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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
Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 5 in our series, featuring Dr. María del Pilar García Mayo. Dr. Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo is the director of the research group Language in speech - a multidisciplinary group at the University of the Basque country in Spain. The group focuses on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Dr. Mayo has a PhD in linguistics from the University of Iowa and is the director of the MA program Language Acquisition in MultiLingual Settings as well as the head of the department of English and German studies at the university of the Basque Country. Her publications span the area of second and third language acquisition of English, morphosyntax, and the study of conversational interaction in EFL. She is also the editor of journal Language Teaching Research.
In this episode, Dr. García Mayo discusses:
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the Spanish EFL context
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recent studies revolving around language learning and the high school context in Spain
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the arguments for and against self-repair, recast, and implicit & explicit feedback
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why there is such a research gap with children
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teacher training and corrective feedback
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the role of research - and researchers - in classroom application
*This interview was conducted by Jean Charlebois and Sarah Langridge
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
- view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
- view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. María del Pilar García Mayo:
The Language and Speech Laboratory
Her latest volumes include:
Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School: Research Insights
Recent Perspectives on Task-based Language Learning and Teaching
Working Collaboratively in Second/Foreign Language Learning
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 have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more on what we do at LYE:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 4 in our series, featuring Dr. Yucel Yilmaz. Dr. Yilmaz is a professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He teaches and researches several areas in second language acquisition, with a focus on how to offer effective (negative) feedback to language learners in both technology-mediated and in-person environments. He is also interested in the role of cognitive individual differences in the effectiveness of corrective feedback.
In this episode, Dr. Yilmaz discusses:
- the interactionist approach
- explicit correction versus recast
- why direct feedback being more effective needs to be taken with a grain of salt
- computer versus face-to-face mediated feedback
- how to implement oral and written feedback
- how teachers can learn about corrective feedback research and apply it to their own contexts
*This interview was conducted by Heather Shugart, Aria Rubinoff, and Fereshteh Khaffai Azar.
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
- view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
- view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. Yilmaz:
Visit the Instructed SLA Lab at Indiana University
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 have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more on what we do at LYE:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
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*”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 our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
Leo and Mike continue our mini series “What are Habits and the Science Behind Them.” In the third and final installment of this mini series, they discuss:
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five benefits of habit tracking
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what habits are worth tracking
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how to respond when our habits and consistency breaks down
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methods for tracking habits and actually being consistent with it
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how to get a free subscription to tracking app Habitica!
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
Download the FREE Learn YOUR English Personalized Habit Tracker:
Click here or go to: learnyourenglish.net/podcast
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! 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:
Our E-book for FREE on our website. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
Our School of Learning for Teachers & Students - only $5/month
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
Dr. Rebecca Adams joins us for episode 3. Dr. Adams is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Memphis, USA. She is an applied linguist with interests in instructed second language learning. Her research work focuses on peer communication in second language classrooms, peer corrective feedback in peer interaction and learning, second language task complexity in peer interactions, and focus on form.
In this episode, Dr. Adams highlights:
- the benefits of peer feedback when compared to teacher-provided feedback
- how to establish a conducive classroom environment for peer feedback to be most effective
- types of corrective feedback and their effectiveness
- whether students are actually hesitant to provide feedback to their peers
- if teachers should wait for peer feedback to occur naturally or if providing students with training is beneficial
- the connection between task-based language teaching and peer corrective feedback
*This interview was conducted by Marcel Zhang and Leo Liu.
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
- view Carleton University and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
- view the LYE blog post on this episode
For more on Dr. Adams:
Her book "Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning"
Her book "Teaching through Peer Interaction"
Are you a language teacher and interested in taking part in her new study on peer interaction? Click here.
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
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 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:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 2 in our series. In this episode, Dr. Hossein Nassaji joins the program to discuss corrective feedback. Dr. Hossein is an award-winning scholar and Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. He has authored over 100 articles and many books. His forthcoming handbook on corrective feedback, The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching with Eva Kartchava, is a comprehensive volume that discusses current issues and perspectives on corrective feedback and their applications to second language teaching and learning.
Specifically in this episode, Dr. Nassaji tells us about:
- the roles corrective feedback plays in language learning
- how culture impacts feedback effectiveness
- the debate between immediate and delayed feedback
- written vs oral feedback and the efficacy of written feedback
- the what, when, why, and if of explicit & implicit feedback
- how teachers can learn about and implement corrective feedback in their classes
*This interview was conducted by Kelsey Ulrich-Verslycken and Lana Haj Hamid
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
- view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
- view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. Nassaji:
Some of his prominent books:
- Corrective Feedback in Second Language Teaching and Learning: Research, Theory, Applications, Implication
- The Interactional Feedback Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning: Linking Theory, Research, and Practice
- Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in Communicative Context
- The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
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 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:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is the introductory episode to our series on Corrective Feedback. Here, we invite Dr. Eva Kartchava - Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University, Canada - and Dr. Hossein Nassaji - Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, Canada - to help kick off the series.
In this episode, Dr. Kartchava and Dr. Nassaji help elucidate many questions the series aims to answer, some of which are:
- what is corrective feedback?
- how do you give CF?
- what is the purpose of CF?
- how many different types of CF are there?
- when should we provide CF?
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
- view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
- view the LYE blog post on this episode
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
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 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:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
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*”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 our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
Leo and Mike continue our mini series “What are Habits and the Science Behind Them.” In the second installment, they discuss:
- how long it takes to adopt a new habit
- the story behind that magic number & where it came from
- if that number is real or fabricated
- a study dedicated to discovering just how habits are formed
- what we can learn from all of this
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! 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:
Our E-book for FREE on our website. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
Our School of Learning for Teachers & Students - only $5/month
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Scott Thornbury joins Leo, Mike, and Andrew in studio.
Scott has taught and trained in Egypt, UK, Spain, and in his native New Zealand. Until recently he taught an online MA TESOL program for The New School in New York. His writing credits include several award-winning books for teachers on language and methodology. He is also the series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers, and a trustee of the Hands Up Project, which promotes drama activities in English for children in under-resourced regions of the Arab world. At present, he is working for the Mosaik Foundation, training teachers of refugees in the Middle East in how to integrate communicative activities into their online classes.
We delve into Scott's career journey, and he discusses:
- his career beginnings
- his early influences and the "mother goose approach"
- a paradigm shift away from drills and accuracy to a fluency-based, communicative approach
- views on teacher development
- his writing process and how nothing on the page in front of you is alright when there's a lot behind you
- Dogme and Leo Van Lier's influence on him
For more on Scott Thornbury:
His website is www.scottthornbury.com
He tweets at @thornburyscott
His highly acclaimed blog https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/
For more information on this episode, see our blog post about it.
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
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 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:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Our Online Courses for Teachers
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
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*”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 our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
In the first COL episode of 2021, Leo and Mike introduce our new mini series on habits called “What are Habits and the Science Behind Them.” In the first episode, they talk about maintaining good habits. Why are they so hard to start and seemingly impossible to keep? Our 3-part series will explore this, how it connects to learning, and much more.
In part one, Mike and Leo tackle:
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why most people fail to create good habits
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how long it takes to form a new habit
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a technique you can use to stick to a good habit and how to track your habits effectively
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! 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:
Download our E-book for FREE on our website. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
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Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
To kick off 2021, Mike, Leo, and Andrew hold Teacher Talking Time’s first ever live episode to commemorate two years of podcasting with Learn YOUR English. They invite members of the LYE community to share their experiences with podcasts and, specifically, how they use them to develop as educators.
This episode was also broadcast live on the LYE Youtube channel, and in the first episode of 2021, they guys along with their guests discuss:
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why and how Teacher Talking Time came to fruition
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using podcasting as a tool for CPD
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using podcasting as an asset for classroom assessment
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Leo’s Master’s dissertation on podcasting in ELT
We also hear from some of our listeners on how they use podcasts for their development.
We also want to give a shoutout to other ELT Podcasts that inspire us. A lot of these influenced us in our careers and in the development of our show. Please check them out:
For more information on this episode, see our blog post about it.
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
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 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: