MELTA

Melta Christmas party 2024!
2024-12-07 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat …
And Melta is preparing for its annual Christmas Smash!
If you’d like to present or (try out!) a Christmas activity
that we can share in our classrooms,
just let us know in advance or simply present it then and there!
When: from 7p.m. on December 7, 2024
Where: at the VHS, Rosenkavalierplatz 16,
U-Bahn 4, Arabella Park
Melta will supply the drinks and we can all share
your wonderful culinary specialities …
Motto: caring is sharing!
The evening programme will also include:
Our annual – books, cds, teaching materials contributions – sale.
All contributions welcome!
All proceeds go to Ukraine’s school fund!
And Phyllis will be there to lead the Carols on the piano.
– Should you have any special wish for your favourite Carol – let us know.
As always: please register,
so that we have an idea of how many to expect –
at info@melta.de
CU there
The Folks at Melta

Melta is marching again in this year’s St. Patrick’s day parade
2025-03-16
There will be 67 groups marching and Melta will be No. 44 in the line!
So, do come and join us to march proudly under that MELTA banner!
Date: Sunday, March 16
Meeting time: 11:30
Meeting place: Wedekind Platz (near McDonald’s)
If you think you’ll be joining us, please drop an e-mail to info@melta.de so we’ll have an idea of how many people to expect!
CU there (in green)!
All good wishes from your
Melta Committee

Let’s Talk Business Impact!
2025-05-10 10:00 - 12:00 | MVHS, Rosenkavalierpl. 16, München, 81925, Germany
Speaker: Anna Wilby, English teacher, Business English expert. and teacher trainer
Business Impact is a new and innovative business English course aimed at levels B1 to C1, available in both print and digital form. Its content is up-to-date and relevant, and its modular structure is unique in that it enables trainers to use the material either as a course, or to choose modules flexibly, according to the needs and interests of their learners.
This workshop will introduce you to the material, explore its features, and focus on how you can get the most from it in the context of your business English courses, in order to enhance the learning and enjoyment of your learners.
Code: 6505
Please, click here to register!

Show'n'Tell Workshop
2025-06-28 14:30 - 18:00 | VHS Arabellapark (first floor), Rosenkavalierplatz 16, München, Germany

Melta Summer Beer Garden Social
2025-07-19 18:00 | Braunauer Hof am Isartor, Frauenstr. 40, München, 80469, Germany

Webinar: Working humanistically – Seven practical activities
2025-11-22 10:00 - 13:30
To register, please send an e-mail to info@melta.de
Working humanistically – Seven practical activities
We live in an increasingly technological world with all its wonderous gadgetry. Kahoots, Quizlets, Mentimeters, Padlets etc are everywhere, and, of course, they offer teachers many exciting options. However, over-reliance on such tools can lead to gimmickry and “edutainment” at the expense of real person-to-person engagement. In this workshop you will participate in seven creative activities which ensure that you are at the very epicentre of the learning process.
Simon Marshall has worked as an ELT teacher, trainer, and academic manager for more than 40 years for various organisations, including York St. John University, Pilgrims, International House and the British Council. He is particularly interested in the principled application of Humanistic Approaches to language teaching and teacher development. He is also a keen etymologist and reader of philosophy and psychology.

Annual Christmas Party - This year with show’an’tell
2025-12-06 19:00 - 22:00
Where: VHS Rosenkavalierplatz.16
Underground: Arabella Park
Start: December 6, at 7 p.m.
We’re hoping you’ll flex your muscles and bring along some great Christmas ideas to charm and entertain your colleagues, classes and family in the Festive Season!
If you plan to come and (we hope!!!) present an activity,
please drop a line to info@melta.de
Have a wonderful Golden Autumn and TALK SOON!
Your MELTA committee

From disruption to direction: our future skill set
2026-03-07 10:00 - 13:30
Now that the first feeding frenzy of AI is over, we need to think about how to manage disruptions and develop skill sets that will help us thrive in our profession. Therefore, this webinar aims to enable English trainers and teachers to assess future risks, identify emerging skill sets and develop strategies for long-term professional resilience.
In this webinar, participants will collaborate in small groups to explore a number of questions in a risk assessment of the disruptions we’re facing in our profession. In the second round, the groups will do a needs analysis and explore what skills can help us navigate the evolving demands of our roles over the next few years.
After the group work, we’ll reflect together on the direction we need to take and the tools that will support us in staying relevant, effective and empowered in a rapidly changing professional environment.
An online whiteboard will help to visualise ideas and provide additional information that the groups can use in their discussions.
Send us an email to register
Bio
Kirsten Waechter has been a business English trainer since 1998. She focuses on teaching business communication, ESP and EAP and intercultural and leadership courses. She designs her own materials in these fields and provides teacher training, too.

It’s the Melta AGM and Melta needs you!
2026-03-21 16:00 - 19:00
March 21, 2026
It’s the Melta AGM and Melta needs you!
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Where: Rosenkavalierplatz 16 / U-Bahn 4, Arabella Park
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When: 4:00 p.m.
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Doors open at 3:20 p.m. for coffee, cake, meeting, greeting and catching up!
AGM begins at 4:00 p.m. – there are many important things to be discussed!
Let us know if you’re coming by sending an e-mail to info@melta.de
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P.S. Melta won’t be marching in the St. Patrick’s day parade this year, we’re taking a break!
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But, no worries, we’ll be back next year!
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See you all there – at the AGM!
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Your Melta committee
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Working with Language at the Point of Need
2026-06-20 15:00 - 18:00
In-person Workshop
When: June 20, 2026
Time: 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Coffee & cake from 2:30 p.m.)
Where: Rosenkavalierplatz 16, Arabella Park U-Bahn
Focusing on the classroom as a space for skilled improvisation, the workshop shows how teachers can work with learners’ language as it emerges in real time. Participants will explore how to create opportunities for meaningful talk, adapt materials to encourage learner contribution, and respond to language at the point of need. Through practical, classroom-ready activities, the session demonstrates how noticing, testing and refining language can be integrated into communicative tasks without losing focus on meaning.
Drawing on classroom examples, the workshop will share strategies for:

creating space for emergent language in meaning-focused interaction
helping learners engage with grammar as a dynamic, meaning-driven process

developing teachers’ confidence in noticing, selecting and responding to learner language

adapting materials and tasks to support flexible, responsive teaching

Participants will leave with a repertoire of practical activities and clear principles they can immediately apply in their own contexts, supporting learners to develop language in ways that are timely, relevant and genuinely communicative.
To register, email info@melta.de
Richard Chinn is a teacher educator based in London and he works on MA and BA programmes at King’s College London. He is also involved in pre- and in-service teacher training courses at International House London. He has taught English and trained teachers in Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe and regularly delivers talks and workshops for teachers. His professional interests are in emergent language, classroom interaction, language teaching methodology, and teacher development. He is co-author of the book ‘Working with Emergent Language’ published by Pavilion ELT, 2023.

Webinar with Penny Ur
2026-07-11 10:00 - 11:30
Webinar with Penny Ur July 11: 10:00-11:30 Register at info@melta.de
Is repetition boring? Not necessarily! Vocabulary review activities in English language teaching. In order to master a new vocabulary item, a learner needs to
encounter it many times: probably between 6 and 16. The problem for the teacher is how to provide for meaningful re-encounters with new vocabulary while maintaining student motivation and interest. In this workshop, we shall look at and experience a number of interesting vocabulary-review activities, and identify some useful underlying principles.
Penny Ur has extensive experience as an English teacher in primary, secondary and tertiary education and has taught courses for teachers at Oranim Academic College of Education and Haifa University. She has also lectured extensively at conferences worldwide. She is particularly interested in practical aspects of effective English language teaching, and the place of research as a source of professional knowledge. She was for ten years the editor of the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers series. Her books include Grammar practice activities (2nd Edition) (2009), Vocabulary activities (2012), A course in English language teaching (2012), Discussions and more (2014), Penny Ur’s 100 tips (2016), Penny Ur’s 77 tips for vocabulary teaching (2022), all published by Cambridge University Press.
In 2013 she was awarded the OBE (Officer of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen for services to English language teaching, and in 2022 the ELTons Outstanding Achievement award by the British Council.
