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What? Earlier this year James and Melanie, two SLB members, conducted an online survey. It looked at teacher demographics, teaching background, working conditions and teachers’ reflections on the ELT industry. If you’re reading this, you might be one of the […]
On Saturday June 1 2019 we held an open webinar on pitching services for ELT freelancers, entitled ‘Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf’. Why this title? Well, it referred to the fear that selling to clients often instils in […]
At SLB, one of our main objectives is to improve the technical abilities of our members. In practical terms, this means regular in-house training and plenty of more informal opportunities to share ideas. However, from time to time, we open […]
Two years ago, several SLB cooperative members decided to invest extra time and money into building an e-learning platform. We are now finally launching that platform, learn.SLB, with its first teacher-training and language-learning courses. Why launch an e-learning platform? As […]
This piece was written in cooperation with ‘What If Spirit’ and is published simultaneously on their blog. What does the introduction of digital technologies into classrooms mean for curricula? Will it require a complete overhaul of current educational approaches? What can we […]
The original post has been taken down in the interests of furthering the peace and harmony we eventually seemed to arrive at. Long may it continue! Many thanks to all who contributed to the discussion. I’ve “unapproved” your comments for […]
SLB member Tom Flaherty shares his thoughts on why he decided to join. This article is part of a series of blog posts commissioned by SLB to have its members explain their reasoning behind joining the organisation. If you haven’t […]
See What Our Members Have To Say… In 2014 we started out as a cooperative designed for teachers & translators who work for themselves but who need access to opportunities, professional development, materials and other key services. All this is done […]
SLB’s newest member James Venner shares his thoughts on why he decided to join. Joining Cooperativa de Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona To give you a more complete picture of why I joined the Cooperativa de Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona (SLB), perhaps it’s […]
SLB member Mandeep Locham shares her thoughts on why she decided to join. Life for an experienced English teacher in Barcelona I’ve been a teacher here in Barcelona for nearly 15 years and I spent more than 10 of those working […]
