English Teachers in Germany

Spanish Marbella is now offering Spanish Language School

feeds@yuku.com (summerose12) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:14:11 GMT

Good Day everyone! Spanish Marbella is now offering Spanish Language School for adults (16+ yrs. Old). This has been composed of maximum 8 students per class, which is CEELE (Certificate of Quality in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language) certified. They are linked with main and unique ideas: high quality and personalized service in the tuition of Spanish as a foreign language! Be in, and...

Study in San Diego, anyone?

feeds@yuku.com (geannamore) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:23:11 GMT

Hello everyone! Wants to experience Sejour Linguistique San Diego? As I was surfing the net they were offering 190 slots study abroad program at 46 different countries. This will be closed this coming December 12, 2009- January 4, 2010. Experience the excitement and challenges as you learned at San Diego!

hello, newbie here

feeds@yuku.com (geannamore) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:31:49 GMT

hi, I'm Geann ..

I'm new here but I'm glad i was able to search and find your forum and I'd love to learn new things about different topics here in your forum.I hope to have friends here, and to exchange post as well..

Have a nice day guys.. :wink:

How much you earn gross v net

feeds@yuku.com (john) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:35:38 GMT

Here's an overview of how much you will earn net if you are a freelance English teacher and earn so much gross after expenses:

Gross: Net:
€1,000 €771.59
€1,200 €893.80
€1,400 €1,001.91
€1,600 €1,098.75
€1,800 €1,202.38
€2,000 €1,304.10

The net figures include income tax (tax bracket I = single) and compulsory pension contributions and nursing care...

Comenius Course on web 2.0 and modern language teaching

feeds@yuku.com (john) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:52:09 GMT

'Designing activities for the 2.0 Language Classroom' (A Comenius professional development course)

In conjunction with the Utrecht University Summer School the Faculties of Education of Heidelberg and Utrecht Universities of Applied Sciences offer a 7-day, international course exploring WEB 2.0 applications such as Wiki and Web-logging, real-time communication (Videoconferencing and 3D Virtual Worlds) and the Language Quest format for integrating the World...

How much do I need to earn for it to be worthwhile employing a steuerberater/in?

feeds@yuku.com (BeninBerlin) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:42:45 GMT

Hello,

First off I would like to thank everyone on this forum for the goldmine of information available, it has helped me on countless occasions to get my head around things, especially the answers from John (thank you, thank you, and thank you again!).
I've searched for this but haven't come up with any concrete advice except "get one", which I probably will follow...
I'm a freelance teacher and after a few very hard months, I'm now averaging out...

UK MA Applied Linguistics and ELT based in Berlin

feeds@yuku.com (St Marys University College) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:33 GMT

Dear All

St. Mary's University College, London, is launching a new MA programme in Applied Linguistics and ELT, based in Berlin, starting in February 2010. I thought some of you might like to know about it.

Several dozen English language teachers in Germany have in the past participated in similar programmes we have run in Moenchengladbach...

Teaching EFL at university

feeds@yuku.com (ethlinn) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:41:31 GMT

Hi everyone,

I've been browsing through the forum and found so many helpful things, thank you for providing all this information!

However, I haven't seen much on this topic: Can anyone tell me about teaching full-time (TV-L, not freelance) at a German university as a Lektor/Lehrkraft fuer besondere Aufgaben? What has your experience been? How stressful/hectic are your responsibilities during the teaching semester? What is it like for you during the semester breaks?...

help please for a newbie requiring information

feeds@yuku.com (Rach1122) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:34:11 GMT

Hi everyone,
I am a 23 year old woman who is currently living in Germany with a friend. I have only been here for 3 months and am currently unemployed. I am natively English. I am interested in teaching English here but I am so confused about what qualifications you actually need, as there are so many. I need to know exactly what teaching course you need JUST for Germany alone, as I was told that the certificates you need may vary from country to country.

At the moment, all I...

In-country TEFL classes

feeds@yuku.com (bellsie) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:06:49 GMT

Can I take TEFL classes in my home country before moving to Germany? I'm asking for future reference, as I'm strongly thinking of going overseas to teach in Germany when I graduate from college.

Other then the TEFL, do I need to take any additional courses? Could someone kindly give me details to what I'm supposed to do in college? I'm horrible, and I apologize for that. I mean, in regards to questions and such.

I forgot to mention that I'm only a...

HELP. I AM LOOKING FOR A TEACHER

feeds@yuku.com (sebastiana) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:45:43 GMT

hi, everybody, my name is Sebastiana, i live in Ireland and i am desperately trying since 2001 to find my high-school English and German teacher, her name is KARP YOHANNA, she lives somewhere in Germany...I would really appreciate if somebody, anybody can help me to find her, i don`t know where she lives, what town/city..... my e-mail is : sebastianajimborean@gmail.com.

i really hope she did not past away, i have so many things to tell her...

thank you so much,
...

CELTA equivalents

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Oboc) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:11:07 GMT

I am researching various TEFL certificate programs and have found several that seem legit. How strict are the requirements of employers in requiring CELTA or Trinity? I have been told by several schools that employers regularly seek CELTA certificates and their equivalents. Would a smaller school offering a similar curriculum be widely accepted? In general I am only looking for schools that offer 120+ hours of instruction, 10+ hours of supervised teaching, 6+ hours of observation, 1:6 ratio...

Aktion Butterbrot

feeds@yuku.com (john) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:11 GMT

A group of freelance teachers in the Munich area, Aktion Butterbrot, has been protesting about the pension contributions freelance teachers have to pay for some time.

Here's a video clip of their latest protest.

If you would like to get in touch with them or set up something similar in your part of Germany, please let me know.

Grammar Exercises for Sale

feeds@yuku.com (YorickJenkins) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:49:30 GMT

Grammar exercises for sale

This is for everyone who is looking for good exercises, especially at a higher level, where material becomes scarce (how many
books do you know which offer an exercise with options for all forms of the future in English?)

I have been training English for 30 years now and am offering my own exercises, tried and tested, for sale. In the course of time I have found myself to be using my own exercises more and exercises...

Business Spotlight & Lesson Plans

feeds@yuku.com (john) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:37:05 GMT

Good news for those of you who teach Business English.

As of this month, to accompany each issue of Business Spotlight, there will be monthly ready-made downloadable and photocopiable, complete lesson plans with teaching notes - written by Karen Richardson, based around an original article from the current issue of the magazine.

The lesson plans are available on the Business Spotlight website and the onestopenglish website - see direct links below.

Here's a question for English teachers already working in Germany

feeds@yuku.com (john) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:03:53 GMT

Bank accounts

feeds@yuku.com (CHB) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:26:39 GMT

I've recently moved to Germany and about to set up work as a free lance English teacher. Should I open a normal current account here or do I need a special 'Geschaeftskonto' as some banks have suggested? I'm not anticipating working for more than 3 langauge schools at most. Also how important is it to employ a 'Steuerberater' to help with the tax form (Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung) for the Finanzamt? Thanks.

PGCE - worth the hassle?

feeds@yuku.com (Confused Englaenderin) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:00:11 GMT

I'm currently living in Berlin and would like to work as a teacher of English and Philosophy. In order to do this, I don't want to have to go through another bachelors degree, then a masters degree in Lehramt etc... and then two years of training, as i've been told the system is over here. Instead, I was wondering if it would be worth going back to England for a year next year, doing a PGCE in the two subjects i've mentioned above (though it would then obviously be English as...

Share thoughts on Berlitz?

feeds@yuku.com (cincinnatian) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:47:36 GMT

Berlitz:

So, what's the deal? They have schools in major cities throughout the world, offer clever advertising, and have a nifty logo.

Is it a global service that effectively encourages people to start learning a new language and offers teachers gainful employment?

Or, is it a ruse with ineffective learning outcomes that wastes students' time and mistreats its employees?

Is it sometimes one or the other from time to time and place to place?...

Collaborate globally with classrooms on how they teach WWII . . .

feeds@yuku.com (mannixlab) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:21:22 GMT

or other wars. I've set up a site called My War, Your War at www.mywaryourwar.ning.com to attempt to explore how classrooms in different parts of the world deal teach/learn about specific wars. It started with my interest in finding out how England teaches the Revolutionary War, since I am a teacher in the United States (Great Neck, NY). Next, I decided to create an academic networking site...