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.  […]

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.

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 […]

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. […]

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.

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 […]

 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 […]

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!