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reader includes chapters on history, traditions, daily life, cities, nature and
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Contents
Welcome To Liverpool
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1 A Short History
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2 Liverpool and the Liver birds
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3 Scouse and how she is spoke
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4 A Fab Four tour of Liverpool
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5 A city of two halves
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6 Painting the town red
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Beatles Crossword
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BuzzWord Search
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Macmillan Speaker Schedule
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Floorplan
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Speaker Biographies
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Glossary
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Welcome To Liverpool
Author Daniel Defoe declared Liverpool to be one of the wonders of Britain
and it is true the city stands resplendent1 on the Mersey. Its skyline, so
evocative of that other great global city, New York, towers above the river’s
notoriously muddy waters. Wander its streets, richly lined with neoclassical
buildings and other architectural gems, and you would be mistaken for
believing you are elsewhere, perhaps even in a different time. After all,
Queen Victoria likened the place to Ancient Athens during a 19th century
visit to Liverpool.
Today, it is home to almost
500,000 Liverpudlians, or “Scousers”
Liverpudlians are known as
‘Scousers’, and their accent
as the locals are also known. This
or dialect as ‘Scouse’.
colloquialism is derived from
lobscouse, a dish of beef and roughly
cut root vegetables, slowly stewed in the oven for a couple of hours, that
Scouse sailors used to eat.
It is a culturally and linguistically diverse city, with Irish, Continental
European, African and Chinese émigrés each adding their own influences to
this melting pot. Liverpool is home to one of the oldest Chinese communities
outside Asia. Its Chinatown, whose residents live side by side with Liverpool
Cathedral, even features bilingual
English and Mandarin street signs.
From humble beginnings, the
city rose from the sludgy river
banks to become the second capital
of the British Empire. It may have
lost some of that colonial élan of
old and may have lived through
periods of intense hardship, but
Liverpool has always retained its
cocksure2, Scouse swagger3.
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Liverpool is home to one of the oldest
Chinese communities outside Asia.
A lion statue in Chinatown
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1 A Short History
Freedom
Albert Dock
There have been settlements on the banks of the Mersey estuary since
2,000BC. Monoliths4 discovered in the suburb of Allerton suggest that preBronze Age man lived here. These shores have also been home to Romans,
Vikings and Normans. The Domesday Book, an 11th century census that
chronicled the existence of every person, place and animal in England, lists
Liverpool as a tiny fishing village.
It was perhaps seafaring5 and the promise of rich catches such as eel, plaice
and sole that attracted people to this village. Its population grew, and its
boundaries expanded. In 1207, King John recognised the strategic importance
of Liuerpul – as it was then known – as a base for possible invasions of
neighbouring Wales and Ireland. By royal decree, the village became a town
and the modern history of Liverpool begins.
With the River Mersey to the south and west, and the Irish Sea and
Atlantic Ocean beyond that, water has shaped the fortune of Liverpool. The
city faces to the west as it looks towards the Americas. UK trade with the
New World resulted in the world’s first docks being built in Liverpool in 1715.
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By the start of the 19th century,
40% of global trade was
passing through Liverpool.
Ships in Albert Dock
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Ships unloaded their cargoes of sugar, spice and tobacco at these docks and,
from here, the network of canals from the River Mersey took these goods
around the country.
By the start of the 19th century, 40 per cent of global trade was passing
though this former fishing village. Liverpool was considered the second most
important city in the British Empire after London. Not only imports entered
via Liverpool; exports also left from here. Birmingham firearms, Lancashire
textiles, and metals, such as copper and brass, were loaded onto ships bound
for Africa, where this cargo was traded for people.
Liverpool played a key role in the transatlantic slave trade from the mid1700s until abolition in 1807. An estimated three million Africans entered
enforced labour. The city’s prosperity grew as the trade in people, from Africa
to the Americas, increased. Three
quarters of all the European slavers
Liverpool played a key role in
the transatlantic slave trade
left from Liverpool’s port. Historians
in the 18th century. Three quarters
claim that as many as 50 per cent of
of all the European slavers left from
captured Africans were carried on
the port of Liverpool.
these slave ships.
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A Short History
Look around you and echoes
of the city’s slave trading past are
still evident. The palatial homes of
those who made their fortune in the
selling of people can still be seen in
suburbs and parks around the city.
Penny Lane, a street immortalised by
the Beatles, is named after one such
slave trader, James Penny; Bold Street
in the city centre was named after
another, Jonas Bold.
But the imprint6 of Liverpool’s On board a slaveship
abolitionists, those who campaigned
to bring an end to the transatlantic slave trade, is also in evidence: Roscoe
Street is named after William Roscoe, who also has a commemorative statue
outside St George’s Hall on Lime Street. Bold Street restores its reputation
through the neo-classical Lyceum, home to the first lending library in Europe,
which was built by other notable champions of freedom.
The 19th and early 20th century
were Liverpool’s golden period. It
became a city in 1880 and was the
site of many world-firsts that affect
our lives even today. In 1830, Robert
Stephenson built the Rocket to serve
the world‘s first intercity railway,
linking Liverpool with nearby
Manchester. The first passenger
ship set sail from here – the port of
registry for the ill-fated7 Titanic was
coincidentally Liverpool – and the
city was also the destination for the
Penny Lane, immortalised by
first package holiday8 when Thomas
the Beatles, is named after a
Cook brought visiting families from
slave trader, James Penny.
the Midlands in 1845. This period
also saw the opening of the first girls-only school, the first school for the
deaf and the first school for the blind, as well as the first dedicated children’s
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The ill-fated RMS Titanic
hospital. The building sometimes named as the world’s first skyscraper is
also here in Liverpool. Walk down Water Street and it is easy to miss the
Oriel Chambers, such is the modesty of this five-storey building in a 21st
century context. But when architect Peter Ellis put the finishing touches
to his project, pioneering the use
of exterior glass-curtain walls, little
In 2004, UNESCO gave World
Heritage status to six sites
did he know that his work would
around the city, including the Albert
go on to inspire the construction of
Dock, the Three Graces and William
the Empire State Building, the Burj
Brown Street.
Khalifa and the Shard.
The foundations of Liverpool’s
waterfront were laid during this
period. This cityscape9 is dominated
by the Royal Liver Building (1911),
the Cunard Building (1917) and the
Port of Liverpool Building (1907),
known together as The Three Graces.
Over the years, they have been
complemented by the dominating
Anglican
Liverpool
Cathedral
(1904-1978) and the more modern,
wigwam10-like Roman Catholic
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
The Three Graces Pierhead at dusk
(1962-1967). Recent additions to the
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A Short History
skyline include the mushroomshaped Radio City Tower (1969)
and the West Tower (2007).
But as the Mersey brought
success to Liverpool, it was also
partly responsible for the city’s
20th century downturn. In the
1930s, the Great Depression
brought economic woe11 to
the industrialised world and
Liverpool wasn’t immune from
this. The city’s docks, once a
hive of activity12, stood silent as
trade with the US all but dried
up. Unemployment rocketed and
with it came poverty.
Realising
the
strategic
importance of the city’s docks to
the Allied Forces, the Axis powers
– led by Hitler, who had spent
time in the city as a young man –
targeted Liverpool during World
War II. As the Luftwaffe waged its The Metroplitan Cathedral
nine-month blitz between August
1940 and May 1941, 4,000 people perished and many more lost their homes
as bombs fell on the city. Architectural jewels, such as The Custom House,
were either completely wiped out or later demolished. The empty shell of St
Luke’s Church can still be seen at the top of Bold Street. This, perhaps, stands
as a testament to13 Liverpool’s indomitable14 spirit.
For centuries, Liverpool’s docks had been a cash cow15 for the city. In the
1970s, however, things changed and the docks became almost redundant.
The Mersey’s shallow waters couldn’t accommodate the heavy-load container
ships that were now in use. The UK’s trade focus shifted from the US to
Europe. And as air travel became more popular, the demand for long-haul
passenger ships dropped off. The docks went into decline, Liverpool with it,
and a rot set in16 that lasted for more than 20 years.
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After the years of hardship, Liverpool experienced its own Renaissance.
Regeneration projects from the mid- 1990s onwards saw money ploughed
into17 housing, the city centre and, among other things, a renovation of the
docks. The King‘s Dock is now a concert and conference venue; Mann Island
is home to the Museum of Liverpool.
But perhaps the greatest dock renovation took place a decade earlier.
Until 1988, the Albert Dock was a decaying collection of waterside brick
warehouses. But today it is the most visited tourist attraction in Liverpool.
And who can blame these 4 million annual visitors when delights such as the
Beatles and Tate Liverpool are on offer?
The 21st century has seen further recognition of the city’s heritage. In 2004,
UNESCO gave World Heritage status to six sites around the city, including
the Albert Dock, the Three Graces and William Brown Street in recognition
for the city‘s historical importance as a major trading centre. Four years
later, the city was European Capital
of Culture. This brought an extra 10
Liverpool was the European
Capital of Culture in 2008.
million visitors throughout 2008, as
well as an extra £800 million to the
city’s economy.
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Albert Dock at dusk
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2 Liverpool and the Liver Freedom
birds
The River Mersey Ferry
A pair perch atop the Royal Liver Building and one
features on the emblem of Liverpool Football Club,
but what is a liver bird and why is this creature so
symbolic of the city?
There is no point looking to the skies to find
provenance; no species exists, or has existed, that
goes by the name. So is the liver bird a mythical
beast, a figment of someone’s imagination? Or is it a
misrepresentation of another bird entirely?
Some think that it is, in fact, an eagle. This bird
did feature, after all, on the heraldry of King John of
England, the monarch who turned Liverpool from a
village into a town in 1207. This does make historical
sense, but there are others who believe that the
liver bird is a cormorant, a seafaring bird that still
flies over the River Mersey and the Irish Sea. Look
closely at the liver bird and you can see something in
Liverpool coat of arms
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Debate still surrounds the
identity of Liverpool’s symbol,
the Liver bird – is it a cormorant,
eagle or a pure invention?
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its beak. Perhaps this offers some clue
as to the bird’s true identity. John-ists
say that it is a sprig18 of broom19, the
plant that is the symbol of the House
of Plantagenet to which this king
belonged; cormorant-ists contest,
however, that the liver bird has some
seaweed in its beak. That clears that
up then!
But study the liver bird, with its Detail showing a Liver bird
swan-like neck, and a head that, if
you squint, could look like that of a shrunken dodo, and its overly large wings
that probably belong to a Canada goose, and it is clear that this bird is one of
myth – a hodgepodge Scouse creation as unique as the city and character of
her people.
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3 Scouse and how she is spoke
Freedom
To foreign ears (ie anyone from outside the city), Scouse, that is to say the
language spoken by the native Scousers, can come across as a little strange.
At its most extreme, its shrill20, rising intonation can grate21 and it is the
victim of many a harsh caricature; however, at its rich mellowest, it is
warmly reminiscent of the very best friendship.
It differs vastly from the plummy22 Lancashire dialect spoken down the
road in St Helens or Wigan and from the flatness of the Manchester accent
spoken just 20 miles away. But why is this so? What is the reason for this
massive dialectal variation within such a small geographic area?
The answer to this can possibly
You thought English had no
be traced to the mid 1800s and the
second person plural pronoun?
Great Famine, which resulted in the
Well in Scouse it does!
loss of an estimated one million lives
in Ireland; an estimated one million more crossed the Irish Sea to seek solace23
in England. Their arrival point was Liverpool, where many made their home;
today as many as 25 per cent of Liverpudlians have Irish ancestry. Add to
this migration from Wales, the Caribbean and elsewhere, and there is little
wonder that Scouse is a linguistic jumble24.
Phonetically, Scouse shares many features with the Irish dialect. For
example, the /a/ in bath or plant is short and never long; the /ð/ in the or there
sounds more like a /d/. A weakly formed the is never usually pronounced; it is
always the stronger. Another phonetic characteristic of Scouse (and, indeed,
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of other northern English dialects) is the phoneme of /ʊ/ in place of /ʌ/ in
words like cut, and the /ɜː/ in girl and her among others.
But it is not only the pronunciation that makes Scouse Scouse. It also has
its own vocabulary and grammar. Much like in some European languages,
such as Spanish, and certain dialects of US English, Scouse has a second
person plural pronoun – yous. An example of this is “Wot yous up to?”which
translates as “What are you doing?”. The object pronoun, me, is also commonly
used in place of the possessive adjective, my. “Me ma izza nurse” is what a
Scouser would say when describing his or her mother’s job.
An IATEFL Scouse phrasebuilder
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Scouse
Standard English
Dis lippy iz pure fit. Does it go with
me clobber?
This lipstick is beautiful. Does it
match what I am wearing?
I’m ‘avin a boss time here, la.
I’m enjoying myself at the IATEFL
conference.
Come ‘ed. Lez go fur a bevvy.
It’s been a long tiring day at
conference. Shall we go for an
alchoholic refreshment?
Seen ‘im. Eez bevvied.
Look at that delegate over there.
He seems to be feeling the effects of
alcohol.
Luk at dat orange bird.
That girl over there is wearing rather
a lot of fake tan.
Eez an ‘edcase him.
My! He is an unusual fellow.
Deez talks last for ages, de doo do
don’t de do?
These talks do go on, don’t they?
Dats me chair. Do one.
Excuse me, but I was sitting there.
Dem scallies av nicked me chip
butty.
Those awful young ruffians have
stolen my deep-fried potato
sandwich.
Dat scouse brow iz mingin.
My word. She has applied rather too
much mascara to her eyebrows.
4 A Fab Four tour of Liverpool
Freedom
The Beatles
The story of how four Scouse youngsters picked up their guitars before shaking
the world is well known. The Beatles – as John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison and Ringo Starr were collectively known – are Liverpool’s
most famous sons and they changed the face of pop music forever.
Walk the city streets and you see how the Beatles loom large over25
Liverpool. On street corners, buskers play sometimes passable versions of
songs such as Love, Love Me Do or Paperback Writer. Carousels outside
tourist information offices teem with postcards that feature John Lennon’s
trademark round glasses or Paul McCartney’s Hofner violin bass. Lennon has
even lent his name to the airport, which also has a yellow submarine parked
outside just to ram the connection home.
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But for the full-on Beatles experience, head over to Mathew Street – the
centre of Beatlesville. You can enjoy a drink in The Grapes, a pub where the
Fab Four were said to down26 a pint27 or two, book a room at the Hard Days
Night Hotel (the Eleanor Rigby Hotel is also round the corner on Stanley
Street) and pick up souvenirs in the Beatles Shop.
Continue down Mathew Street and eagle-eyed28 visitors may spot a scruffy
figure propped against an nondescript brick wall. This figure is, in fact, a lifesized sculpture of John Lennon and the wall belongs to the famous Cavern
Club, where the Beatles played gigs29 in their early days. Well, it is in fact a
reproduction of the Cavern Club, with 15,000 of the original bricks, after the
club was knocked down to build an underground railway route.
For more memorabilia than you can shake one of Ringo’s drumsticks at30,
then head to the Albert Dock and, more specifically, to The Beatles Story
museum. Here you can wonder at a pair of Lennon’s spectacles or George
Harrison’s very first guitar.
Day trippers eager for more can follow a magical mystery tour which takes
in the childhood homes of the Fab Four as well as locations that inspired
some of the beat combo’s more famous hits, such as Strawberry Fields Forever
(a home for orphaned children) and Penny Lane.
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The stage at the world famous Cavern Club
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Status Quo, Queen and Suzi
Quatro all played at the famous
Cavern Club before it was knocked
down to build an underground
railway route.
5 A city of two halves
Freedom
Lunchtime on 14th April 2012, was
Liverpool has two famous
strangely subdued in Liverpool. An
football clubs – Liverpool FC
eerie31 calm had descended upon
and Everton FC – with the latter
the city and the streets were partbeing one of the oldest professional
deserted as Scousers were either
football teams in the world.
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inside, jostling for space around
television sets, or 200 miles to the south in north London. By mid-afternoon,
however, the streets were buzzing again; but half the population was dead33
chuffed34, the other half decidedly blue35. It was FA Cup semi-final day
and Liverpool had just beaten their neighbours and rivals, Everton, 2-1 at
Wembley Stadium.
Football is king in the city and, if you are a Scouser, it is a given that you are
either a blue or a red. You either support Everton or you support Liverpool.
Cliché has it that football divides whole families in Liverpool. Dad might be a
Bluenose while Mum might be a Rednose (as each set of fans is politely called
by the other). Cliché also has it that this is friendly rivalry, which intensifies
somewhat when the two teams play each other on ‘derby36 day’. Liverpool is
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a tight-knit city and even its football
clubs are in close proximity. Barely
half a mile separates Goodison Park
and Anfield, the homes of Everton
and Liverpool respectively.
In keeping with the city’s
pioneering spirit, Everton – or the
Toffees as they are also known –
is one of the oldest professional
football teams in the world. One of
the founding members of the football
league, the club was formed in 1878 and was initially known as St Domingos.
With the name change came a change of playing venue, from Stanley Park to
Anfield – the current home of Everton’s great rivals.
In 1892, the Toffees moved to Goodison Park – the very first purposebuilt football stadium in the world. This angered the landlord of Anfield, who
was left a football ground without a football club. Hurriedly he formed a team
by the name of Liverpool and, as they say, the rest is history.
If Everton has the upper hand in terms of longevity, then Liverpool
certainly has in terms of silverware37. With 18 championship trophies, five
European Cups as well as countless FA Cups, League Cups and UEFA Cups
in their trophy cabinet, Liverpool is second only to Manchester United as
England’s most successful club in terms of total honours38 won.
Liverpool is one of the world’s most iconic clubs. The distinctive all red
kit is as recognisable as Brazil’s canary yellow and pea green or Real Madrid’s
meringue white. The club’s adopted anthem, belted out39 a capella by 40,000
partisans as the team walks onto the pitch, is You’ll Never Walk Alone. There
are few things in world football that make the hairs on the back of your neck
stand up more than this.
Both teams have struggled to match past glories in recent years. Everton,
despite only spending five of their 135 years outside the top division, last
tasted league success in 1987; Liverpool just three years later. The Reds,
though, did notch up another success with their fifth European Cup victory
in 2005. Three-nil down at half-time to the Italian side AC Milan, Liverpool
scored three quick second-half goals before going on to win the match, and
the trophy, on penalties.
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6 Painting the town red
Freedom
Let it never be said that a Scouser doesn’t like a good night out. Your typical
Liverpudlian likes nothing more than getting dolled up40 in his or her best
clobber41 before hitting the town42. And there are many watering holes43 in
the city to cater for thirsty Scousers.
No trip to the city is complete without a drink in the Philharmonic Dining
Rooms, the epitome of Victorian opulence, opposite the Philharmonic Hall
on Hope Street. What is striking about the Phil is the feeling of travelling
back in time once you walk through the wrought iron and gilt-edged gateway.
Eyes are often first drawn to the beautifully mosaic floor. But don’t let that
distract you from the huge chandeliers that hang from the high stuccoed
ceiling. Decadent drinkers can sink into the antiquated leather sofas as they
sip, and ponder the bar’s wooden carvings and copper furnishings. And the
gents44 must be the nicest male toilets in the world.
A visit to the Alma de Cuba on Seel Street is also a must, if only for the
surroundings. Housed in a former Catholic church, this bar serves divine
cocktails and heavenly Latin American food.
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Perhaps the best pub in Liverpool – considered by some, in fact, to be
one of the best in the whole country – is the Roscoe Head on Roscoe Street.
This is one of the smallest boozers45 in the city, and gruff46 locals stand cheek
by jowl47 with students and trendy young professionals to sip pints of locally
brewed beers in traditional surroundings.
Teetotallers48 needn’t feel left out. Leaf on Bold Street is a teahouse with a
difference. Despite its focus on tea (there are 40 different types available), this
oh-so-cool café is open until the small hours49. It has a pre-club bar vibe50 to
it with regular gigs29 and DJs. Oh... and it also serves wines and bottled beers.
Liverpool is not only noted for its pubs. Some of the best eateries in the
north of England can be found here. For a posh bit of nosh51, then visit 60
Hope Street. Here is a sumptious restaurant on three floors of a Georgian
terrace house. Starters include white onion pannacotta or homemade black
pudding52, mains feature lamb from Cumbria. Most intriguing among the
desserts on offer is a deep-fried jam sandwich. The wine list is a bit more
cosmopolitan, however, with viticultural delights from around the globe,
including a 1995 Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz from South Australia at £400!
Those with a head for heights can
dine on the 34th floor of Liverpool’s
tallest building, West Tower. Try to bag53
yourself one of the highly sought-after
window tables and take in the splendour
of the waterfront skyline, the River
Mersey and the Wirral peninsula beyond.
If it is a plain, no-fuss burger that you
are after, you could do a lot worse than
head over to The Attic on Parr Street. This
restaurant, famous for its meat on buns
with dozens of toppings, is right next
door to the famous Parr Street Recording
Studios, where bands such as Coldplay,
Take That, Napalm Death and Pulp have
recorded albums over the years. You
never know which rock star might walk
in while you are squeezing tomato sauce
A chilli cheese burger
onto your chilli cheese burger!
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Macmillan Speaker Schedule
TUESDAY
10.50-11.35: Joanna Trzmielewska
(Hall 4a)
Encouraging collaborative learning
12.10-12.40: Stacey Hughes
(Hall 12)
Study skills training for native and non-native university
students
12.55-13.25: Pedro Moura & Annie Altamirano
(Hall 4b)
Designing online courses: a case study from Macmillan
Practice Online
16.05-16.50: Luke Vyner
(Hall 4b)
Using sound as a creative stimulus for language learning
17.05-17.35:
(Hall 3a)
Jeanne Godfrey
Helping university students use words precisely and
powerfully
WEDNESDAY
10.35-11.05: Roy Norris
(Hall 3a)
What goes into writing an exam coursebook?
11.40-12.25: Sandra Fox
(Hall 6 ) Moving with Movers! Active participation for Young
Learners Exams 15.05-15.50: Chris Willis
(Hall 4b) Making an app that works for you and your students
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WEDNESDAY
16.25-16.55: Sarah Milligan
(Hall 1b)
Do something you don’t want to do, every day
17.55-18.25: Paul Drury
(Hall 12) Building an online Young Learner community:
supporting teachers and students
THURSDAY
14.00-14.30:
(Hall 1c)
Mike Hogan
Becoming more successful workplace communicators
while on the move
14.45-15.30: Nik Peachey
(Hall 3b)
Evaluating web-based tools for language instruction
16.05 - 16.50 Miles Craven
(Hall 4b)
Using Scripted Conversations in the Classroom
17.05-17.35
(Hall 3a) Michael Rundell
Up to a point, Umberto: the (digital) future of
dictionaries
FRIDAY
10.25-10.55 (Hall 12)
Teresa Doguelli
Digital education, a learning leap for mankind? 11.10-11.40: Peter Newman & Ilja Van Lunteren,
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Dutch courage: Practical tips for taking the plunge with
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Speaker Biographies
Joanna Trzmielewska
Education Consultant,
Macmillan English Campus
After graduating from university, with a degree in Teaching
English as a Foreign Language and a Masters in British
Literature in my pocket, I decided to travel full time. However,
as a big fan of the Bronte sisters, I knew that my last port
would be England. I haven’t given up travelling, as I now
travel across Europe to train teachers using the English
Campus and introduce them to using technology in their classes.
Stacey Hughes
Author - Skillful
Stacey H. Hughes has been involved in TESOL either in
teaching, training or writing since 1992. She has taught
young learners, teens and adults in a variety of contexts and
countries and is currently teaching English for Academic
purposes at Oxford Brookes University.
Pedro Moura
Sales Manager, Macmillan English Campus
After spending several years working as an English
teacher and in ELT publishing in Brazil, I completed a
Masters degree in Publishing Studies and joined the
Macmillan English Campus team in 2009. I'm a bit of a
wanderer and I'm constantly travelling the world to liaise
with Macmillan offices in Latin America, Europe and my
beloved Mediterranean.
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Annie Altamirano
Teacher, trainer, writer, editor
I graduated as a teacher of English in Argentina and hold
an MA in ELT and Applied Linguistics from the University of
London. I’ve lectured extensively in South America, Spain
and Portugal. I’m also an experienced teacher trainer,
writer and editor and have co-authored several primary
and secondary coursebooks. I’m currently developing online courses
and materials for CLIL, teaching business and legal English and doing
research into learning difficulties.
Luke Veyner
Author - Readers? Check with Saskia
"I’m a language teacher, author and songwriter. I teach
both English and Spanish and run an educational audio
production company called London Language Experience
that write and design cinematic listening resources. I’m
particularly interested in promoting creativity in the
classroom through the use of sound, music and traditional
and digital storytelling techniques."
Jeanne Godfrey
Head of the Academic Writing Centre and Principal Lecturer in
Teaching and Learning at the University of Westminster, UK.
Jeanne Godfrey has been teaching and managing in the
field of English language and academic writing for over
twenty years, and has been Chair of the British Association
of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes. She set up
one of the first academic writing centres in a UK University and has
also been a Principal Lecturer in Learning and Teaching. She is the author
of The Student Phrase Book, How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays,
Reading and Making Notes and Writing for University, all published by
Palgrave Macmillan.
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Roy Norris
Author - Readyfor FCE, Ready for CAE, Straightforward
Advanced, Direct to FCE
"My teaching career began in 1984 in Selby, North Yorkshire,
where I taught French and German in a comprehensive
school for five years. At the end of the eighties I moved to
Madrid and a career in ELT. Most of my time there has been
spent working with International House, as teacher, teacher-trainer and at
one point Cambridge Examinations Co-ordinator. In the mid 1990s I spent
18 months in Vilnius, Lithuania, where I held the post of Director of Studies
at Soros International House.
In 1996 I came back to International House Madrid to teach, and started
writing for Macmillan three years later. With the invaluable support and
understanding of my wife, Azucena, and daughters Lara and Elisa, I have
written Ready for FCE (2001), Ready for CAE (2004) and Straightforward
Advanced (2008), and co-written Direct to FCE (2011). I also contributed to
the Spanish bachillerato course Upgrade (2010)."
Sandra Fox
Author - Starters and Movers English Practice Test books
After starting out TEFL teaching with spells in the UK, then
Finland and briefly Hong Kong, Sandra has spent over 20
years in Italy where she teaches a mix of classes, spanning
various ages and levels. She is coming to the conclusion that
she is unlikely to get back home and go into social work after
travelling as planned. Some of her YL students have been
with her for over half of that time and despite growing up are
long-sufferingly coming back for more punishment!
Sandra works freelance, collaborating with the British Council in Milan as
a Cambridge examiner for the speaking papers of ESOL exams including
the Young Learner tests since their launch. She has revised and written for
various TEFL textbooks.
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Chris Willis
Author - Exams Publisher
"After teaching in Spain and the UK for 15 years I moved in
to publishing in 2007 where I have worked on a mix of print
and digital courses. I’m excited by the pedagogical potential
of the every developing digital tools at our disposal (social
media and apps to name just the most recent) but this
excitement is tinged with regret in that I never got to use
them in my own classes!"
Sarah Milligan
Training Manager, Macmillan English Campus
After graduating from Aberystwyth University I saved up
some money and flew to Barcelona where I started my
English teaching life. I spent four glorious years living the
Catalan lifestyle until the big smoke started calling to me.
Back in London, I was made DoS before embarking on
my Macmillan journey five years ago. These days I spend
my time creating guides and support material, training
teachers in their use of online resources and running
webinars to share ideas with teachers across the globe.
Paul Drury
Author - Schools Publisher
"After teaching for around nine years in Venezuela, Spain and
the UK during which time I did my DELTA and some teacher
training I joined Macmillan where I’ve been for the last ten
years. I’ve been hugely privileged in that I’ve been able to visit
lots of primary classrooms in Central/Eastern/Western Europe,
the Middle East and Mexico. I’ve been so lucky to see such a
large number of teachers and children enjoying their English
lessons and keen to learn. When working with the editorial, design and
author teams I try very hard to remember my classroom visits to ensure that
what we produce is always relevant, rewarding and enjoyable."
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Mike Hogan
Author - Global Business Class e-Workbook series
Mike Hogan has been involved in Business English
training for the past 12 years. He is currently based in
Germany, where he gives communication and intercultural
skills training to corporate clients in small group and 1-1
sessions. He also supports a team of trainers in southern
Germany where he develops and implements new training
concepts. He is a regular contributor of articles and teaching resources for
Business Spotlight and Karriere magazines, and has written a number of
Business English course books. He is on the IATEFL BESIG Online Team and
can be found at about.me/mikehogan
Nik Peachey
Freelance consult, trainer, writer course designer specialising
in educational technology and ELT
Nik has been involved in ELT since 1992 and has worked all
over the world as a teacher and ICT specialist.
He was managing editor of the BBC | British Council Teaching
English website from 2003 until 2007 when he became a
freelance consultant.
Since then he has published a number of free blogs and
ebooks. In 2012 his Daily English Activities blog was shortlisted for a British
Council Innovations Award and In May 2012 he received the Innovation
Award for excellence in course innovation for the Blended Learning in ELT
course he designed for Bell. Since moving back to the UK in 2011 he has
continued to work freelance as well as lecturing for Westminster University
on their MA TESOL and working with Bell Educational Services to develop
online teacher training courses.
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Miles Craven
Author - Get Real!, Reading Keys, English Grammar in Use
Extra, Quizzes, Questionnaires and Puzzles, Breakthrough
Plus and Q.
Miles Craven has worked in English language education
since 1988, teaching in schools, colleges and universities
around the world. He has a wide range of experience as a
teacher, teacher-trainer, examiner and materials writer.
Miles is author or co-author of several best-selling courses for adults
and young adults. He has written many articles and online materials,
and regularly presents at conferences and workshops. He also acts as
an advisor for Executive Education programs at The Møller Centre for
Continuing Education Ltd., Churchill College, University of Cambridge,
specializing in the design and delivery of management training programs
for aspiring business leaders.
Michael Rundell
Editor-in-Chief, Macmillan Dictionaries
Michael has been working in dictionaries for over 30 years. He
was around during the ‘corpus revolution’ of the 1980s, when
they first started using corpus data as a basis for describing
language. Michael’s seen plenty of changes and upheavals in
the intervening years, but the biggest change during his career
is the one that’s going on now, as dictionaries migrate from
printed books to digital media of various kinds.
As well as editing dictionaries, Michael runs regular training courses in
lexicography and lexical computing, and he is the co-author of The Oxford
Guide to Practical Lexicography (2008). Michael believes that this is an
unpredictable but exciting time for the dictionary business. “We genuinely
don’t know how things will look five years from now, but we can be sure that
social media will play an important part."
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Teresa Doguelli
Teacher Trainer
Teresa Doguelli has been a teacher and trainer for over
35 years. She has been based in Turkey since 1979,
teaching adults, university undergraduates, teenagers and
children. She has trained teachers, teacher trainers and
ELT inspectors for the British Council in Poland and Turkey
and the Turkish Ministry of National Education. She has held key positions
at The Middle East Technical University and College in Ankara, and Bilfen
College in Istanbul. She has also held interactive workshops in Turkish for
parents, administrators and teachers of other subjects in schools around
Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
Most recently she has been working as a freelance trainer, training
materials’ writer and editor for other established ELT publishers working
with teachers and administrators throughout Turkey, as well as spreading
new ideas for ELT in Bosnia, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Morocco, N. Cyprus, Poland, Qatar, Russia and Serbia.
She has an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading (1985)
and her special interests lie in Brain research, NLP and their role in the
effective /affective learning and teaching of children, teens and adults.
Peter Newman
Sales Representative & Trainer,
Macmillan English Campus
After graduating from university I decided I’d put my
languages to good use and spend a couple of months in
Spain teaching English. Those months turned into years,
and finally I decided to come back to London where I
am now working on the other side of ELT! When I’m not
off on travels talking to people about e-learning, I love
going to gigs, exploring the hidden corners of London
and visiting the friends I’m lucky enough to have across Europe (always
good for a free holiday!).
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Skillful
Developing essential skills
for academic success
A five-level academic skills course
Critical thinking and
language skills development
Study skills advice
from best-selling
author Stella Cottrell
www.macmillanenglish.com/skillful
Glossary
Definitions taken from or adapted from the Macmillan Dictionary
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resplendent - impressive to look at (page 4)
cocksure - very confident in an annoying way (page 4)
swagger - to walk in a proud and confident way (page 4)
monolith - a very large piece of stone standing on one end, often put in
position in ancient times (page 5)
seafaring - working or travelling regularly on the sea (page ?)
imprint - a strong permanent influence on someone or something
(page 7)
ill-fated - likely to end in failure or death (page 7)
package holiday - a holiday arranged by a travel company for a fixed
price that includes the cost of your hotel and transport, and sometimes
meals and entertainment (page 7)
cityscape - the way that a city looks, or a particular view of a city
(page 8)
wigwam - a tall tent used in the past by some native Americans as their
home (page 8)
woe - problems and worries (page 9)
hive of activity - a place where everyone is very busy (page 9)
(a) testament to something - evidence that something exists or is true
(page 9)
indomitable - very determined and impossible to defeat (page 9)
cash cow - a product or business that earns a lot of money, especially
when this money is used to pay for something else (page 9)
rot - the process by which a situation gradually gets much worse the rot sets in = starts (page 9)
plough something into something - to invest a lot of money in
something in order to improve it or make it successful (page 10)
sprig - a stem, or a very small branch cut from a plant (page 12)
broom - a bush with small yellow flowers (page 12)
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20 shrill - a shrill noise or voice is very loud, high and unpleasant (page 13)
21 grate - to have an annoying effect on someone (page 13)
22 plummy - a plummy voice or way or speaking is considered to be typical
of an English person of a high social class (page 13)
23 solace - something that makes you feel better when you are sad or upset
(seek solace in something) (page 13)
24 jumble - a collection of different things mixed together (page 13)
25 loom large - to have a lot of importance or influence over someone or
something (page 15)
26 down - to drink or eat all of something quickly (page 16)
27 pint - a pint of beer (page 16)
28 eagle-eyed - able to see or notice things that are very difficult to see
(page 16)
29 gig - a public performance, especially of jazz or popular music
(page 16 & 29)
30 shake: more something than you can shake a stick at - a very large
amount of something (page 16)
31 eerie - strange and mysterious, and sometimes frightening (page 17)
32 jostle - to compete for something (page 17)
33 dead - completely (page 17)
34 chuffed - very pleased about something (page 17)
35 blue - rather sad (page 17)
36 derby - a game between two teams from the same city (page 17)
37 silverware - a large silver cup that is given as a prize in a sports
competition (page 18)
38 honours - a prize in a particular competition or a place in a particular
team (page 18)
39 belt out - to shout or sing something loudly (page 18)
40 doll (someone) up - to make someone or yourself look attractive for a
special occasion (page 19)
41 clobber - clothes, equipment or other things that you are carrying with
you (page19)
42 hit the town - to go to a town, area etc, usually so that you can go
shopping or have fun (page 19)
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43 watering hole - a pub or other place where people go to drink alcohol
(page 19)
44 gents - the men’s toilet in a public place (page 19)
45 boozer - a pub or bar (page 20)
46 gruff - rude and unfriendly (page 20)
47 cheek by jowl - if two or more people or things are cheek by jowl, they
are very close to each other (page 20)
48 teetotaller - someone who never drinks alcohol (page 20)
49 (the) small hours - the time when it is very early in the morning, soon
after midnight (page 20)
50 vibe - a general feeling that you get from a person or place (page 20)
51 nosh - food (page 20)
52 black pudding - a type of thick sausage made from the meat and blood
of a pig (page 20)
53 bag - to get something before other people take it (page ?)
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in the international workplace
02 OCTOBER
Miles Craven Scripted conversations
06 NOVEMBER
Lindsay Warwick
Inspiring ideas
in the EFL classroom
04 SEPTEMBER
Mike Hogan
successful
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04 DECEMBER
Steve Taylore-Knowles The Mind Series
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Inside you’ll find interesting historical facts, surprising
statistics and your very own guide to ‘Scouse’ – the local
lingo. Use it as a guide to the city and in the classroom
when you get home.
In addition to that you’ll find a couple of things to keep your
mind busy:
• The schedule for all Macmillan’s expert talks at IATEFL
• A Liverpool crossword puzzle
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subscription to Onestopenglish
• Information about the infamous Macmillan Party
The author and publishers would like to thank the following for
permission to reproduce their photographs:
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This series provides a wide variety of enjoyable reading
material for all learners of English. Macmillan Readers
are retold versions of popular classic and contemporary
titles as well as specially written stories, published at
six levels.
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