Kath Robinson

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.

⚠️ Workshop Postponed Please Note: Tomorrow’s workshop is being rescheduled due to an unexpected medical emergency involving our speaker. We realize this notice is very last-minute, and we apologize for any inconvenience this causes to your plans. Our zines will have to wait just a bit longer. We’re prioritizing our speaker’s well-being right now and

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.

Join us this October for one of our popular Stammtisch events! It’s a great chance to catch up and meet new faces. This time we’ll be meeting up at Brewdog Berlin Mitte. As well as drinks, food is available. Please join us whenever you can between 6 and 10pm. Non-members also welcome!   Please RSVP

Abstract: In today’s hybrid workplaces, even highly skilled professionals can struggle with unclear emails, endless back-and-forth and miscommunication across channels. We trainers often try to address these challenges by telling, explaining and teaching. But real transformation takes more than that. In our role, we are in a unique position to give our clients more than