Photos: (l - r) Peer Barber-Meyer and Lynda Lohrey Pearson This week’s interview features IATEFL BESIG’s long-term sponsor, Pearson. Find out about their recent research on employability skills and how Pearson has been supporting teachers to make the switch to…
I was honoured that Evan Frendo, the BESIG joint coordinator, invited me to give a webinar on 12 July 2020. Oksana and BOT were also helpful throughout the whole process. Last but not least, the audience were supportive and contributed…
Elena Agori Bio: Elena Agori specializes in online language coaching for international professionals. She has a MA in Teaching English and Cambridge CELTA, plus more than 10 years of experience in corporate language training in Russia, the USA, Europe, Latin…
On Sunday 12 July the IATEFL BESIG Online Team hosted an interactive and highly practical webinar with Chris Bowie. As HR (L&D) managers care about need, objectives and measurement, understanding these three areas will make it easier to design and…
Mary Sousa In this interview, we bring you some reflections and perspectives of a business English trainer in a new country: Hungary. Mary shares the main communication issues her Hungarian students face, gives us an overview of the Creative Café…
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…