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Teacher Talking Time is a podcast for language teachers who want more: more clarity, more autonomy, and more lasting impact, both inside and outside the classroom.
Hosted by Leo and Andrew, each episode features thoughtful, in-depth conversations with the educators, researchers, and teacherpreneurs shaping the future of language education. Guests have included Scott Thornbury, Bill VanPatten, David Little, Jennifer Jenkins, John Levis, Angelica Galante, Sarah Mercer, Enrica Piccardo, Claudia Fernández, Shawn Loewen, Paul Nation, Sheila Thorn, and many more.
From the latest in second language acquisition research to honest stories of teachers building lives and businesses on their own terms, every conversation invites you to think deeper, teach more intentionally, and take charge of your professional path.
We release two episodes each month - with full video versions on YouTube - to help you reflect, stay inspired, and grow as a teacher and changemaker.
Subscribe, listen, and join a global community of educators leading with intention.
Episodes
Aug 2, 2020
Aug 2, 2020
1hr 43 min
In Teacher Talking Time’s first round-table episode, we focus on the topic of teaching and developing listening skills. Leo and Andrew are joined by Marc Jones and Chiara Bruzzano, both researchers on the topic of listening.
Marc and Chiara help us parse what current research and findings on listening says, and discuss what strategies and approaches we as teachers can utilize in our classes to best help our students.
This episode is divided into 3 sections:
1. The Differences between teaching, practicing, and testing listening (3:20)
2. Analyzing the standard approach to teaching listening (34:00)
3. Looking at what can be improved and suggestions of how to go about it. (1:02:00)
Three questions were used to help us define this round table discussion:
1. Is there a problem that our industry faces that you would like to address?
2. How is this topic relevant to teachers?
3. What outcomes do we expect to achieve at the end of this round table?
*This episode works in conjunction with the LYE Course "Teaching Listening Made Easy."
Follow Chiara:
Twitter: @chiara_bruzzano
View her website: ETprofessional
Chiara is also the founder of LanguagEd, a group of teachers, researchers and graphic designers producing professional development courses for teachers.
Follow Marc:
Twitter: @marcjonestyo
View his websites: Marcjones.tokyo and getgreatenglish.com
*For anyone interested in learning more about teaching listening, listen to the end of the episode for a discount code for the LYE course “Teaching Listening Made Easy.”
For more information on this episode, see our blog post on our website.
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from our listeners. If you enjoy our work, consider contributing to our tip jar
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
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Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
41 min
/CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of the Learn YOUR English Learner Membership Community.
In episode 4, Mike and Leo continue our podcast series on Setting Clear Goals in Language Learning. In this series, we discuss the 7 Cs of Goal Setting. In Part I, we talked about the first two: conception and confidence.
In this episode, we talk about the next 3 Cs: Concentration, Consistency, and Commitment:
- What are they?
- How do they help us learn?
- Why are they important?
Mike and Leo also talk about very exciting announcements for Learn YOUR English:
A. Free E-book for Students called "The 3 Myths of Learning" - download for free now!
B. The LYE School of Learning - learn for only $5 for your whole life!
C. LYE Quick Fixes: Improve one part of your language quickly and effectively.
The LYE School of Learning:
If you would like to join our School of Learning, it’s only $5 one time. Sign up and start learning today!
Download our E-book for FREE on our website. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
Thank you for listening! If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020
1hr 13 min
In episode 26, Andrew invites Jason Anderson into the studio. Jason is a teacher educator, educational consultant, award-winning author and researcher, working in both language teaching and mainstream education. He has published research on aspects of language teaching, multilingualism, teacher reflection, lesson planning and teacher education. His main interests include teaching methodology, translanguaging and the contextual challenges of primary and secondary teachers working in low- and middle-income contexts, where he has spent much of his career as a teacher educator.
He is a proponent for the use of multiple frameworks in language classrooms - "all of these approaches do and can work." In 2016, he published "A Potted History of PPP" in which he outlines the history of the framework and argues that research is not simply against it, as many believe. Jason also has designed a new framework called "The TATE Model."
In this episode, Jason discusses:
- His recent project in India (4:00)
- The history of the PPP Framework (11:00)
- Why the Zone of Proximal Development is misunderstood in second language acquisition (19:00)
- Lexis, Grammar, the lexical approach and a synthetic syllabus (22:00)
- If TBLT is appropriate in developing world contexts (28:00)
- What it means for an approach "to work" (36:00)
- Creating appropriate outcome measures (39:30)
- Research and practice together in a reflective model of teacher education (50:00)
- The TATE model (57:30)
*For links to the resources mentioned in this interview, see our blog post about this episode on our website.
Follow Jason:
Twitter: @jasonelt
Website: jasonanderson.org.uk
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from our listeners. If you enjoy our work, consider contributing to our tip jar
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
46 min
/CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of the Learn YOUR English Learner Membership Community.
In episode 3, Mike and Leo introduce our podcast series on Setting Clear Goals in Language Learning. In this series, we will discuss the 7 Cs of Goal Setting.
In this episode, we talk about the first 2 Cs:
1. Conception:
The first condition to success is establishing a clear conception of what we want to achieve or accomplish.
- What does that mean?
- What steps do we need to take to do that?
2. Confidence
The second step is developing confidence.
- What kind of confidence?
- How do we overcome challenges?
- What's the difference between confidence and courage?
We cover this and more in Part 1 of our series on setting clear language goals. Send us a message and let us know how you plan for success.
For LYE Members: All of our members will be discussing this episode in our classes this month and performing learning activities to achieve their language goals.
Thank you for listening! If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
1hr 56 min
In episode 25, Mike and Leo chat with the great Jane Willis. Jane started her career teaching French in Ghana and has since worked extensively overseas (Cyprus, Iran, and Singapore) as an English teacher and trainer. She began writing in Iran with Teaching English Through English, for local teachers who found it difficult speaking English in their classes.
She has run teacher development courses and taken part in ELT consultancies in many countries, including China, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Middle East, South America, and Europe. She especially enjoys working with teachers of Foreign Languages who want to adopt a task-based approach
Jane recently completed and published "Winning the Grammar Wars – what grammar really is and how we use it" - a book her late husband Dave Willis started - which describes English in a holistic way and provides a broad overview for teachers, parents, and educators.
In this episode, Jane delves into all things teaching, including:
- Her early beginnings in teaching (4:00)
- One of her first books "Teaching English through English" (10:00)
- The COBUILD syllabus
- The restrictions course books put on training the next generation of teachers (26:00)
- Why Task-based Language Teaching (38:30)
- Why TBLT isn't PPP upside down (53:30)
- TBLT with beginners (56:30)
- If TBLT is appropriate for all teachers (1:01:30)
- The latest Willis book "Winning the Grammar Wars" (1:07:30)
- What an input-rich course would look like (1:33:00)
- Raising Bilingual Children (1:39:00)
Contact Jane Willis:
Her list of works from her personal website
Read "Winning the Grammar Wars," which Jane finished after Dave's passing.
See many more resources referenced in this episode on our website.
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020
36 min
/CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of the Learn YOUR English Learner Membership Community.
In episode two, Mike and Leo talk about myths around learning. There are many beliefs about how people learn in the 21st Century - especially about how people learn languages - that are not actually true.
The guys talk about three of them:
Myth 1: We can only learn in the classroom
Myth 2: We can only learn from a textbook
Myth 3: We can only learn with a teacher
At the end of the first segment, Mike and Leo assign a reflection task. Listen for that and let us know your answers!
For LYE Members: All of our members will be discussing this episode in our classes this month and performing learning activities to achieve their language goals.
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
Thank you for listening! If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020
1hr 36 min
In episode 24, Leo welcomes Dr. Marije Michel to the studio. Dr. Michel has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Amsterdam and is an associate professor and Chair of Language Learning at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She conducts research into language learning processes in a second language, foreign language didactics, and multilingualism in educational contexts.
In this episode, Dr. Michel discusses the second language learning process, the role of input, and her most recent research on alignment.
Dr. Michel focuses on:
- Learning by doing (11:00)
- The role of input (17:00)
- The role of grammar instruction and repetition in task-based approaches (24:00)
- CAF - Complexity, Accuracy, Fluency (32:00)
- Training students to give meaningful peer feedback (41:00)
- An important refugee project called The English Academy for Newcomers (45:00)
- Alignment - what it is, how it works, and how teachers can incorporate it (52:00)
Follow Dr. Michel:
Twitter: @marijemichel
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Apr 12, 2020
Apr 12, 2020
1hr 40 min
In episode 23, Mike and Leo invite Fernando Rosell-Aguilar into the virtual studio. Fernando is an author, course designer, and currently delivers lectures at Coventry University in the UK. He is pursuing a Pd.D. in Computer-Assisted Language Learning from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), and his research interests are online learning, with an emphasis on the integration of technologies into teaching and learning.
In the times of COVID-19, we are truly grateful for Fernando's insights and expertise into online teaching.
In this episode, he discusses:
- the main differences between online and face-to-face teaching
- practices to use and avoid in online teaching
- if the mass move to teaching online will re-shape traditional education
- what he believes the term "supplementary" means in education
- the myth that a teacher is required for learning
- how much teaching should be done online
- techniques teachers can use to improve their online teaching
Follow Fernando:
Twitter: @FRosellAguilar
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020
43 min
/CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of the Learn YOUR English Learner Membership Community.
In Teacher Talking Time’s first episode for learners, Mike and Leo introduce the Cult of Learning podcast, discuss why it’s called “The Cult of Learning,” what “Learn YOUR English” really means, and what we hope to accomplish by helping people learn the language that’s important to them.
This episode is all about learning. Mike and Leo go over the three most important rules for learning:
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Effectiveness (the what)
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Adherence (the why)
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Efficiency (the how)
They also talk about how languages are not taught but learned, discuss several common myths about language learning, and why you shouldn’t say “sayonara” in Japanese.
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
Thank you for listening! If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Mar 11, 2020
Mar 11, 2020
1hr 20 min
*If you're interested in attending the Learn YOUR English webinar on March 22, 2020, please RSVP here. We'll be talking Language Awareness & Knowledge! It's free for all ELT professionals.
In episode 22, Leo pulls up a chair with Vinicius Nobre. Vinicius, a Brazilian native, has been teaching English since 1995, has worked as an instructor, trainer, coordinator, writer, and is currently the head of Troika, an ELT consultancy based out of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Vinicius has also written two methodology books “Getting into Teacher Education: a handbook” and “Teaching English Today: Contexts and Objectives.” He served as the president of the biggest association of English Language Teachers in South America, BRAZ-TESOL, where he still works as a member of the Advisory Board.
In this episode, Vinicius talks about:
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learner motivation, and the role teachers play - or don’t play - in it
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the deficiencies in teacher training courses
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textbooks, the intention behind how they are written, and why they shouldn’t be used as recipes
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the ELT context in Brazil, including the hurdles to reaching proficiency, and why the English language rarely has any tangible benefits for Brazilians
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the challenges to professionalizing ELT in Brazil
Contact Vinicius or Troika:
@vinnienobre; @troika.br
Website: Troika
If you like the show, we have a Tip Jar on our website for people looking to help with the creation of our show.
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you like the show, consider subscribing on Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts, and sharing it with a friend. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out: