Network Teachers' Club (November 2009)

Did you know what Yasser Arafat, Lech Walesa and Willi Brandt have got in common? They are all winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Did you know there's a spoof on the Nobel prizes - the Ig Nobel prizes? These are also awarded each year to ... "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think" and to spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.

Well, Christmas is rushing towards us and most of us are thinking about our "Christmas lessons". If you use the Network Teacher's Books, you've probably collected quite a few good ideas which you can use with different levels of students.

Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring programmes. It was created in 1942 and has been regularly broadcast ever since. The format is simple: each week a guest is interviewed and invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island.

Die Kursbücher der Reihe English Network sind Garanten für erfolgreiches Lehren und Lernen. Aber hin und wieder fragen Sie Ihre Lerner und Lernerinnen vielleicht, wie sie ihr Englisch auf kurzweilige und angenehme Weise weiter verbessern können. Mit den Bänden der Reihe "English Network Pockets" werden Sie um keine Antwort verlegen sein.