The Administrator

While teaching for exams inevitably involves the practicing of listening and speaking strategies, the developing of said strategies can be comparatively underdone. In this interactive workshop, we’ll look at how progressing these strategies can raise both our students’ exam performance and their potential to be autonomous learners. Teachers will go away with plenty of practical ideas for their

ELTABB warmly invites all members to the 2022 AGM on 12 February 2022! It’s our great pleasure to announce that Penny Ur will be there to give a workshop in the first part of the event.   What is the AGM? The AGM is ELTABB’s Annual General Meeting. It’s the one time of year when we gather to

Join us for our second virtual Inter-ELTA Members’ Day on Saturday, November 27th! After last year’s resounding success, all seven ELTAs have teamed up again for a snazzy sequel. You can expect a day of inspiring workshops, talks, panel discussions and networking. A complete programme will be published soon – save the date! When: Saturday

Agile? That means Scrum, right? Actually, it doesn’t. In this workshop, we’ll be differentiating between the concepts of an agile mindset and tools that support an agile approach. In particular, we’ll be focussing on micro-structures and facilitation techniques you can add to your own toolbox as an ESL professional. As always, being selective in the tools you integrate into

Do you know the three Ps of feedback: personal, peer and professional feedback? While students at every level of learning value professional feedback, i.e. from the instructor, self-assessment and peer feedback is not taken as seriously. Yet, one of the aims of language proficiency, especially at advanced levels is the ability to evaluate one’s own

Pride Month and CSD reflect a colourful diversity within our culture, but what does this imply for us teachers? Tyson Seburn asks, “Do we represent people of our societies in our ELT spaces well? Not really. Does representation really matter in an ELT context? Absolutely yes.” The ability for young people to earnestly explore their identities is

For everyone who‘s been missing our in-person events for what seems like an eternity: we have great news for you! Summer is here, Miss Rona is mostly keeping quiet and we‘re back with our first ELTABB Stammtisch this year 🙂 We’ll be meeting at Hafenbar, an old cargo vessel and hidden gem at the Historische Hafen near

Now that you teach only online, you are likely to use slides regularly. Most probably, you use them like everybody else does. But there is a problem with that – the way over 98% of people create and use slides goes directly against how the brain receives, processes and remembers information. So why do people still use

In this highly interactive workshop, I would like to share insights into the world of leadership development (the challenges leaders face and the training and coaching solutions I typically provide). We‘ll explore the opportunities and challenges for ELT professionals to increase further the scope of their activity beyond language. The workshop will also include a