By Anne Hodgson Rudi Camerer and Judith Mader of elc (European Language Competence) Training and Consulting came to Berlin and gave us a 4-day train the trainer course to help us prepare learners for effective intercultural communication. A group of 12 participants, 7 from Berlin and 5 from elsewhere, one… read more >
Workhop Review: Dominic Braham and Anthony Gaughan By Jane Potts This was an excellent workshop as any of us who had done the CELTA training in Berlin would have expected. Anthony asked us to think of a metaphor, an image of what grammar represents for us. Easily the most unusual… read more >
By Anne Hodgson Thank you to Franziska Ruehl for a very enlightening all-day workshop with the opportunity to better understand the thinking behind and the assessment of the TOEFL iBT® test, administered online and recognized/required as an entry level test by over 9000 institutions world-wide. It was a great opportunity to… read more >
By Patricia Hankins John Hughes’ presentation March 9th was about using video in Business English. It was sponsored by ELTABB and Oxford University Press. The Berlin School of English graciously let us use their premises. The presentation was interesting and well worth attending. Not only did John Hughes share videos… read more >
By Jane Potts Scott came from Barcelona to talk about what he described as a “work in progress” - tied in with his forthcoming book: The task at hand: Noticing as a mind-world phenomenon – Jacknick, C. and Thornbury J. and his paper to be published in 2014: “The Learning… read more >
Workshop review: Evan Frendo By Tihana Romanic Evan Frendo’s two day, 20 hour, course was aimed at experienced trainers. On the 26th and 27th January it summoned 12 like-minded ESP trainers, eager to learn and share ideas with each other, from Berlin, Frankfurt and Leipzig. We were all keen on… read more >
Workshop Review: Dale Coulter By Ella Dickenson [caption id="attachment_222" align="alignnone" width="415"] Photo by John O'Dwyer[/caption] I wasn’t sure what to expect from this workshop, and so it was that I arrived at the Berlin School of English with some trepidation. However, after free coffee to unfreeze my icicle riddled… read more >
Workshop Review: John Sydes By Anne-Marie Ross John Sydes gave a very useful presentation at ELTABB on 8 December 2012 on the insurance and tax and contract legalities freelance teachers need to be aware of. His Powerpoint presentation is available online: John Sydes: The red tape you need to know… read more >
Workshop Review: Anthony Gaughan By Dale Coulter Anthony Gaughan, a teacher trainer and highly-active member of ELTABB and committee member of the IATEFL teacher development special interest group, kindly made the journey from Hamburg to speak to us on a crisp Berlin October afternoon to speak about planning your own… read more >
By Khushi Pasquale When are we violating German copyright law? What materials can I use to put a course together for my students? Can I embed a YouTube video on my wiki? These were among the questions that formed the background of an on-site and remote workshop co-sponsored by IATEFL… read more >
