By Khushi Pasquale Twelve people attended the Speed Networking Event. It was one of the most lively ELTABB events I've ever attended. The mix was just right: old-timer and newcomer; business and academic; personal and professional; moderated and free-form. Anne started us off by floating the topic "Business Cards". Quickly… read more >
Workshop Review: Zoe Carruthers By Mike Truppiano & Anne Hodgson If you’re like us, you only want to teach and just let sales and marketing take care of themselves. Hopefully, our thinking goes, we’ll just get more and better referrals and all will be well. As Zoe Caruthers reminded us… read more >
Workshop Review: Tia Robinson This workshop addressed ELTABB members’ top challenges and used the participants’ collective knowledge to brainstorm possible solutions for managing the issues effectively and professionally. Perhaps not surprisingly, participants independently came up with very similar top classroom challenges! Here are our top classroom challenges along with the… read more >
Workshop Review: Ann Cartwright By Meli Solomon Ann Cartwright, experienced human resources manager, author and EFL trainer presented the key processes, skills and benefits of coaching as a workplace learning tool. Read the ELTABB event review by Méli Solomon: Well attended and well received.At the outset, I sensed some doubts… read more >
Workshop Review: Vicki Hollett By Anne Hodgson, James Topping, Khushi Pasquale Sponsored by Pearson (thank you!) In the traditional classroom, the 3 R's have now given way to the 4C's - Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking and Creativity. Vicki presented these as 21st century skills needed to handle the challenges of… read more >
Workshop Review: Nick Munby Nick Munby provided some new perspectives on games in the classroom. Games are often used as warmers, getting to know or wind down activities in the language classroom. But games can also serve as core activities designed to examine how we think, put ideas into words… read more >
Workshop Review: Evan Frendo Evan Frendo discussed recent research projects. Topics included needs analysis, corpus linguistics, workplace discourse, intercultural communication and the controversial subject of English as a Lingua Franca.In the second half, attention was turned to framework materials. These are materials which take the form of a template for… read more >
What do language schools look for in a teacher? A panel discussion led by Dominic Braham with representatives from language schools gave participants the opportunity to to ask questions about key concerns such as qualifications, skills, rates of pay. Participants left with a clear idea of what to expect and… read more >
Intercultural communicative competence is a combination of knowledge, attitudes and skills. Communication skills are the focus, i.e. using language in intercultural encounters to ensure the best results for all involved. This 4-day course took place on two weekends in November. The course leads to certification in Intercultural Competence in English… read more >
Workshop Review: Michael Swann Oxford University Press and ELTABB welcomed Michael Swan, author of "Practical English Usage" and many other ELT publications to Berlin. He demonstrated why "grammar doesn't have to be grey". read more >
