Written by: Nicole Heusser Registration is now open for the Klett & Cambridge University Press 35 Years/ELTAS 30 years anniversary conference. It will be a day packed with compelling workshops: Task-based Learning. More or less. (Louise Green) Managing Conflict (Patricia de Griese) Personalising business topics and getting learners to talk (Suzanne Vetter-M’Caw) Revising, recycling and […]

ELTAS 30th anniversary program, July 6, from 11 am to 3 pm at the California Bounge, Börsenplatz 1, Stuttgart Welcome Enjoy a delicious brunch buffet (including coffee/tea, eggs, fresh fruit salad, yoghurt, bubbles and much more) Play the Timeline Game – test your knowledge of the world (and ELTAS) events from the past 30 years […]

We may have been a small group of committee members, but we had a lot of creative ideas and came up with a fun program for our anniversary brunch on the 6th July at the California Bounge, Börsenplatz 1, 70174 Stuttgart from 11am to 3pm.  You don’t have much time left to book!  If you […]

Get your special ELTAS anniversary T-shirt here, as modeled by our committee members. Good quality, black, crew or V neck T-shirts in either slim fit (Women) and casual fit (Men) Price 15 Euro. Order yours now! Just contact me, Michelle (blog@eltas.de) with your size, fit (W/M), crew or v neck. I look forward to hearing […]

Written by: Nicole Heusser What is authenticity? And how can it be applied in the classroom? What do we need to know about our clients and what do they need to know about us, in order to effectively teach them? These and many more questions were answered in Ian McMaster’s (editor-in-chief of Business Spotlight Magazine) […]

Michelle (K) kindly invited us to her place for our May 4th committee meeting. Despite the weather, it was a cosy gathering. Thanks to Michelle for hosting! We had a packed agenda, with the main focus on our plans for the 30th anniversary celebrations this year. By now, all of our members have received an […]

The IATEFL ESP SIG in Bochum is not in September as I stated in a previous blog. It’s on May 11th, the theme is “Mediation” which is the new CEFR criteria, and registration closes on April 10th. The official title is “English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) Conference 2019 at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum Language Centre […]

That’s it for me from IATEFL 2019 at ACC Liverpool. As always, a challenging, enriching experience. See you next year in Manchester?

Lindsay Clandfield gave a landmark speech this morning on education technology in ELT. I sure hope it was recorded. Takeaways: “We should be realistic about technology and its potential but also about what it isn’t and what it cannot.” (This from an acknowledged expert on technology in ELT.) “Context matters. We have agency.” For example, […]

An amusing end to a long conference day: Six brave ELT souls entertaining us with Pecha Kucha. Bravo!

Of all the ELT gurus wandering the halls here at ACC Liverpool, here is my one of my favorites, John Hughes, giving his session on personalization. Just as I was asking myself where the female gurus were in this industry of 80% women professionals, I was lucky enough to attend the session of Jill Hadfield, […]

Know this guy? If not, then you’re really missing something! He is David Crystal. Check him out, and if you ever get the chance, hear him speak. Here he is in the IATEFL stand, good naturedly letting many people like me take his picture!

Thursday was the day of the big guns! I was very excited to attend the session from Scott Thornbury, “Answering Grammar Questions”. It was so reassuring to hear him say: “There is never a right answer. Grammar is not a linguistic straight jacket. Most grammar is choice,” and, perhaps most provocatively, “a marked enthusiasm for […]

Telc entertained exhibition visitors with Beatles songs and a Beatles quiz.  Note the far out sunglasses and mini Yellow Submarine on display.  Cathy Duffek live from iATEFL  

What I learned at the SIGs event on Wednesday evening is that the ESP English for Special Purposes SIG, which is also for EAP English for Academic Purposes, is having an event closer to home in Bochum on September 9. These types of events are held all over the world, so it’s quite fortunate for […]