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 […]
Birmingham IATEFL 2016
Birmingham 2016 IATEFL ONLINE Catch up with what you missed from the 2016 Birmingham IATEFL Conference for English language teachers. Watch the plenary sessions and a selection of conference talks and over 50 interviews with presenters and conference delegates plus highlights from the 50th IATEFL Annual Conference. For updates follow us twitter @iateflonline
Recharging your battery by Michelle Hunter
How do you recharge your batteries? Perusing my copy of 21st Century Reading: creative reading and thinking with TEDTALKS (thanks for prompt delivery Tim!), the title of Lesson B, Unit 5 caught my attention. The Power of Time Off As some of you are aware, I recently took some time off. Just over six months. […]
March 2016
News from our Chair Katrin Beringer on Annual Inter ELTA meeting in Cologne, 19 March 2016″: Last weekend Augusto and I met colleagues from our sister organisations in Cologne. This year ELTA Rhine was hosting the event. As every year, the exchange of ideas and best practice was very stimulating. One idea is to place […]
Feb 2016
Feb 2016 The Eltas Committee met on the 20th of February to discuss the organization and plan future events for our members. We’re looking forward to a year full of stimulating workshops!
Jan 2016
Jan 2016 [huge_it_slider id=”7″] Eltas started off 2016 with a playful workshop by Luke Meddings focusing on pronunciation. This was followed by our AGM. Long-time committee members Krystyna Key and Mauline Lawrence stepped down from the Committee. A heartfelt thanks to both for their dedication, commitment and fantastic work! Fortunately, the transition over to the […]
Blog 2015
2015 Dec 2015 Eltas members met on December 12th to celebrate Christmas. Eltas member and past chair Michelle Hunter gave a practical and lively workshop on non-digital hacks. After that was party time with plenty of good food and good cheer! Nov 2015 BESIG was held this year in Barcelona on Nov. 13-15 and […]
Blog 2014
December 2014 The Eltas Christmas party was held on December 6th. It was a lovely afternoon with funny games, good food, unique presents and lots of laughs! October 2014 Eltas and Oxford University Press joined forces for an all-day workshop on grammar themes featuring Michael Swan and Dr. Catherine Walter. The event was held at […]
