Helta events: 2011

Lagenscheidt's ELT Day

Posted 18 October 2011

Langenscheidt Verlag has invited HELTA members to attend their "ELT Day" on

Saturday, 5 November.

James Schofield (teacher & author from Munich) will be speaking on:
"Turning students into autonomous learners"

and

Victoria Adams (teacher & teacher trainer from York) will talk about:
"Teaching grammar in mixed-ability classes"

The attached invitation gives further details.

Please register with Langenscheidt Verlag at the address indicated at the bottom of the second page of the invitation.

Langenscheidt invitation & form (PDF)

Critical Thinking in Action

Posted 18 October 2011

Hueber and HELTA cordially invites you to attend:

Critical Thinking in Action

If, as some claim, we are living in an age of information then it's very important that students think critically about the information they are exposed to. Developing learners' critical thinking skills has become a hot topic. What exactly does this mean? This talk looks at practical way that teachers can help learners think critically. We will look at topic and task design as well as a series of activities that you can begin using with your students right away.

Award-winning author Lindsay Clandfield will take examples from Macmillan's new course Global. Lindsay is a teacher trainer for Trinity Diploma courses, a major contributor to ELT magazines, The Guardian Weekly and OneStopEnglish. He is the author of the blog Six Things and now has a new blog, theround. You can follow him on Twitter: @lclandfield

When: Friday, 11 November 2011 at 13:00 - 16:00

Where: Sprachschule Independencia, Weidenallee 37, Hamburg

Please register for attenance by 4 November by email (team-berlin@hueber.de) or online at: www.hueber.de/seite/veranstaltungen_eng

Past events: 2010

Thanks to Jamie Keddie

Posted 16 December 2010

Thanks

Helta's sincere thanks go to Jamie Keddie for visiting Hamburg in October to share his entertaining and creative ideas for using pictures and videos in the EFL classroom. This was an event that offered all participants a lot of useful techniques.

Thanks to Amlaku Bikss Eshtie

Posted 16 December 2010

Thanks

After welcoming participants with an Ethiopian snack, Amlaku spoke to Helta members about education in his country and the demand for English for work. The novelty of his presentation was greatly appreciated. Thanks to both Amlaku for his talk and to Linguarama for giving us the use of a room.

Thanks to Evan Frendo

Posted 15 August 2010

Thanks

HELTA would like to thank author Evan Frendo and his publisher, Cornelsen, for giving a talk entitled "Kill two birds with one stone" on 28 May. In this talk Evan presented us with the interesting challenge of integrating cultural awareness into our English lessons.

A review of this event appears on the newsletter page of this website.

Thanks

Posted 4 May 2010

Many thanks to David Cotton and the publishers Pearson Longman for their presentation of the new edition of the business course series Market Leader on 19 April. We were pleased to have the opportunity to be introduced to the new and reworked features in the latest edition of this ever-popular course by one of its authors.

Thanks

Posted 17 March 2010

An informational session: "GRUNDTVIG funding: Step by Step":

THANKS, Marie and Andi

Prior to the AGM on 19 February, Marie Dixon Frisch and Andi White gave a very practical and useful presentation on how English teachers and trainers involved in adult education can obtain funding to attend courses. Sincere thanks to both presenters for sharing this valuable information with Helta members.

Marie Dixon Frisch has written an article on this topic which readers will find on the newsletter page of this website.