Valentina Dodge In this interview, we discover how 25 years in the business of business English can mould a trainer. In addition, Valentina Dodge talks about the important issues concerning climate change and sustainability as well as her fondest…
On Sunday, 12 January, the IATEFL BESIG Online Team was delighted to host the first webinar in 2020: ‘Lesson from Leadership for ELT’ with Bob Dignen. During 2019 Bob Dignen wrote a series of articles on the theme of leadership…
Karin Heuert Galvão A new year brings a new interview with a teacher based in a new country: Brazil. Read on to find out about how the professional development and networking opportunities put on by BESIG got Karin to…
Catherine Lejtenyi With the coming of a new year, we have the pleasure of meeting yet another BESIG member. In this interview, we learn about Catherine’s approach to inciting an intercultural mindset in her business classes and how her…
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…