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Tara Maceyak
Longman Cornerstone and Longman Keystone: Sucess Stories
Tara MaceyakK-6 Marketing Manager

We've been telling you about the features of Longman Cornerstone (grades K-5) and Longman Keystone (grades 6-12). This month, I wanted to bring you up to date on who is using Cornerstone and Keystone.
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John Brezinsky
The Online Revolution — Real Improvements in Real Classrooms
John Brezinsky, Higher Education Marketing Manager

In the mid-1990s, the Internet was new and intriguing. Excitement was building. We knew that the Internet would change everything about language teaching. Nothing would ever be the same!

Jump to the present — Time for an update! Online software has not eliminated the classroom. Instead, teachers and students are improving class time, with many new options for out-of-class time.
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Oliva Fernandez
Learn More about Picture This!
Oliva Fernandez, Marketing Director, Adult and Higher Education

Picture This! is a two-level multiskills course for beginning students who need effective communication in English. The course uses innovative strategies to teach the fundamentals and provide opportunities for free expression. Picture This! places your students on the fast track to fluency.  (Excerpted from a review by Carol Martin, Garden Grove, CA)
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John Brezinsky


How Do You Balance Writing Process and Product?
John Brezinsky, Higher Education Marketing Manager

Ask anyone what they teach in an academic writing class and they’ll probably tell you that they focus on both the process and product of writing. But what does that mean? This article spells out why process and product are important and offers tips on incorporating the two in your course.
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Tania Saiz Sousa
Kate Kinsella Talks about "The Importance of Targeted Dictionaries in Multilevel Classrooms"
Tania Saiz-SousaMarketing Manager

TESOL 2009 in Denver was a big success; one of our most talked-about sessions was a presentation by Dr. Kate Kinsella.
Dr. Kinsella presented to a packed audience of teachers on Longman dictionaries as targeted tools for different age and proficiency levels.

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John Brezinsky
Teach Grammar or Communicative Skills? Why Not Do Both?
John Brezinsky, Higher Education Marketing Manager

Many teachers ask whether they should spend more time developing students’ knowledge of grammar or their communicative abilities. I tend to say what Betty Azar says—do both. Grammatical knowledge improves students' abilities to communicate effectively, and this same communication solidifies grammatical knowledge through the targeted negotiation of meaning.
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