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My Publications
"Publish or Perish"

I) Research interests

•    British Civilisation (The Crimean War, Anglo-Turkish Relations (Introduction (in French) / Synopsis of my doctoral thesis (in French)), Cyprus, and Malta)

•    Web-based authoring programmes (collaborating with the authors of such programmes)

•    Producing web-based language exercises in HTML, Javascript, Java and Flash

- Teaching specialities

•    ESP/EFL (General English, Business English, Computer English, British History)

II) Publications

- Textbooks

• Going into Business (with Marion Elliott) - a business course for Distance Learning, The British Institute in Paris (London University), 1984.  

• L'Anglais commercial par les Mots-Croisés (Business English Crosswords - French/English) (Paris: Retz, 1985).

• Je me Perfectionne en Anglais (with Bernard Bazin) (Paris: Retz, 1988).

• L'Anglais des Affaires (with Michael P Grant), audio cassettes (Le Livre de Poche No 8541 - Les Langues Modernes, Hachette, 1991; second edition, 1993).

• L'Anglais de la Communication Commerciale (with Dr. Gérard Selbach), audio cassettes (Le Livre de Poche No 8543 - Les Langues Modernes, Hachette, 1993).

• Les Verbes à Particules en Anglais (Phrasal Verbs in English) (with Bernard Bazin) (Le Livre de Poche No 8584 - Les Langues Modernes, Hachette, 1996).

• Maîtrisez l'Anglais Commercial (with Gérard Selbach) (Le Livre de Poche - Les Langues Modernes, Hachette, 2001).

• L'Anglais du Management (with Gérard Selbach) (Le Livre de Poche - Les Langue Modernes, Hachette, 2001).

• L'Anglais des affaires en pratique (Business English textbook with exercises) (with Harold J. Benjamin) (Paris: La Maison du Dictionnaire, 2009).

• How Good are Your Prepositions? - Les Prépositions en Anglais (with Harold J. Benjamin) (Paris: La Maison du Dictionnaire, September 2014)

• Les Relations Anglo-Turques de 1939-1980 et le Conflit Chypriote, Istanbul, les Editions ISIS, 2022 -Table of Contents


• My lecture on "Anglo-Turkish Relations 1939-1980 and the Cyprus Strife" at the Anglo-Turkish Society (London), on 4th April 2023


• The video of my lecture is available on YouTube


• The flyer I created for my lecture on "Anglo-Turkish Relations"


• 100% Collocations: Words that naturally go together (with Harold J. Benjamin), Paris, Les Editions Ellipses, 2022



- Articles
 
• Review of Ludmilla Zhivkova, Anglo-Turkish Relations 1933–1939 (London: Secker and Warburg, 1976), Cahiers d'Etudes sur la Méditerranée Orientale et le Monde Turco-Iranien, CEMOTI, Fondation des Sciences Politiques, Paris (1985), pp 84-86.

• "Business English Crosswords" in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, Paris, 1986.

• International Transport (bilingual crossword) in Cross Examinations, Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris 1987.

• "Easy Programming in BASIC for Language Teachers" in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, Vol. 4, No. 25, Paris, 1987.

• "Lab Expos" (lecturettes in language laboratories) in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, Vol 5, No. 26, Paris, 1987.

• Bilingual/French-English/crosswords in The Key and The Key Junior (English language newspaper for learners of English published twice a month), Paris, 1988–1990.

• "What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG): Word-Processing for Language Teachers", Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, no 32-33 (1989).

• "Dictation Master" (with Sylvie Grasdepot) Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pedagogie et Recherche, Paris, September-October 1989.

• "Desktop Publishing: A Mystery?" in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, No 38, Paris, 1990.

• "Business English Revisited" (with Michael P. Grant) in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, Nos. 42-43, Paris, 1991.

• "Malta GC - The George Cross Island: From the Language Question to Bilingualism", Colloquium "Fin d'Empires: Conflits d'Expression dans les Anciennes Terres Coloniales", Université Paris-Dauphine, 10 March 1993.

  • 'Malta of gold, Malta of silver, Malta of precious metal'
  • ', review of A Ganado and J C Sammut, Malta in British and French Caricature 1798–1815 (Valetta: Said International, 1989), Franco- British Studies, 16 (Autumn 1993), pp 89-92.

    • "What You Scan Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)" in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, No. 49, Paris, 1993.

    • 'Full Time Cooks for Half Baked Potatoes' (Creating Web-based exercises) in Les Cahiers de l'APLIUT, Pédagogie et Recherche, Volume XIX, No. 2, December 1999, Paris, 1999.

    • "The Angloword Puzzle" and "The Angloword Clue Jumble", ANGLOW, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (January 2006).

    • 'Conference on Maltese economy at University of Paris Dauphine' (with Patrice Sanguy): article published in the Sunday Times of Malta (19th November 2006) direct link

    • L’INTERNATIONAL - ‘Découvrez l’Espace Langues et perfectionnez votre Anglais’
    Article about my work at the University of Paris-Dauphine (May 2014)
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    - Digital Teaching Materials

    • Placement Test (with Jean René Rouquette) - written in BBC BASIC for the French Department of The British Institute in Paris (London University), 1985.

    • Presentation of Dictation Master, computerised dictations (with Sylvie Grasdepot), University of Paris V, 1988.

    • L'Anglais des Affaires (with Michael P. Grant), CD-ROM version, Studio Multimedia (Paris: Hachette, 1994).

    • L'Anglais de la Communication Commerciale (with Dr Gérard Selbach), CD-ROM version, Studio Multimedia (Paris: Hachette, 1995).

    • Team leader in charge of the course material for the Medical English Multimedia Project (with Elanguest School of English, St Julian's - Malta), Leonardo Multimedia Project, 2003

    - Websites

    • Michael's  ESP-EFL British Civilisation Home Page (1997-2009) (2010-2018)

    • Resource Centre, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (2000)

    • ESP-Business English, the University of Paris-Dauphine (2001)

    • Business English Revision Exercises, the University of Paris-Dauphine (2002)

    • Leonardo da Vinci - Web and Multimedia Training for Medical English, Elanguest School of Languages, Malta (2003)

    • Extra Help, MD2 "Mathematics of Decision Making", the University of Paris-Dauphine(2005)

    • Michael's English Language Exercises ... are back !!! (July 2025)

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