#39, Global – Macmillan’s new general English course

Macmillan is launching Global – a new general English course in 2010.

Here’s what the Macmillan English team says about Global:

A few weeks ago we introduced you to Global – Macmillan’s new general English course for adult learners. One of the innovative features of Global that we haven’t mentioned yet isGlobal English. These pages in the Coursebooks have been specially written for Global by Professor David Crystal, world-renowned expert on the English language. You can watch him talking about the rise of English as a global language on the . Lindsay Clanfield, lead author on Global, has a new posting about this and other Global features on his blog, .

We want YOU for Global.
One of the features of the new Global resource website, coming in January 2010, is a blog with contributions from practicing teachers and teacher trainers. We’re looking for teachers who can write about the adventures and challenges of teaching English around the world.

You’ll provide a two month commitment, with roughly one blog post a week. In return we’ll supply you with a class set of Global Coursebooks and Teacher’s Book, and a platform to publish your writing to a global audience. If you’re interested please send an email to, with “Global blogger” as the subject. Tell us a little bit about yourself and where you teach, and attach a sample of your writing.

Watch Professor David Crystal talking about Global

Note: These are the contents taken from Macmillan team’s email with the subject “Macmillan English Update 5th November 2009”.