Irina Schmidt This week, we have the pleasure of meeting one of BESIG’s many volunteers. Irina talks about why she started volunteering for BESIG, how she uses her professional skills in her teaching and volunteering, and why more members…
Shweta Paropkari Thanks for tuning in to this year’s third interview. This week, we’re happy to get to know more about Shweta and the business English context in Hyderabad, India. Furthermore, she dives into how her professional background supports…
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…
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…
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…
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,…