We are happy to announce that  Andy Vogt-Nas will be hosting our next workshop in September with the title:  Phonological production of English – The slippery tongue’s articulate performance. With her background in psycholinguistics, she an expert on language production and with her help, we will look into speech production and how errors are made. […]

Just to let those of you who haven’t secured your place at our all day workshop this Saturday, there are still some spaces available. Don’t miss out on the morning Session with Rebecca Sprengel from 11 am to 1pm : ONE TO ONE From Teacher to Coach and the afternoon session from 3pm to 5 pm: […]

You may have had difficulties registering for our next all day workshop on the 9th June at the Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart.  We had some technical problems which have now been resolved and there are still some spaces available. Our sincere apologies! This is an all day workshop, a morning session with Rebecca Sprengel and an afternoon presentation […]

Jennie has kindly sent us her slide presentation and handouts from her workshop on April 21st.  These are now available to all our members. Just log on and check the MEMBERS ONLY section of this website to get access to all these materials. Alternatively click on this link: Slide Presentation/ Handouts on Podcasts – Jennie Wright  (you must be logged […]

With the workshop title:  murder, mystery and mayhem , we were all wondering what to expect.  Jennie introduced us to the world of podcasts and how to use them to get our students listening to English outside of the classroom. She shared with us a 6 week long project she has carried out with many of her students […]

We still have spaces available for Jennie Wright’s Workshop on using podcasts in the classroom – murder, mayhem and education so reserve your place today: https://www.eltas.de/events/new-workshop-in-april-save-the-date/ Don’t miss out on this fantastic workshop. Some of us got a sneak preview at iatefl in Brighton and it sounded great. See you there!

With the Workshop title “Teaching English to Sse Tschörmans”  Stefan Fodor takes a Close look at the  similarities and differences between English and German and how this must be considered when teaching English to German Speakers. Stefan Fodor is a a native speaker of German and works a freelance trainer for German and English. He has also […]

Sherri has kindly allowed us to upload the  slide presentation and handout from her great workshop on design.  You will need to use your ELTAS log  in as it is in the Members Only section of our website. If you did not attend the workshop and have any questions, Sherri would be more than happy to answer them […]

The British Council is offering a free 24 page booklet on ideas for classroom warmers and fillers. In this booklet there are over 30 ideas for warmers and fillers, all of which have come from a British Council teacher or manager. The activities aren’t organized in any special way, the authors want you to experiment […]

With her background in graphic design and her experience as a teacher, Sherri really understands the challenges we face as teachers when thinking about the design of our brand and teaching materials. Using real examples, Sherri shared with us design principles such as balance, white space, mood and the rule of thirds for images.  We were […]

We are excited to announce that our all day workshop with Rebecca Springel and Marjorie Rosenberg on June 9 will take place at the: Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz Mailänder Platz 1 70173 Stuttgart This is how to find us: Public Transport:  U5, U6, U7, U12, U15 (Lifts available) also bus 44 to Stadtbibliothek (Handwerkskammer) or […]

Dina asked to create a short poem using the lexis provided – words such as sparkle, glow and shimmer. Here is what our ELTAS members came up with: As a teacher you need to sparkle, you need to glow. Become a member of ELTAS and you will soon know, How to run the show! Your […]

For those of you who missed Dina Blanco-Ioannou’s workshop on spicing up your coursebook,  she has kindly sent us a copy of her presentation and an article she wrote on this topic. Here’s to creating exciting new materials in ELT – happy reading! Please log in and in the MEMBERS ONLY menu, select Handouts 2018. If you […]

Jennie Wright has agreed to host our April workshop and she will be showing us how to use them to provide authentic listening tasks in ELT. Registration is now open.  

Sherri Williams will help us explore why good design is important – both for the materials you develop for our courses and the images we use to attract new Clients Sherri will also show us online tools to create our own designs. DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR LAPTOP!