Spotlight 2/2012

CONTENTS

Discover what awaits you on all 70 pages of the current issue.

February 2012 contents

 

SPOKEN ENGLISH

Tips and tools for oral language exams at B1-B2 level.

Test your speaking skills

 

WIND AND WAVES

Britain's Isles of Scilly look like a new continent rising from the sea.

Chasing rainbows

 

DEBATE: CANADA

In Montreal, we ask: Should we be tougher on young criminals?

Sending kids to prison

 

TRAVELOGS: FLORIDA

Free inside Spotlight: an eight-page itinerary of an unusual place.

Dreaming of Key West

 

Magazine contents

THIS MONTH'S TOPICS

People
Names and faces from around the world

A Day in My Life
A museum archivist in Hawaii

World View
What's news and what's hot

Britain Today
Colin Beaven on number plates

Language
Test your speaking skills

Environment
Genetically modified food

Food
Table manners in Britain and the US

I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on a Twitter valentine

Travel
Britain's Isles of Scilly

Around Oz
Peter Flynn on choosing who may enter politics

Travelogs: Dreaming of Key West

Debate
Should Canada be tougher on young criminals?

History
Charles Dickens, born 200 years ago this month

Press Gallery
Views from the English-language media

Arts
Books, films and music, plus a short story

The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons

American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on making winter fun

Feedback & Impressum
Your letters to Spotlight — and our responses

Next Month
What's coming next month in Spotlight

Talking Point
John Riach on German words in English

IN THE MAGAZINE: 16 language pages

Vocabulary Different types of car

The Grammar Page Using "much" and "many"

Everyday English Organizing a jumble sale

Language Cards Pull out and practise

Travel Talk Going on a guided walk

Peggy's Place The latest from a London pub

English at Work Writing formal reports

Spoken English Talking about future time

Word Builder A focus on the words in Spotlight

Crossword Find the words and win a prize

Perfectionists Only! Nuances of English