Written by: Vera Tillner 5 Things to do this summer to boost your creativity. After a spring filled with the Covid-19 pandemic and worries and changes connected with it, we are definitely craving for a summer which is more like the summers we have known. Summer is the season to relax, take a break from […]
Essentials of Teaching Legal English workshop on August 1st
Our sister organization HELTA in Hamburg is offering an online workshop covering essentials of teaching legal English on August 1st from 2:00 – 5:15 p.m. As an extra perk of your Eltas membership, you can attend this workshop free of charge. To sign up contact .
LEARNING STYLES ONLINE: how can we allow for different learner types?
Written by: Rebecca Sprengel As online learning has largely taken over from face to face classes, we can rely on even less information on how our students learn, especially in a one-to-one situation. Do some students benefit more than others from on-line learning? In this two-part article, I would like to look at learning […]
Jason Chan – China to Go (intercultural communication)
Written by: Nicole Heusser Last Saturday, our second online workshop took place via Zoom. The workshop was aptly named China to Go: What do we know about China? How do we perceive the Chinese and how do they perceive us? How respected are teachers in China, compared to teachers in Germany? What are our own […]
All good things come in threes – Third online committee meeting
Written by: Nicole Heusser A lot has happened since our last committee meeting at the end of March. Somehow it seems that amidst all the chaos of the last three months, the members of ELTAS found their feet and adapted to the new situation! The committee has used the last few months to improve and […]
Sign up for ELTAU & OUP Webinair on June 19th!
Eltas members are invited to attend ELTAU & OUP’s two-part webinar on Friday, June 19th from 15:30 – 18:00. See attached description for more details & sign up at
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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On Working Successfully with Arabs and Muslims
Who would know? “Yes” means “no”. “No” could mean “ask me again”, and “maybe another day” means “never”. The labyrinth of cultural nuances in communicating with a culture different than your own is owed great attention. In this workshop on March 7, Ridha Mejri, of the University of Applied Sciences Worms, engaged us in confronting […]
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, […]
On Blended Learning with Pete Sharma on 26 October
The Blended Learning workshop with Pete Sharma on Saturday, 26 October 2019 was an informative event where the idea of traditional teaching met with newer ideas, which were not as scary as one might think when discussing the integration of technology into learning languages. What was particularly helpful was a guided feeling on effectively using […]
