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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190518T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190518T173000
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SUMMARY:Ian McMaster's workshop on helping language learners to change thei
 r behavior and not be too authentic
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will look some at the key communication s
 kills needed in the modern business world. We will discuss how we can enco
 urage students to put these skills into practice by creating an effective 
 learning cycle and changing their behaviour. We will also look at the rela
 tive merits of authentic versus textbook language and discuss whether bein
 g authentic is an optimal strategy.\nThe workshop will also present practi
 cal classroom activities and look at some of the results from the most rec
 ent Business Spotlight survey of business English needs.\nBio\nIan McMaste
 r is editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly business communication magazine Bus
 iness Spotlight (www.business-spotlight.de). The magazine is published by 
 Spotlight Verlag in Munich (www.spotlight-verlag.de). Spotlight Verlag is 
 part of the publishing group DIE ZEIT.\nIan joined Spotlight Verlag in 199
 2 and was editor-in-chief of the monthly general English magazine Spotligh
 t from 1995-2003\, and from 2006-2009. He founded Business Spotlight in 20
 01. In 2007\, Business Spotlight was awarded the title of Germany’s trad
 e journal of the year for the category “Law\, science\, tax and business
 ”. It also has a licence edition the Czech Republic.\nIan holds the Cert
 TEB qualification as a business English trainer and is a former coordinato
 r of the worldwide business English teachers’ organisation\, IATEFL-BESI
 G (https://besig.iatefl.org/). He is co-author (with Bob Dignen) of Commun
 ication for International Business and Effective International Business Co
 mmunication (both HarperCollins)\; and English for Business: 100 Tips for 
 Effective Communication (Spotlight Verlag\, e-book).\n&nbsp\;
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 otebühlplatz 28\, Stuttgart\, 70178\, Germany
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