Which product of the World Cup fan articles is the most successful?

The question which of the various fan articles is the most popular is really difficult to answer.
In my opinion, the most sold pruducts are the simple and ordinary things like clothes.
First of all, they are not useless like many other products and people can show, that they are thrilled by soccer, by wearing them.
Secondly, a shirt with a flag print can be still worn after the World Cup and peaple needn´t throw them into a corner.
The price of soccer clothes is often quite expensive but I think, you can effort that when you wear them a lot.
Things like a soccer chair, a soccer cow or a peace of the real soccer pitch are sensless and useless because people can´t do anything with them. Such products may not be sold as much as clothes, for example.
I haven´t bought any soccer articles, yet because most of them are really stupid and too expensive and so a waste of money, I think.

What do you think, Frekos?

World Cup Advertising: German Ad Firms Try to Bottle Ballack

Here's that article about World Cup advertising from Der Spiegel's online English edition.

And another on a similar subject. Do you think that marketers "missed the boat" by targeting men more than women?

Spring Cleaning

I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty of doing a little "spring-cleaning" on the blog this evening to save space. I reduced the size of the photos in the hurricane post. And I also substituted links for the long lists of information in the posts with the time zones and abbreviations.

Do you notice anything else new? =:)

By the way, since this is a group blog, any of the members can log on and edit the posts. So if you see something that needs to be corrected or changed, go ahead! (Of course, you might want to ask the author first if you think they might not want you tampering with their posts!)

I3CILT

Look what some students of English in Brazil are doing at their class blog: I3CILT

Good news!

I was mistaken about the time limit for the writing paper of the FCE exam. You will have 45 minutes each for two writing tasks. I can hear the *sighs of relief*!

I also found a link that will show you how the oral exam might go.

Happy Easter FREKOS!!!


Didi

Football Jargon

I don't expect that these will be on any of your tests, but the article might be helpful anyway! Do you think there's any chance that Germany will be lifting the silverware?

Movies in English

Link to the Corso Cinema in Vaihingen.

Hurricane Wilma Damage

Here are a couple of photos from the backyard in Florida. The tree fell away from my family's home and ended up leaning on the roof of the neighbor's building without doing serious damage. The second picture shows what was left behind after the stump was removed.

Time for a Power Nap?

Here are the links related to the article we read yesterday about increasing productivity in the workplace:

Siesta

Work-Life Balance Centre

My personal favorite: Metronaps

Hmmm...maybe I should give up my job at Berlitz and start a Metronaps franchise?

Hi Michelle!
Thank you for your greetings. That sounds nice what you have written. The weather here is a little bit windy but it´s getting warmer, now.
Our classes are going well.
Have a nice flight, see you soon.

Didi :-)

From the Sunshine State:

Hello, Frekos!

The weather here is cooler than normal for February but very nice. It has only rained once since I arrived! I'm having a great time and still have a lot to do before my flight on Tuesday.

Blogger isn't letting me upload a photo, so I'll have to show you some when I get back to Germany. I hope your classes are going well. See you on the 21st of February.

Michelle

Quint Careers:

OK, jetzt müsste es klappen!

If three languages are not enough for you, you can look here!

Hello

Let's get started!

I hope this blog will be a useful and fun tool for your program at Berlitz. You can use it to post questions to me and to each other, to discuss homework assignments and projects like Step into Marketing, to share information that you've found on the web in the form of links, etc., etc. Other ideas? Post them here!

Michelle