Spotlight 12/2009

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Spotlight December 2009

LANGUAGE
Cross-Cultural Communication

Learn the secret of making yourself understood in different cultures.

Cultural encounters

ENVIRONMENT
Climate Change

The world is now ready to make serious changes to save the planet.

A new climate of cooperation

TRAVEL
Experiences

Spotlight authors take you on a journey around the world.

Once in a lifetime

Spotlight 12/2009 magazine contents

THIS MONTH'S TOPICS

PEOPLE

Names and Faces
Global storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, violinist Nigel Kennedy and others

A DAY IN MY LIFE

South Africa
Andrew Brent Elliott takes wedding photos that make the memories last

WORLD VIEW

News in Brief
Surfing on sand in Dubai, and sending the first clown into space

LANGUAGE

Cross-Cultural Communication
Learn the secret of making yourself understood in different cultures

DEBATE

Britain
Should our soldiers be in Afghanistan? People in Britain have their say

LIFESTYLE

Cowgirls: Don't Fence Them in
A cowgirl can be many things, as our Texas correspondent finds out

ENVIRONMENT

Climate Change
The world is now ready to make serious changes - and to go to new extremes to save the planet

PRESS GALLERY

Comment
Opinions on recent events, including the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, from the English-language media

TRAVEL

Make Your Escape
Our authors take you on a journey round the world: to the US, New Zealand, Japan and Britain

HISTORY

A Picture and Its Story
Red Cloud, who died 100 years ago this month, led the Lakota Indians against the US government

ARTS

What's New
The latest books, films and events, plus a short story about a strange-looking fruit

LANGUAGE SECTION

Vocabulary Winter sports

Grammar Basics Comparisons

Everyday English Getting ready for Christmas

Language Cards Pull out and practise

Travel Talk Meeting people

Peggy's Place The latest from a London pub

English at Work Giving simple instructions

Crossword Find the words and win a prize

Word Power Adjectives that end in -able

Perfectionists Only! Nuances of English

Spoken English Expressions used in conversation

News and Reviews Language and product news, and this month's Spotlight Audio

COLUMNISTS

Colin Beaven: Britain Today
The great tradition of Christmas food

Amy Argetsinger: I Ask Myself
Whatever happened to the Watergate?

Peter Flynn: Around Oz
Nobody loves a journalist

Ginger Kuenzel: American Life
Our fascination with real-life stories

Paul Smith: Before You Go
Borrowing words from English

REGULAR SECTIONS

Editorial

Spotlight Online

The Spotlight Shop

Classified ads

The Lighter Side

Feedback / Impressum

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