Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-johnston-88700215/ Contact: --- Eleanor Johnston is an English-for-specific-purposes (ESP) teacher at the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde - however, she has also taught French and German to secondary-school pupils, does (and continues to do) translation work, and even once led a debating team to national glory. Here are… read more >
Due to [NOTE TO SELF - think of a good excuse here before publication], the ELTABBer-of-the-Month interview for October is in a fight-to-the-death with its deadline. To help it out, I have skipped the normal time-consuming procedure of posting a biography and call for questions on the ELTABB forums. Here… read more >
We're revisiting a past ELTABBer-of-the-Month for August/September. Hailing from Alabama, USA, and having taught English for a range of purposes across the world, Sarah has more to stories to tell! Since her first interview, Sarah has been ELTABB chair, worked with the Berlin Zoo and weathered the worldwide changes that… read more >
Contact: – https://www.businessenglischkurse.com/, https://specialist-language.com/ and https://www.winetastrs.com/ Website: – What first drew you to English teaching? I had learnt French and German in-company when I was working in reinsurance, and found the training rather unsatisfactory. I needed help with things like preparing management reports, understanding the trade press and… read more >
Thomas Kortsmit is a newly-qualified English teacher! With a background in the financial sector, he wanted to do something that utilised his love of languages and allowed him to take a step back from the spreadsheets. He's now having a short stay in Berlin before jetting off to Japan to… read more >
Contact: – Website: – www.sebenglish.net Originally from Ohio in the USA, Sarah Moved to Dortmund in 1994. She was learning German through intensive 5-hour-a-day, 5-day-a-week courses when a fellow student suggested she teach English at Berlitz to earn a little money. From there, it wasn't long until she was… read more >
Contact: – Phew! It's hard to write a brief biography for Alexandra - she completed a BA in Classics in 2009, including two semesters in Italy, which she enjoyed so much she decided to move there. To this end, she did a CELTA, in Milan in 2010, then taught… read more >
Contact: Website: www.christopherchandler.de Christopher Chandler is our new Chair of the Board - this is actually his second time as ELTABBer of the Month, but we thought it would be interesting to see what's changed since then! He moved here in 2011 and has been a freelance English… read more >
Contact: – Website: – https://www.leibniz-zas.de/en/people/details/wilson-cameron/cameron-wilson Cameron's biography: I began my teaching career as a ‘day job’ when I was working as puppeteer and theater designer in NYC, and ended up finding my true calling in the classroom. After teaching English for adult immigrants in Brooklyn not-for-profits for several years,… read more >
Contact: Suzan Bartholomeusz has over fifteen years of teaching experience - she has lived in Canada, Germany, the UK and Turkey, speaks English, French and German, has a BA in Marketing and an MA in the English Language and is a keen believer in 'learning by doing'... Our… read more >
