In her workshop on creativity, Dina told us about a free resource available on the British council website. Here is the link to this pdf. document for you to download and read. ELT_Creativity_British_Council Here’s to more creative classroom activities in the future!  

Our ELTAS AGM went very smoothly. With the help of Michelle Hunter as chair, we were quickly able to run through the agenda items and unanimously reelect all the existing ELTAS committee members for another year. We are a great team and enjoy working together. Here we are directly after the AGM (Koi and Rebecca are missing). […]

Using the analogy of a English language coursebook being like a jar of ready-made curry sauce, Dina looked at the pros and cons of using both and how to get spice up standard coursebook materials. By giving real examples, together we came up with ideas on how to use the sample exercises more creatively. Dina […]

Phil Gunderson presented a fun workshop to build on presentation skills. We all had fun looking a the different vocal dynamics of communication alongside dynamic group acting exercises. The workshop was followed by our annual Xmas party and we encouraged members to bring an ETL friend or colleague. We were happy to meet new faces […]

Come to our relaxed and light hearted workshop on building presentation skills, with Phil Gunderson and don’t forget to bring an ELT friend!  The workshop will be followed by our annual Christmas party celebration, where we will have plenty of time to socialise and have fun! ELT colleagues and friends are welcome and there is […]

What a fabulous location to broaden horizons – this year’s BESIG (Business English Special Interest group) conference was held on Malta! I met up with six other ELTAS colleagues who will share their highlights of the event in our next newsletter. The overlying theme was research and that’s why several keynote speakers from the academic […]

What an excellent workshop! Using photographs  from National Geographic and TED Talks,  Tim showed us how easy it is to use visuals and build an English language lesson around them by asking the right questions. He gave us lots of ideas on the type of questions to ask, questions that go beyond just describing what the student sees but move […]

After the fun we had last year at his workshop “Get up Stand Up”, Phil Gunderson is back by popular demand with his workshop “Raising your Voice”. This time Phil will be exploring different vocal dynamics of communication and he has plenty of fun activities planned. We want to make this workshop open to non-ELTAS members free […]

We all really enjoyed Laura Edward’s workshop on Blended Learning and we have already had feedback from Laura on how much she enjoyed meeting our members. She also wrote, ”  I hope that I managed to motivate even the biggest technophobe there to give some of the tools a go!” As promised she has also […]

It was time for the committee to get together again after the long summer break and we had a lot to talk about! We had a very productive meeting, deciding on dates for our workshops in 2018 and looking at workshop feedback  to match your needs with future workshop topics.  Katrin and Ingrid are off to […]

Laura Edwards is flying into Stuttgart next Friday and we are looking forward to her workshop on Blended Learning on Saturday 23rd September. It’s going to be a hands-on workshop where Laura will look at best practices and we can try out some of the tools that will help us create a successful blended learning training course. […]

One of our newest ELTAS members, Kiara Graves, a teacher and trainer in Stuttgart, has taken time out to write up a detailed review of our mind map workshop with Ron in July.  Just click on the link below to read her full report: Mind_Maps_Workshop_Review

Over 25 ELTAS members met on Saturday 22nd July for Ron Morrain’s workshop on Mind Maps in ELT.  Through mind-mapping we found out how we could promote inquiry based learning and ensure a student centered approach to our lesson planning and teaching.  Ron shared many of his colorful mind maps with us, then it was […]

We all enjoyed the OUP Event on the 20th of May 2017.  If you weren’t able to join us, take a look at this review by Rebecca Sprengel, our new ELTAS committee member. OUP Business English Roadshow in Stuttgart Just to remind you, you can find handouts (if available) of past events in the Members […]

Are you overwhelmed with all the red tape when working as a freelancer in Germany? Get in touch with your ELTAS colleagues, either via the Yahoo group or directly with the ELTAS chair ( chair@eltas.de) if you have any questions regarding Rentenversicherung, Krankenversicherung, Steuererklärung etc. We will always find someone to help!

Members of the committee met in Stuttgart to share feedback on the last event, discuss details for the next event in July and exchange ideas for the future.  Long-time Eltas member Rebecca Sprengel also joined the group and we look forward to her participation in the future.  The next committee meeting is planned for September 16th. […]

With over 50 registrations for the OUP-Eltas day, we were all very interested in what Robert McLarty and John Hughes planned to share with us about their respective topics.  An excellent event with a great exchange of new ideas, tips and tools for teaching vocabulary and critical thinking, many of which we can immediately build into our lesson plans.  […]