Kath Robinson

We are excited to announce that after being postponed, we have finally found a date for our special workshop! Join us for an engaging hands-on session on how creative zines can also serve as academically rigorous tools in language teaching. Afterward, stay for a 1-hour holiday networking event full of holiday spirit to connect with […]

Coursebooks offer a wide range of communicative activities. Still, classroom interaction often differs from the spontaneous conversations learners encounter in real life. How can we bridge this gap for our learners? Join us for an interactive, in-person workshop:   Beyond the course book: Engaging speaking activities (not just for!) the Business English classroom with ELTABB’s

As we settle in to September, hopefully rejuvinated by any summer holidays or just a little time off, ELTABB will be heading back to Café am Neuen See. It’s a great spot by the water and hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy some of Berlin’s last summery weather. If you’ve not been before then rest

From Classroom English to Real-World Impact: Designing Speaking Activities That Build Communicative Competence with Barnaby Griffiths   How can we make classroom speaking activities lead to stronger real-world communication? In this 90-minute practical session, Barnaby Griffiths will explore how teachers can move beyond traditional speaking practice and design activities that actively build learners’ communicative competence.

Our Summer Stammtisch will take place on Friday 26th June, 6-10pm. We will be at Jäger & Lustig on Grünberger Straße in Friedrichshain. Please come and join us for a drink and something to eat, if you fancy it. Hopefully we can be outdoors, but we will be inside if the weather isn’t being friendly.

Our Spring Stammtisch is confirmed! I have booked a table at Prater Garten: the oldest beer garden in Berlin (apparently). I can certainly confirm that it’s a lovely spot. I have booked an indoor table but I am hopeful that the weather will be nice enough for us to be outside and enjoy some springtime

If you weren’t able to go to the BESIG (Business English Special Interest Group section of IATEFL) conference in Athens this year, you get a second chance here in Berlin! ELTABB had three presenters in Athens and they’ve all kindly offered to do their presentations again for us here in Berlin.   Plan of the

For the festive Stammtisch, we’ll be heading back to Nikolaiviertel . Feel free to join us at the Christmas market, at the restaurant or both. 18:00-19:15 Nikoleiviertel Weihnachtsmarkt for drinks 19:30 Dinner and drinks at a nearby restaurant (probably Georgbräu, like last year) As always, it’s great to see new faces and non-members very welcome!

How do you define good teacher well-being? What does good teacher/professional well-being mean or look like to you? This two-hour workshop will support you to articulate your own answers to these questions – and going a step further, it will also help you to develop tangible and immediately actionable steps to increase your professional well-being.