Iryna Mozhova This week’s BESIG member, although relatively new to BESIG, has very diverse experience teaching business English. Read on to discover the BE teaching context of yet another country, Ukraine, and to hear Iryna’s top tips on being…
I’d like to share my own personal thoughts about IATEFL BESIG and our recent conference in Berlin. First of all, something about where I am coming from: I am definitely a BESIG insider, having been to all the annual conferences…
On Sunday, 3 November, the IATEFL BESIG Online Team was delighted to host the webinar “Promoting Clear Expression” with Paul Dummett. Much of what we do in work relies on clear, convincing expression to establish credibility, build rapport, make an…
Sabrina Lucidi Welcome to the first Meet a Member interview after the 2019 annual BESIG conference. Are you still on a conference high? The conference may be over for this year, but these interviews live on to give you…
Vincent Wongaiham-Petersen In this week’s interview, we meet Vincent, a Hamburg-based teacher with an extremely diverse background. Read on to discover what motivated Vincent to join BESIG, the voluntary work he does and his tips on doing business in…
Last weekend the BESIG Online Team had an honour of hosting the simulcast of two plenaries from the 32nd IATEFL BESIG Online in Berlin Adlershof, Germany. It was a pleasure to see people joining us online to follow and discuss…
Chris Stanzer We all love receiving and reading the BESIG newsletter, well this week, we have the pleasure of meeting a former newsletter editor, Chris Stanzer. Find out what goes on behind the scenes when producing the newsletter and…
Karina Neira Mindfulness is a hot buzz word which has got many business English teachers intrigued about how it can be incorporated into their teaching practice. This week’s interviewee, Karina Neira, relates her experience using mindfulness in the classroom,…
On Sunday, 8 September, the IATEFL BESIG Online Team was delighted to host the webinar “How the new CEFR can help Business English teachers” with Kirsten Waechter. In this webinar, Kirsten Waechter took a closer look at some new features of…
Galina Khinchuk This week’s interviewee made her mark at the conference in Iasi where she effortlessly managed to be everywhere at once as a conference photographer. Now, we get the chance to discover more about Galina Khinchuk including her…