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Transparency and Communication at HELTA
- 15. June 2019
- Posted by: Sarah Plochl
- Category: From our members, HELTA news, Interviews
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For those of you who were at the AGM in February, you know that there has been some discussion about the running of the organisation. Here are some of the points that were raised by former Vice-Chair Helen Waldron along with some comments from the (new) committee. We would like to hear
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Meet the new HELTA committee!
- 15. June 2019
- Posted by: Sarah Plochl
- Category: From our members
Hi! The least interesting of all committee members (at least geographically), I hail from Hamburg. I’m a trainer and DoS at English Language Institute. I mostly teach in-company business classes and private students and am currently completing my Cambridge Diploma, Delta. I thin
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InterELTA
- 15. June 2019
- Posted by: Sarah Plochl
- Category: HELTA news
Two weeks ago, these attractive individuals got together for the annual InterELTA meeting. InterELTA is the association of teaching associations in Germany that HELTA is a member of. Apart from us, there are six other ELTAs:
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The HELTA Interview Chain No. 4
- 13. April 2019
- Posted by: Helta author
- Category: Interviews
Describe yourself in three words.
Interested (in all things to do with English and teaching)/ pushy (a bit)/stickler (for detail especially when it comes to ‘follow the instructions’ (I know…I cheated – I used more than three words and didn’t follow the instructions – but I tried). -
Helta EAP Day 2019
- 12. February 2019
- Posted by: Sarah Plochl
- Category: HELTA news
Another great event at HELTA!
Last Saturday, we had a day of sessions on English for Academic Purposes with speakers Aymen Elsheikh (Texas A&M University at Qatar), Marina Marinova (University of Hamburg) and Daniel Xerri (University of Malta).
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Teachers 4 Schools Update
- 5. December 2018
- Posted by: Helta author
- Category: HELTA news
At our English at Work Conference in September, HELTA members and guests raised over 500 Euros for the charity Teachers 4 Schools. We have just received these kind words from Modou Fadera, headmaster of Tujereng Lower Basic School in the Gambia:
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English at Work Conference 2018
- 2. September 2018
- Posted by: Sarah Plochl
- Category: HELTA news
This beautiful Sunday finds the HELTA committee deeply exhausted but equally pleased with our event yesterday:
The English at Work conference on 1 September in Hamburg at the Berufsschule für Medien und Kommunikation was by far the biggest event our organisation has ever put toget…
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Kay Kilshaw interviews: Vincent Wongaiham-Petersen
- 2. June 2018
- Posted by: Helta author
- Category: Interviews
Disarmingly engaging is how I once spontaneously and hopefully, disarmingly described myself when asked to name one of my strengths during a job interview. I do believe that nothing motivates learners more than seeing somebody passionately engaged in them and in their continuing improvement. Top that off with a natural curiosity and a genuine interest in
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Guest post: Teachers 4 Schools
- 28. May 2018
- Posted by: Helta author
- Category: HELTA news
One small suitcase of donated materials, one giant trip for our chairman!
Read this beautiful blog post that Andreas Grundtvig has written about his recent trip to the Gambia and the people he met there.
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HELTA EAP Day on 3 February, 2018
- 13. March 2018
- Posted by: Helta author
- Category: HELTA news
We started our HELTA year with an immensely informative and enjoyable English for Academic Purposes Day.
Thanks to Wilton Mills and Soph Moeng for putting together these impressions of the day for us.
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