Spotlight 5/2012

NEW! EASY ENGLISH

Our new booklet, free inside Spotlight, helps you to refresh the basics.

Green Light

 

CONTENTS

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

May 2012 contents

 

OLYMPIC LONDON

Tour the Olympic Park and the "new" East End. Large-format map inside.

London 2012: Olympics and more

 

INTERCULTURAL SKILLS

Understand attitudes and behaviour, and prevent miscommunication.

Mind the gap

 

THE WILD WEST

Calamity Jane's colourful stories made her the Forrest Gump of the Old West.

Storyteller of the Wild West

 

Magazine contents

THIS MONTH'S TOPICS

People
Names and faces from around the world

A Day in My Life
Kermit the Frog

World View
What's news and what's hot

Britain Today
Colin Beaven on London's M25 motorway

Travel
A tour of London's Olympic Park and the "new" East End

Food
The popularity of peanut butter

Music
The return of David Lee Roth and Van Halen

I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on the death of Whitney Houston

Intercultural Skills
Communicating better with people from abroad

Around Oz
Peter Flynn on Australia's wet summer

Green Light: Basic English

Debate
Should high earners pay higher taxes? (Britain)

History
Calamity Jane, storyteller of the Wild West

Press Gallery
Food security

Arts
Books, films and music, plus a short story

The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons

American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on the general store

Feedback & Impressum
Your letters to Spotlight — and our responses

Next Month
What's coming next month in Spotlight

Talking Point
John Riach: Wise words (proverbs) from my grandparents

IN THE MAGAZINE: 16 language pages

Vocabulary Jobs and occupations

The Grammar Page "The fewest" and "the least"

Everyday English Having a street party

Language Cards Pull out and practise

Travel Talk Driving in Britain

Peggy's Place The latest from a London pub

English at Work Small talk and subjects to avoid

Spoken English Adding -s, -'s and -es

Word Builder A focus on the words in Spotlight

Crossword Find the words and win a prize

Perfectionists Only! Nuances of English