Laura Edwards, a teacher and digital materials developer, is planning an exciting hands-on workshop, which will look at good practice in blended learning. Sign up to learn about strategies and frameworks for blended learning and try some tools that will help us to create our own materials.
4-7 April 2017 – the 51st IATEFL Conference in Glasgow or online!
One of the main events in the English Language Teaching calendar is coming up very soon. ELTAS members who are going to Glasgow, we would like to hear from you with your views on the talks and workshops you attended. To contribute to our blog, please contact Michelle at blog@eltas.de Those of you who aren’t lucky […]
Sharing ideas at the Inter ELTA meeting in Biberach
Once a year every ELTA in Germany sends delegates to the Inter ELTA meeting. On 11 March our colleagues from Ulm invited us to Biberach for our annual exchange of ideas, experience and best practice. This year Ingrid, our ELTAS treasurer, and I went. Results in a nutshell: all sister organisations want to cooperate more. […]
Slides from March workshop now online!
As promised, Patrick has sent us the slides from his recent workshop on the commercial and legal aspects of working as a freelance English teacher in Germany. To download his presentation, please log in and go to the MEMBERS ONLY section and select Handouts 2017.
Sign up now for Mind Map Workshop in July!
Ron Morrain has sent us the details of his workshop in July and you don’t want to miss it! Ron will give you hands-on experience in mind mapping and at the end of the workshop you will have several useful mind maps to use in your English classroom. Select Events on our website to book […]
Valuable information for freelance teachers
On Saturday, about 30 ELTAS members were at the workshop, all eager to hear what Patrick Mustu had to say on the commercial and legal aspects of being a freelance teacher in Germany. He explained that around 62% of language teachers are part-time and this, along with the high number of English trainers looking for […]
Eltas Committee meets for the first time in 2017
Down to business! The Eltas Committee met on the 11th of February to discuss the organization and plans for 2017. We have lots of exciting ideas and we are planning interesting workshops this year. We will keep you posted as events are finalized!
Eltas news!
The good news: The next brilliant edition of our newsletter will be in the post soon. A big thanks to all contributors and our newsletter team. The sad news: This is the final edition of our editor-in-chief Jenny Wright. A heartfelt thanks to Jenny for the stellar job she has done over the past three […]
Elevator Pitch Workshop and AGM on 21 Jan
Jasmina Sazdovska, Ph.D. from the Int’l Business School in Budapest shared 5 Ps (Pain, Premise, People, Proof, Purpose) for giving effective Elevator Pitches and participants enjoyed putting the techniques in practice on January 21st. Workshop Details. Afterwards, the Committee for 2017 was elected. Almost all members of last year’s team will continue except for Augusto Vieira; Koi Burkart will take over as […]
“Stand Up, Get Up” workshop on Dec 3rd followed by Xmas party
Our “Stand Up, Get Up” workshop on Dec 3rd with Phil Gunderson unleashed the thespian skills of Eltas members. We had lots of laughs practicing new techniques for the classroom. It was a great, upbeat workshop to close our event year and the Xmas party featuring a brass band and tasty finger foods made it […]
Networking at BESIG
The ELTAS-team after an inspiring day at interesting workshops and great opportunities for networking! We attended many practical and hands-on talks and found quite a few speakers that would love to come to Stuttgart.
Besig 4-6 November
4 – 6 Nov 2016 Besig Conference in Munich Besig IATEFL Annual Conference, Munich, Germany Special rates for ELTAS Members! See note from Eltas Chair for details
Nathan Arthur from Paris joined Eltas on October 28th. He brought ideas from project management and building blocks to inspire us to new heights in English teaching. There was time during the workshop to network and have a warm bowl of pumpkin soup. The Eltas team did a great job with decorating for Halloween too! […]
Committee Meeting on October 8, 2106
The Eltas team met in Ludwigsburg on Saturday, October 8th to discuss event planning, finances, advertising, the website, the newsletter and other issues. We’re looking forward to our next events in 2016 featuring Nathan Arthur on October 29th and then our Christmas party on December 3rd which should be really entertaining with thespian Phil Gunderson […]
Eltas Swapshop on 17 Sept. 2016
Eltas members know how to make English learning (and teaching) interesting and motivating. It was an afternoon well-spent with a wide range of activities that included snappy starters, engaging videos, fun business activities and innovative approaches to teaching grammar. Many thanks to presenters Andy, Katrin, Michelle, Augusto, Ingrid, Karin and Krystyna for sharing and caring! […]
Eltas Newsletter 8/2016
Pssssst…… The latest Eltas newsletter to close out the summer and inspire you for autumn. A copy is also available online for members after login. Many thanks to the team for putting together this fantastic edition. Take a peek inside!
TDI – Eltas Event on 23 July by Karin Sheffold-Mokler
Last Saturday we welcomed Karen Seekings from London to present the TDI concept from Pearson .TDI is an interactive online course to train and certify teachers to deliver effective instruction in English as a foreign language.We were invited to fulfill some practice tasks dealing for example with sub-skills of speaking such as fluency, listening comprehension, […]
Committee Meeting July 2016
The Eltas Committee met on July 16th in Stuttgart to discuss upcoming events, website issues, finances, advertising & the newsletter..the next edition will hit the newstands soon. There are interesting events in the works and the team is working hard behind the scenes to keep Eltas going strong in 2017. The next committee meeting is […]
Eltas Workshop – 4 June 2016
Teaching listening and speaking skills with Conny Kreis-Meyer by Andy Vogt-Nas The workshop on Cornelsen grounds was held on June 4, 2016 and started with a general overview on what listening and speaking actually involves for a language learner. Cornelia Kreis-Meyer shared some personal teaching experience and reminded the Eltas community of those difficult steps […]
Committee Meeting 7 May 2015
Committee Meeting 7 May 2015 by Katrin Beringer Due to the long weekend only five of us met up at the coffee shop of Magnufactum downtown Stuttgart. The place was a sunny, casual and tasty backdrop to our update on recent events and future planning. Thanks to events team the next few workshops are fixed […]
IATEFL
IATEFL 2016 by Andy Vogt Nas This year’s IATEFL in Birmingham celebrated 50 years of research and efl development under the motto: inclusion not separation! It was a week of entertaining, interesting, passionate and thought-provoking talks, very informative, professional and personal exchanges and a great opportunity for linguistic experiences. Read more about it in […]
