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 >
Workshop Review: Carl Dowse By Anna Bedewell Weekends are precious for us all and I was deliberating about attending Carl Dowse’s Teachers’ Digital Toolkit workshop for a long time. Luckily I made the right decision, as the course at GLS provided not only with a bag of digital goodies to… read more >
Workshop Review: Leo Waters - Photos by John O'Dwyer Review by Leo Waters – Photos by John O'Dwyer Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (although not as bushy-haired as in his photo), Kees Garman dazzled us with what can be done with PowerPoint. Kees is on a mission to create a resource that… read more >
