Creating the right impression

Impression management is about how we seek to look and sound good when we interact with other people. Successful communicators know how to do this, and use specific language and techniques in order to create the right impression. The workshop will be in two parts. First we will examine what we mean by impression management […]

Managing conflict

Many of us may find it challenging to deal with conflict proactively because we lack fundamental conflict management and resolution skills. Conflict is a natural part of our lives, and, probably, we learned the strategies we do have before the age of 7... This workshop will offer a range of tools and useful skills to […]

Wordwall workshop: Custom activities for your classroom

Since language classes have been forced to move online, we’ve been confronted with so many tools claiming to be the one tool you need for your classroom or course. From Kahoot!, Miro, Padlet, Quizlet and Wordwall, how do we know which tool to use? Is it really worth paying for a subscription for any particular […]

Dogme in ELT

Born from an article written by Scott Thornbury almost exactly 21 years ago which sparked the emergence of a global, grassroots collective counter-movement against both the prevailing waste and excess in ELT courseware and the lack of genuine conversation in classrooms, 2021 is - literally - the year in which Dogme ELT, also known as […]

The Pilgrims Café

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How to Learn from Communicative Activities

The excitement generated by the arrival of the Communicative Approach all those years ago included attention to activities in which students had a communicative purpose, focused on content rather than language form, and encouraged students to use all and any language at their disposal. But how useful are such activities in reality? Do they genuinely […]

Wordwall workshop: Custom activities for your classroom

Since language classes have been forced to move online, we’ve been confronted with so many tools claiming to be the one tool you need for your classroom or course. From Kahoot!, Miro, Padlet, Quizlet and Wordwall, how do we know which tool to use? Is it really worth paying for a subscription for any particular […]

Resources & ideas for teaching English to children

This event will provide a large variety of ideas & tips on how to teach English to young children, as well as an introduction to the Young Learners series and resources by Cambridge English and Cambridge University Press. Click here for all the details, and to register!

Online workshop: Developing Resilience in our Personal and Professional Life

From Klett Sprachen: In cooperation with MELTA we are delighted to invite you to our online workshop "Developing Resilience in our Personal and Professional Life" with Patricia de Griese, on Saturday, 30th January 2021, from 10:30 to 13:30. The workshop will take place via zoom. Please sign up for the workshop by sending an email […]