Helta events: 2010

OUP FORUM DAY - Hamburg

Posted 31 May 2010

In cooperation with Oxford University Press, Cornelsen Verlag and HELTA eV

Date:	Saturday June 5th, 2010 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location:	Indepencia, Weidenallee 37 20357 Hamburg
Speakers:	Allison Antalek, Andi White, Chris Cotter
Fees:	workshops, lunch and teacher materials free of charge

Join us for an action-packed and enjoyable day of informative workshops on general and business English, blended learning, interactive whiteboards and exam preparation.

For workshop details and to register please go to: www.cornelsen.de/veranstaltungen

Kill two birds with one stone - Evan Frendo

Posted 4 May 2010

HELTA, in conjunction with Cornelsen, would like to invite you to our latest workshop presented by: Evan Frendo

'Kill two birds with one stone'
Incorporating Intercultural Communication into Language Training

Date:	28th May 2010
Time:	18.00 - 21.00 hours
Location:	Independencia
	Weidenallee 37, 20357 Hamburg
	U-Bahn: Christuskirche, or S/U-Bahn: Sternschanze, Directions to Independencia

Evan tells us about the event:

Kill two birds with one stone
- "Did I understand what was said?"
- "Did I understand what was meant?"
- "Did my business partner understand me?"

As I see it one of our main tasks as business English trainers is to help our learners minimize misunderstanding in intercultural communication so that they can work with other people successfully. Of course this means that we need to cover linguistic issues like lexis and phonology in our courses, but it also means that we need to work on improving our learners' intercultural competence, in other words, the knowledge, skills and attitudes which will allow them to understand and deal with the context they are working in. In many companies language and intercultural training are done separately, but to me it makes much more sense to target both at the same time.

This workshop will look at a number of activities which allow us to do just this. Specifically we will examine activities which are designed to train learners in key business communication skills such as relationship building, handling meetings and exchanging information, but always in an intercultural context. Language is always there, but it is only one component of successful communication, not the component. I will use material from a newly published book called Working in Asia (Cornelsen, 2010) to demonstrate the activities, and participants will receive a complimentary copy to take away.

About the speaker: Evan Frendo BSc (Mech Eng), LCCI Dip TEB, MSc TESP
Evan Frendo is a freelance trainer, teacher trainer and author, and has been involved in Business English training and consulting since 1993. Currently based in Berlin, his work for various corporations and clients takes him regularly to different parts of Europe and Asia. He has published various books and articles over the years, including How to teach Business English (Longman, 2005), and the Double Dealing series of coursebooks (Summertown, 2004-2006) with James Schofield. His most recent book is Working in Asia (Cornelsen, 2010) which he co-authored with Shuna Hsu. Visit his blog at englishfortheworkplace.blogspot.com.

Past events: 2010

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.