Our survey results indicate that, in order to meet more closely the learning needs and wishes of students, teachers need to make use of mobile devices and tools in a targeted way.
There was a distinct financial whiff in the air this past weekend on my trip to Zug in Switzerland for a conference organized by the English Teachers Association of Switzerland (ETAS). Who says that money doesn't smell?
We are giving two talks at this year's BESIG Conference in Croatia. One is on integrating mobile learning into Business English teaching, the other on motivating topics for business students.
Join Steve Flinders from York Associates and Ian McMaster, editor-in-chief of Business Spotlight, in Yverdon, Switzerland, in January 2012. They will be giving a talk on how to communicate internationally in English!
One important way to learn about business trends and to meet people in your field is to attend international conferences. Let’s look at some words for talking about the facilities in a conference hotel.
Conferences are not only useful for finding out about new trends and developments in the industry; they are also invaluable for the opportunity they provide to meet and socialize with fellow professionals.
Having just returned from a language teaching conference in Switzerland,
I am reminded that my expectations of such conferences are usually
fairly low. As a result, I am rarely disappointed.
The focus of the IATEFL BESIG PCE 2011 was on the teaching profession and individual training visions and opportunities. Watch the Business Spotlight BESIG workshop by Deborah Capras on 15 April in Brighton.
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