Resources
- Tools & References
- Exercising your English
- Working Skills and Competencies
- Socially Sound Ideas
- Super Resources
Tools & References
Dictionaries
- http://wordreference.com/ - A multilingual dictionary site, including English-Spanish/French/Italian/Portuguese.
- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ - Includes a thesaurus, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary, acronyms, idioms, and a lot more.
- http://www.merriam-webster.com/ - Includes a thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary, and a medical dictionary.
- http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ - Merriam Webster’s dictionary for language learners including a pronunciation dictionary.
Glossaries
- http://glossarist.com/ - Glossaries covering many subjects.
- http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm - Plain-English definitions for hundreds of legal terms.
Questions & Answers
- http://wikipedia.org/ - If you don’t already know it, you really should…
- http://wiki.answers.com/help/asking_questions - Trivia and answers on anything you were ever curious about.
- http://www.answers.com/ - A lot more than just trivia…language lovers may want to try the ‘Spelling Bee’.
Written Communication
- http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/ - A guide based on the classic stylebook given to all journalists at The Economist.
Exercising your English
Something to listen to
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/learn_english/default.stm - This page on the BBC’s site offers an opportunity to listen to the news and read the transcript. You will also find a glossary of the words in bold. This link makes things a bit easier for Spanish-speaking learners, but they offer other languages as well.
- http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ - This site also allows you to listen to the news and read the transcript. However, it is read a little slower than the link above.
- http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/ - If you would prefer to listen to something business-related, here you can listen to some podcasts and read the transcript.
- http://odeo.com/ - Podcasts (mp3 files) on a wide variety of subjects.
- http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/ - This site is a listener-supported, non-profit podcast network brought created by a global team of audio/video professionals.
Something to read
- http://www.odemagazine.com/ - Tired of reading bad news? Try this online community for optimists.
- http://online.wsj.com/careers/main - The Wall Street Journal’s Career Journal.
- http://headlinespot.com/- This searchable site has links to news and other online media from all over the world.
Working Skills and Competencies
Presentations
- http://entrepreneurs.about.com/cs/marketing/a/7sinsofppt.htm - A few ideas on things to avoid when using PowerPoint presentations.
- http://www.presentationzen.com/ - A blog on issues related to professional presentation design.
Meetings
- http://isd.usc.edu/~karl/Bingo/ - Play Buzzword Bingo in your next meeting…it’ll keep you all awake, and practise using some business buzzwords.
- http://effectivemeetings.com/ - This site offers hands-on meeting advice for all kinds of situations.
Negotiations
- http://www.negotiationtip.com/ - Listen to their negotiation tip of the week.
Going Abroad
- http://www.executiveplanet.com/ - They provide tips on business etiquette, customs and protocol for doing business worldwide.
- http://www.economist.com/countries/?CFID=3003044&CFTOKEN=11672540 - Before going abroad you may want to also take a look at The Economist’s Country Briefings for news, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more.
Socially Sound Ideas
- http://justcauseit.com/ - An online source for fresh, fun and insightful stories about people making positive changes in the world.
- http://www.principalvoices.com/ - In 2008, Principal Voices is generating discussion about the Economics of Energy, Design for Good and Climate Change. Worth looking at some of their initiatives in previous years.
Super Resources
Here you have a variety of resources, templates, ready-to-use models (e.g. commercial letters), phrase banks (i.e. useful phrases), industry glossaries, etc.
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