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    Thanks for signing up to our newsletter! The latest one and all the others are below.

    We have been creating newsletters since we started Out There in 2001, but due to being very busy and general laziness they have been fairly sporadic (irregular!) but now, with this new site we are going to keep on producing regular snapshots into the world of Out There.

    As you will see, we have had an interesting few years as we have continued to innovate.

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    Recent articles

      Swedes do it over a nice cup of tea - Feb 2010 Out There News
    Feb 10, 2010
    English Out There on Facebook and our organic social media growth and integration are becoming something of an obsession for us. Being the world's first social learning English course for use with social media means we can expand and interact with the world in so many ways and be incredibly flexible. This newsletter has feedback from an English Out There course provider in China, some news about our Facebook work and the launch of our new forums on LOT.com.
      Social Media in ELT - Languages Out There News Jan 2010
    Jan 28, 2010
    Using social media to learn and practise English is a relatively new phenomenon but one that is probably here to stay. I've spent the last four and half years exploring the online world of language exchange and speaking practice and I have found a few things out.  Here is what in this month's newsletter, which is dedicated to social media English.

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    "This is great...but whatever you do, don't do it!" - conflicting advice from a British Council/BBC website
    How to train an ageing brain
    Top 5 things I learnt in 2009
    Old Jokes Home
      Christmas Newsletter 2009 - UK ELT RIP
    Dec 23, 2009
    Maybe a bit premature, but big change is deffo on the way for UK ELT PLC. What with government legislation and technological change, things for the traditional burghers of imperial educational services are going to get tough as.
      Facebook Out There Day - LOT News 17th Nov 2009
    Nov 17, 2009
    This is an exciting newsletter as there are lots of new things to look at and play to do with Out There materials. not least is the fact that we have teamed up with Vivox Voice on Facebook to enable the world to learn English and then practise it with fluent and native speakers for just 15 UK pence per hour!
      Human Nature - English Out There News October '09
    Oct 2, 2009
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    'Come up and see my etchings' - Language and Human Nature - top presentation and video bySteven Pinker
    'The end of the world is nigh!'- great article about leadership and the tools to change things for the  better
    How not to do EOT - brave and honest teacher feedback made me make this video
    LOT enters 'EOT Intermediate TD4' for British Council innovation awards (ELTons)
    Teacher's questions about using social media to practise English
    Old Jokes Home
      Fair Trade English anyone? - Sept (3) newsletter
    Sep 22, 2009
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    Fair Trade English - the first move to level the playing field? (make things fairer)
    Call centre (BPO) hell - I lose it (get very angry) and explain the problems and solutions
    Second video of 'Introduction to teaching English Out There'
    FWOABW feedback - thanks folks!
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      New global English language testing system launched - Out There newsletter
    Sep 10, 2009
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    Seven Easy Steps to using EOT in non-English speaking countries
    Video of 'Introduction to teaching English Out There'
    New global English language testing system finally revealed by LOT
    Intermediate TD4 course book now with 'Look Inside' on Amazon
    Languages Out There channel on Youtube
    Old Jokes Home
      Scotland bans right-handed drinking - News Out There Sept 09 (1)
    Sep 3, 2009
    Shocking news from Scotland and more stuff about English Out There and how it is taking over the world including: a free online class by Jason giving an introduction to teaching English Out There.
      August '09 Newsletter - 01
    Aug 12, 2009

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      July Newsletter - Free Membership
    Jul 21, 2009
    We are giving a few plans away to get you hooked! :-)
     
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