On Sunday, 14 June, Maha Hassan delivered an insightful webinar for IATEFL BESIG. Maha Hassan focused on the new CEFR revisions and how they can benefit teachers to help their students promote better understanding of other cultures whether abroad or…
Dolon Gupta Welcome to our next interview with our next BESIG member. Dolon shares her experiences teaching English to people who already work in a very multi-lingual setting. She will also tell us about some of the specifics of business…
Follow up blog post to BESIG webinar 21.5.2020 Starting from the premise that business English training often occurs in companies with the purpose of supporting working people to do their jobs in English, how is BE teaching adjusted to meet…
Photo: (L-R) Susanne Döll, Steffen Musterer and Christine Gieseler Cornelsen Back to Berlin! In our second Meet a Sponsor article, we go behind the scenes of our last conference with our Berlin-based Gold sponsor, Cornelsen. They reveal the team effort…
On 21 May the IATEFL BESIG team held an international panel discussion on teaching business English at university with Stephanie Ashford, Bethany Cagnol, Philip Saxon, Grace Alchini, Ridha Mejri, and Michelle Hunter. Six experienced BE practitioners working in 4 different…
Catherine Aygen Welcome back to this week’s Meet a Member interview. We hope you are all keeping well and healthy! This week, we have the pleasure of meeting Catherine Aygen, a trainer who is based in the Côte d’Azur. Catherine…
On Sunday, 3 May, the IATEFL BESIG Online Team hosted an insightful webinar delivered by Ben Dobbs. Demonstrating the value of any training is essential for any and all stakeholders from us as trainer to the participants themselves and those…
Julia Koifman Welcome back readers! This week, we meet Julia, a teacher/presenter with a background in special educational need (SEN)s. Read on to find out Julia’s tips on teaching SEN business English students and students with dyslexia, and, of course,…
Photo – Kristy Kors at the IATEFL BESIG annual conference 2019 in Berlin Express Publishing New interview series, new perspectives! Our new Meet a Sponsor feature gives you the chance to read about sponsors' insights and experiences of being part…
Sarah Plochl This week’s interviewee is based in a city with a very active local teaching association. So what can BESIG offer her, I hear you ask? Read on as Sarah shares her experience and opinions about her local…