Procrastination 2

Procrastination

No regrets

Buzz words

Denture Venturer is a great new term. Click here to go to the whole article to find out what it means and how to use it.

The World Cup

In this video from the University of Nottingham's website you can watch a rather eccentric-looking professor explainng why he believes the world cup cannot possibly be made of solid gold.

Volcanic language learning quiz

Business Spotlight - up to date as always - has written an article (with vocabulary help) follwed by a related language quiz.
Click here

listening practice

This website may at first look slightly unserious, but the listening quizzes are really worth trying out.
elllo listening practice

BRICs, PIGs & STUPIDs

Have you any idea what these acronynms stand for in the business world (and whether it is appropriate to use them)?
Read a short article to find out here

Acronym acrimony: The problem with Pigs

HR vocabulary

Here's a pretty good website for Human Resources related vocabulary.

http://www.lexicon.adp.com/

Marketing with animated characters

A British price-comparison website has had phenomenal success with Aleksandr Orlov, an animated meerkat.
Go to the website http://www.comparethemeerkat.com/to see how it is done, and to see what all the fuss is about.
And don't forget to compare the meerkats and watch the videos too :-)