...  'Walkman' and 'fortnight' can go, but I quite like 'marmalade'...

Anyway, here's a list of NEW words that were included in the Oxford online dictionary in 2013:

NEW WORDS

And if you're interested in languages, here's a great little video on the history of the English language...

SCOTLAND!

Ferguson - Militarized Police

In the US we have seen the rise of the militarized police force.  When it's hard to tell the difference between police and soldiers, is it time for a change?


For a related "VOA Learning English" story, visit this link.

Here's a link to a story from Buzzfeed.

Robin Williams & Depression

Here is a News class regarding Robin Williams and depression.