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ESU News THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION

Creating global understanding through English ISSUE No. 129 JANUARY 2007

Authors of Intelligent Business L-R Tonya Trappe, Graham Tullis and Christine Johnson (extreme right) with publishers Stephen Nicholl and Ian Wood (Pearson Longman) receive their Award from The Duke of Edinburgh

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh presented awards to the winners of the ESU English Language Book Award and ESU President's Award at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday 15 November 2006. Winners of ESU competitions to promote effective spoken English also received certificates from Prince Philip. The widely respected Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Award was founded in 1971 to recognise the best book published each year in the field of English language teaching. This year, the judges, led by Lord Quirk, named joint winners of the Award. They believe that this year's winners exhibit not only creative originality but also practical usefulness. The assessors described one of the winning entries, the “clever and

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Buckingham Palace Awards

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh presents the Award to Suzi Nicolau (A & C Black, Publishers) and Philip Gooden, author Faux Pas?

engaging” Faux Pas? A No-Nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases from Other Languages by Philip Gooden (A & C Black Publishers Limited) as “very entertaining, attractive and full of common sense.” The other winning entry Intelligent Business by Christine Johnson, Tonya Trappe Palace Awards . . . . . .Page 1 and Graham Tullis (Pearson Chile Launch . . . . . . .Page 1 Longman) was judged to be Palace Awards cont'd .Page 2 “an invaluable and ambitious Chile Launch cont'd .Page 3 project informed by considerable expertise.” Argentina visit . . . . . .Page 3

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Veil debate . . . . . . . .Page 4 Andrew Roberts lecture . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4

Chile Launch

Farming scholar . . . .Page 4 Stanley Wells . . . . . . .Page 5

The British Embassy in Santiago was the setting for the ESU Launch of Chile, kindly hosted by HE Mr Howard Drake. Thirty-six international delegates from the UK, USA, Argentina, France, Canada and New Zealand attended, together with members of the ESU Chile committee, and local dignitaries. Also present were several recipients of ESU Scholarships to the International Public Speaking Competition, International Relations Conference and the ESU Shakespeare's Globe Seminar, all of which took place in the UK. Continued on page 3.

Refugee pilot . . . . . . .Page 4

Kensington concert . .Page 5 International at Home .Page 5 Cornwall/Prague Exchange . . . . . . . . . .Page 6 ESU Staff Changes . .Page 6 Sea Vac . . . . . . . . . . .Page 6 Leith's New Faces . . .Page 6 Morehead Nominees .Page 7 Administrator retires .Page 7 Pilgrim Scholars . . . .Page 7 L-R Valerie Mitchell, Mrs Lucia Santa Cruz, President ESU Chile, Mr Howard Drake, HM Ambassador, Mr Richard Collingwood-Selby, Chairman ESU Chile and Lord Watson

Oman lecture . . . . . .Page 7 Diary Dates . . . . . . . .Page 8

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