Category Archives: Pearson Longman

New Pearson ELT titles in 2013

Posted on 09/02/2013 by alexcase

Noticeable stuff: 3rd edition of Cutting Edge (could the tasks finally be interesting??), quite a lot of academic English stuff (probably aimed at American market), and nice to see that the Longman name still survives (just). If you want to … Continue reading →

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Pearson to lose control of Penguin?

Posted on 01/11/2012 by alexcase

Nobody has quite written about it that way, but that seems to be the upshot of Bertlesmann taking a 53 percent share of the company that will be formed by the merger of Random House and Penguin. I can’t imagine … Continue reading →

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Pearson buys 450-branch test preparation school chain in China

Posted on 22/11/2011 by alexcase

They already own the China-based bits of the Wall Street English conversation school chain, so they just keep getting bigger. The article in the FT doesn’t speculate on it (because they are also owned by Pearson??), but I wonder whether … Continue reading →

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Libyan sovereign wealth fund fourth largest shareholder in Pearson

Posted on 05/03/2011 by alexcase

With 3.3%. As the CEO of Pearson pointed out, there is no way a publically-listed company can stop anyone buying that percentage of shares, and it hardly compares to some of the genuine sucking up to Qaddafi by British organisations … Continue reading →

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New Pearson Longman ELT titles in 2011

Posted on 17/01/2011 by alexcase

Jason Renshaw did quite an interesting piece recently where he tried to replicate the typical teacher dipping into the sites of the big 4 and seeing how much they like what they come across. I’ve had no such original ideas … Continue reading →

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Scientific language teaching finally arrives!

Posted on 20/01/2010 by alexcase

Hot on the heels of their takeover of Wall Street English Schools in China, launching a speaking test that is mainly marked by computer and winning a huge ESL contract in California, Pearson have launched their real bid for global … Continue reading →

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ELT Publishing Trendspotter 2010 Part One

Posted on 05/12/2009 by alexcase

Flicking through the 2010 Pearson Longman was quite interesting (interesting for TEFL okakus), and here is what I noticed: – More books bought off of smaller publishers by big publishers to fill a hole in their catalogue, this time off of … Continue reading →

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ELT publishing trendspotter

Posted on 07/09/2009 by alexcase

New ways of getting content – Big publishers have been buying up books from smaller publishers (e.g. a couple from Helbling Languages ending up on CUP and Oxford buying up some business skills books) and even self-published books (I gave a … Continue reading →

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TEFL links of the month April 09

Posted on 18/04/2009 by alexcase

Bondage as a common TEFL advertising theme from Gaba in Japan and EF in China, from More on Weirdo Language School Ads– The Atlantic “Spaced learning” (nothing to do with drugs, despite the name) and other new teaching methods that … Continue reading →

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Teaching English in Japan- Sources Part One

Posted on 13/08/2008 by alexcase

The books all teachers in Japan should read Part One- The best books about Japanese language and education I’m sitting here mourning over the 100 or so books about Japan that I will be leaving on the school bookshelves rather … Continue reading →

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