When Eltas’ individual members log in to the website they’ll see we have added two chat rooms: One is for general discussion and a tech room for exchanging ideas about technology for the office and classroom. There’s also a new blog section Teaching Tips & Links where members can post ideas for the classroom. Log […]
Marketing yourself in times of COVID-19 (and beyond)
Written by: Nicole Heusser In Saturday’s online workshop with Dale Coulter we looked at different ideas on how to market our teaching services. A few days before the workshop, we were sent a pre-task consisting of a range of questions relating to our teaching businesses. Developing a marketing strategy as a small business can be […]
Creatively Countering Corona
How are you managing to deal with the Corona situation? What does your office look like.? Share your ideas, thoughts and photos in category Creatively Countering Corona. Member Karin-Scheffold Mokler is also a fantastic artist. Look closely and you’ll find the TP
Time for music: living room concerts with violinist Daniel Hope
Written by: Katrin Beringer The fact that we don’t go out so often gives us the opportunity to re-discover interests. By accident I discovered the daily live concerts with British violinist Daniel Hope in his Berlin living-room. Every night at 6pm together with Christoph Israel on the piano and additional guests (actors, composers, opera or […]
We will prevail!
Many thanks go to Eltas member, Andy Yarahmadi, for this inspirational song in times of Covid-19.
Zoom – Easy to use. Easy to hack?
Written by: Vera Tillner With social distancing, more and more companies, institutions and private households have moved their work and lives online over the past few weeks. So have we English trainers! But which tool should we use? In the following article, I will explain why I think Zoom is an excellent option for online […]
Upcoming webinar – Your Legal Rights and Options
Written by: Nicole Heusser It’s a bit short notice, but Patrick Mustu, lawyer and language trainer in Düsseldorf will present an online presentation on Thursday April 16 about the current situation for freelance language teachers. In this webinar, the focus will be on your rights as workers, as well as an overview of the various […]
Members Forum Guidelines
Welcome to Eltas Members Only Forum. This forum is a private forum for individual Eltas members to freely exchange ideas and thoughts share resources get and give aid to other members Due to space restrictions, we kindly ask you to keep media uploads to a minimum. Thank you.
Online committee meeting…we’re getting the hang of it!
Written by: Nicole Heusser Last Friday, our committee met for the second time this year. This was held online, as was our Inter-ELTA meeting two weeks ago. We agreed on postponing Michelle Jagger’s May workshop to September. But we could still have a webinar in May, although with another speaker. More info to follow as […]
Online Inter-ELTA meeting due to COVID-19
Written by: Nicole Heusser This year, the Inter-ELTA meeting would have taken place in Stuttgart. However, due to the Corona virus pandemic, we had to change our plans and postpone it to later this year or possibly next year. Instead, we had a two-hour Inter-ELTA meeting online via Zoom. Members of both our and our […]
Corona virus info!
In case they missed the Interelta Webinair on Your Legal Rights and Options with respect to aid in times of Corona, individual Eltas members can watch the highlights of the webinair after they login (under Handouts and Videos) Following is a list of information and resources with respect to the Corona virus. Special […]
Learn how to teach online starting March 9th. Sign up today!
This short course offered by our sister organization ELTAU will give participants all the skills they need to start teaching online at short notice. It is aimed at learners with little or no experience teaching online and who may need to offer online training spontaneously to react to change in the current business climate. Once […]
2020 ELTAS kick-off committee meeting
Written by: Nicole Heusser The first committee meeting of 2020 is already history. We met in Rudolfs Küche and Café in Stuttgart. We discussed and clarified our new (and old) roles, how to improve internal processes and communication, upcoming workshops and the Inter-ELTA-meeting, as well as an alternative to the discontinued Yahoo group. Also we […]
AGM on 18 January 2020
The AGM was held after Marcela Harrisberger’s workshop on 18 January. Following a review of the year by committee members and a look at our financial statement, the 2019 committee was formally released from their duties and the 2020 Committee duly elected. Unfortunately, Michelle Jagger will not be continuing as part of the team–a big […]
Eltas had a “smart” start to 2020 on January 18th
thanks to Marcela Harrisberger and her motivating workshop “Smart Practice – Strategies for adult students to potentialize self-study results”. Marcela shared theoretical and practical knowledge and participants were kept busy exploring ways of encouraging information retrieval to optimize language acquisition. Here’s a link to Marcela’s website with related information. Workshop handouts can be found in […]
Last Committee Meeting of 2019
Members of the Eltas committee met on Dec 20th in Stuttgart to fix arrangements for the AGM, clarify organizational issues and plan the line up of events for next year. There is a lot to look forward to in 2020! After a couple hours of discussion, it was definitely time for a stroll through the […]
Looking for a fun activity during the holidays? Download Jim Maloney’s pub quiz!
Written by: Michelle Jagger For those of you who attended the ELTAS Pub Quiz and Christmas celebrations on December 7, you know how much fun this quiz is! For those of you how weren’t there, here’s a chance test your general and language knowledge. Jim has kindly sent us the quiz questions (and answers) for […]
A merry Quizmas was had by all the ELTAS pub quiz with quizmaster Jim Maloney
What a fitting end to a busy and successful year for ETLAS! On Saturday 7th December, many members took time out of their busy Christmas schedule for a fun pub quiz at the VHS Stuttgart, followed by the ELTAS Christmas party. Jim Maloney had prepared demanding trivia questions, many of which had a language focus, […]
Join us for the ELTAS Pub Quiz then celebrate with us at our Xmas party on December 7th!
Complete the idiom, a bird in the hand……. Name the capital of Chile……. Come and test your trivia knowledge! Jim Maloney, our experienced quiz master, has prepared a fun afternoon for us all. (Check out the answers at the end of this post). There will be prizes for the best team, followed by snacks […]
An Interview with Pete Sharma
Written by: Vera Tillner Prior to his ELTAS workshop on Blended Learning at the end of this month, we asked Pete Sharma a few questions about digital transformation and what it means to the English Teaching Industry. Digital Transformation has been a buzz word across industries for years now. Do you think the English […]
Register for Pete Sharma’s workshop on Blended Learning on 28.10
Everyone is talking about digital transformation and you do not really know what to think of it? You like your lessons the way they have always been and would rather not change them? However, deep down, you have this faint feeling the whole world is changing and so is the way people want to learn? […]
