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It’s obvious that we live in a visual culture – just walk down the street, step onto a train or open a social media website, and you’re bombarded by visual information. But how much are you using visual communication to facilitate learning in your language classroom? And are you teaching your students to communicate visually […]

22 Aug 10:00 am Online (via Zoom) It’s obvious that we live in a visual culture – just walk down the street, step onto a train or open a social media website, and you’re bombarded by visual information. But how much are you using visual communication to facilitate learning in your language classroom? And are

This July, we’d like to invite you back to the ‘ELTABB Staff Room,’ an interactive workshop in which Eltabb members bring their own teaching ideas/issues/questions to the table and explore them with others. This time it will be online, due to Corona restrictions, using Zoom and a digital whiteboard, Mural. (For those unfamiliar with these tools,

The greatest challenge I’ve faced as a freelance teacher and materials writer has been managing my workload. On the one hand, I need to pay the rent but, on the other hand, I’m no use to anyone if I’m exhausted all the time. Sound familiar?  Striking a balance between these two extremes had proven elusive

This is a hands-on workshop about using problem-solving exercises to develop critical thinking skills and discuss them in English. Problems are engaging, and demand solutions, thus providing considerable fluency practice, as well as opportunities for teachers to react to those errors that impede communication. Talking about thinking is a high-level language activity since the harder

For this webinar, all of Germany’s teaching associations have banded together to offer their membership some much-needed support in these uncertain times. Patrick Mustu, a lawyer and language trainer based in Düsseldorf will give a presentation outlining the current situation for freelancers with a specific focus on our industry and your rights as workers. He’ll

***UPDATE*** Leo’s workshop will be going ahead but with a new time and will also be moved online and delivered via Zoom. The topic has also changed accordingly. When: Sat 25 April 2020, 10-12:30PM ***new time***Where: online via Zoom (see the Ning for the link)Registration: Due to technological limitations, our online events are currently only open to

*****We are postponing our Staffroom (which was scheduled for Saturday 14 March 2020) until a later date. With the announcement today of the closing of Berlin schools and all the current uncertainty about how to proceed with our daily lives in general, we’re going to play it safe and will hold it another day, post

Join us online to learn about taxes, insurance, and other important German bureaucracy for freelancers in Berlin. In this very special edition of the Red Tape Workshop, we will also cover an overview of financial measures freelancers could try to take during this challenging coronavirus time, as well as a few starting resources for taking your teaching online.