Our teacher training department at alpha beta piccadilly deals with training second and foreign language teachers offering a wide choice of training opportunities which are also open to external teachers.

For further information please contact our heads of department:
German in Bolzano / Bozen: arlt@alphabeta.it
German in Merano / Meran: deutsch.mr@alphabeta.it
Italian in Merano / Meran: ivanagozzi@alphabeta.it
Italian in Bolzano / Bozen: casagrande@alphabeta.it
English in Bolzano / Bozen: tan-dietrich@alphabeta.it

The sessions we are offering in 2009 are as follows:

Workshop (not only) for English teachers

Integrating writing activities into the lesson

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 18 December 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Peter Marsh-Hunn

Workshop (not only) for English teachers

Exploiting resource books

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 17 December 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Seàn O'Toole

Training seminar for Second and Foreign Language teachers

Learning how to teach, Part 4

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 27 November 2009
Time: 14.00-17.00
Cost: € 100 (for all four parts)
Trainers: Aldo Mazza, Licia Casagrande and Ivana Gozzi

Workshop for German teachers

Presentation of Dialog Deutsch with ideas for incorporating it into the lesson

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 27 November 2009
Time: 10.00-13.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Georg Stoumbos

Workshop for Italian teachers

Teaching Patentino courses

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 26 November 2009
Time: 14.00-17.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Georg Stoumbos

Training seminar for Second and Foreign Language teachers

Learning how to teach, Part 3

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 14 November 2009
Time: 14.00-17.00
Cost: € 100 (for all four parts)
Trainers: Aldo Mazza, Licia Casagrande and Ivana Gozzi

Workshop for Language teachers

Interactive Whiteboard for beginners (CEFR-IWB A 1)

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 30 October 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Inger Tan-Dietrich

Training seminar for Second and Foreign Language teachers

Learning how to teach, Part 2

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 24 October 2009
Time: 9.00-12.30
Cost: € 100 Euro (for all four parts)
Trainers: Aldo Mazza, Licia Casagrande and Ivana Gozzi

Workshop (not only) for English teachers

Exploiting Resource Books & Error Correction

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 23 October 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00
Cost: € 15
Trainers: Seàn O'Toole & Karolina Gacke

Workshop for English teachers

Making the most of new coursebooks

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 16 October 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Peter Marsh-Hunn

Training seminar for Second and Foreign Language teachers

Learning how to teach, Part 1

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Dates: 2-3 October 2009
Time: 9.00-12.30 and 14.00-17.30
Cost: € 100 (for all four parts)
Trainers: Aldo Mazza, Licia Casagrande and Ivana Gozzi

Workshop for German teachers

Teaching the Zweisprachigkeitsprüfung (South Tyrolean bilingual exam)

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 1 October 2009
Time: 14.30-17.30
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Georg Stoumbos

Workshop for English teachers

Using the interactive whiteboard - Part 2

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 23 September 2009
Time: 14.30-17.30
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Inger Tan-Dietrich & Seàn O'Toole

Training seminar for nursery and primary school teachers

Integrating a variety of learning technologies into the lesson

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 18 September 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00 & 13.30-16.30
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Duncan Jamieson

Workshop for German teachers

Teaching material for the interactive whiteboard

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 12 June 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Irmgard Harbich

New media: Integrating new technology into the language classroom

Session 10: Instant Messaging and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 5 June 2009
Time: 14.00-18.00
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Seth Dickens

New media: Integrating new technology into the language classroom

Session 9: Wikis - Simple and Quick On-line Collaboration

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 22 May 2009
Time: 14.30-18.30
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Seth Dickens

Workshop for Italian teachers

Second language teaching for children

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 16 May 2009
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Licia Casagrande

Workshop for Language teachers

Pronunciation & Correction for language teachers

Seminar language: Italian/German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 15 May 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainers: Irmgard Harbich, Licia Casagrande, Ivana Gozzi

Workshop (not only) for German teachers

Communicative grammar teaching

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 8 May 2009
Time: 10.30-13.30
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Georg Stoumbos

Workshop for English teachers

Cambridge Oral Exams

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 6 May 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Seàn O'Toole

Workshop (not only) for Italian teachers

Interactive Whiteboard, Part 2

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 24 April 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Inger Tan-Dietrich

Workshop (not only) for German teachers

Teaching writing skills

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 24 April 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Irmgard Harbich-Alber

New media: Integrating new technology into the language classroom

Session 8: Delicious twittering

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 3 April 2009
Time: 14.00-18.00
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Seth Dickens

Workshop (not only) for German teachers

Teaching grammar

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 27 March 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Irmgard Harbich-Alber

Workshop (not only) for Italian teachers

Interactive Whiteboard, Part 2

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 27 March 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Inger Tan-Dietrich

New media: Integrating new technology into the language classroom

Session 7: RSS & On-line bookmarks - Organising your On-line Resources

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 6 March 2009
Time: 14.00-18.00
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Seth Dickens

Workshop (not only) for Italian teachers

Interactive Whiteboard, Part 1

Seminar language: Italian
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Merano / Meran
Date: 20 February 2009
Time: 15.00-18.00
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Inger Tan-Dietrich

New media: Integrating new technology into the language classroom

Session 6: Interactive Whteboards for Intermediate and Advanced Users & Micro-Blogging

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 6 February 2009
Time: 14.00-18.00
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Seth Dickens

Workshop (not only) for German teachers

Communicative teaching and grammar

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 30 January 2009
Time: 10.15-13.00
Cost: € 15
Trainers: Wiltrud Arlt & Georg Stoumbos

Workshop (not only) for English teachers

Integrating the Interactive Whiteboard into the Coursebook

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 20 January 2009
Time: 09.00-12.00
Cost: € 15
Trainers: Inger Tan-Dietrich & Clark Böhm

New media: Integrating new technology into the language classroom

Session 5: Blogging in the Language Classroom

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 16 January 2009
Time: 14.30-18.30
Cost: € 30
Trainer: Seth Dickens

Workshop (not only) for German teachers

Receptive skills

Seminar language: German
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 15 January 2009
Time: 09.30-12.30
Cost: € 15
Trainer: Wiltrud Arlt

Workshop (not only) for English teachers

Lesson Planning

Seminar language: English
Site: alpha beta piccadilly - Bolzano / Bozen
Date: 14 January 2009
Time: 10.00-13.00
Cost: € 15
Trainers: Seàn O'Toole & Karolina Gacke