Dear Colleagues,
I’m excited to announce we will be launching three new web sites to support our French, Spanish and German magazines this August.
In conjunction with the launch of these new sites we will also be reducing the number of print issues of the Foreign Language Magazines from six issues per year to five issues from the 2010/11 year onwards. 

This will mean that from September 2010 the French, German, and Spanish magazines now have an identical product shape to the English magazines. As most of you will be aware, we launched the ELT web site in September 2008. The web site has been well received by our customers (some 60,000 users are currently registered with us) won prestigious industry awards and has had a good effect on subscription trends. The new web sites will take a similar shape to the hugely successful English site.

Online features for the French, Spanish and German sites:
-       Videos in foreign languages to support & complement the magazines
-       Weekly news for every language level for differentiated language learning
-       Online, interactive activities
-       Forums in which students can use the target language for a real purpose
-       White board friendly teacher resources
-       Audio content for every issue
-       Databank of images and photos for slideshows and flashcards
-       Archive of past articles
-       Downloadable and printable resource sheets, searchable by topic

French, Spanish and German titles move from six to five issues per year:   

For the purposes of clarity the 9 magazine titles affected are:

Allons-Y
Bonjour
Ca Va
Chez Nous

Que Tal
Ahora
El Sol

Schuss
Das Rad

All of these will move to five issues per year. It is anticipated that we will adhere to the existing schedules – i.e. despatching the final (issue 5) magazine to the same schedule as now.

The magazines will continue to be supported by two CDs per year.   

We will be sure to share more details with you as the sites are built, but in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Warm regards

 Gordon 

 GORDON KNOWLES | Managing Director 
Mary Glasgow Magazines | Scholastic
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Magazines Plusstartet startet opp i 2008 og allerede i år fikk de tildelt kvalitetsprisen Eltons fra British Council .
Judge's comment:  "I am particularly impressed with how the kids interact online.  The general sense of the site is not about accurate use of language but using English just as a tool for young people to chat with another"

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