A heartfelt season’s greetings to you all! So it’s been another rollercoaster year coming to an end. Amongst the turmoil there has also been the “new” beckoning us on, encouraging us to move to new pastures and to create new opportunities in a transitioning world. […]
As I write this, I’m looking out of my window and the snow is falling. In the words of the song “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”, and as the old year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on everything […]
by Dana Mezei November 26th was a celebration day for the members of ELTA-Rhine gathering together for a long-awaited event: the ELTA-Rhine/ ELTAU workshop in collaboration with Express Publishing, the event sponsor. Organised in a hybrid form, at the Haus der Universität in Düsseldorf as […]
“We only hire native speakers. This is part of our method and our USP.” A 2013 study on English teaching job ads found that: “Nativeness” was the single most frequent criterion mentioned (79%); and 49% of the advertisements listed specific countries from which the applicants […]
Dear Members, Now well into February we trust you all had a good start and got your ball rolling already, with new hope, ideas and aspirations for 2022. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce this year’s Elta-Rhine editorial team to you. Last […]
On 29th January, we’d like to begin our year by looking at how we engage with professional development as teachers. How do we decide what workshops to attend or courses to do? What, if anything, do we take away from them? Is all CPD the […]
At our Inter-ELTA Members’ Day in November 2021, Slobodan Kelečević gave a PechaKucha presentation which was reflective and got us all thinking about how we should (continually) develop as teaching professionals. He expands his ideas in this article.
ELTAF is hoping to hold their biennial conference in June – unfortunately it had to be cancelled last year. The date is Saturday June 25 and they are planning a hybrid event at the Frankfurt International School in Oberursel, near Frankfurt. To facilitate planning and gauge […]
Around Christmas the language used can reflect the country and culture it is used in. Have a look at these sentences and see if you can identify where they come from. “Eh, it’s a Chinook! Get rid of your tuque and mitts, grab some loonies […]
Johanna, George and Ron and I Were chatting loudly– none were shy When Khanh-Duc ordered QUIET PLEASE (We obeyed ‘cos she‘s a real hard-cheese) „You’ve met your table-mates. So now, We’ll learn each other’s names somehow“ Sandra, Uwe and a Doll Whose beauty had me quite enthralled, „I’m […]