The Teflology Podcast

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast!  This episode is a pilot live show, in which we opened up our recording session for people to listen in and contribute to.  In this final instalment of the three parts, we speak to Saurabh Anand about reading and writing-related strategies around the concept of World Englishes. Saurabh is a teacher and doctoral student at the University of Georgia. This episode was recorded with Zencastr.  Please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast!  This episode is a pilot live show, in which we opened up our recording session for people to listen in and contribute to.  In this second of three parts, Rob raises the topic of improvisation in language teaching. Our guests, along with Matthew and Matt, all contributed ideas to the topic, helping to consider the theme from a variety of perspectives.  This episode was recorded with Zencastr.  Please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast!  This episode is a pilot live show, in which we opened up our recording session for people to listen in and contribute to.  This first of three parts features Helen MacIntyre. Helen is a CELTA teacher trainer based in Vancouver. Helen got in contact with us via email and we were pleased to feature her as our first guest on this inaugural live show. We asked Helen about her experiences of teacher training remotely.  This episode was recorded with Zencastr.  Please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matthew charts the history and use of emoji, Rob reflects on his Duolingo language learning experiences, and Matt talks about Cheris Kramarae's work on Muted Group Theory.  Enjoy! This episode was recorded remotely online via Zencastr.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about language teaching, and related matters!  Today we bring you an interview with Russell Stannard. Russell is a multi award-winning Educational Technologist and founder of www.teachertrainingvideos.com He is especially known for his  work in using technology to enhance feedback and his experiments with screen capture technology.  In this interview, Matt asks questions to Russell about teaching languages through the use of technology.  Recorded remotely with Zencastr.  Theme music by James York (Cheapbeats)   Visit Russell's YouTube page here - https://www.youtube.com/user/crete1987  Email us at - Check out our website at - https://teflology-podcast.com  Follow us on Twitter at - https://twitter.com/TEFLology  Like us on Facebook at - https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast/ 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matt reflects on how the recent remote ways of working may bring about professional development opportunities, Rob charts the work of Paul Pimsleur, and Matthew leads a discussion on pronunciation.  Enjoy! This episode was recorded remotely online via Zencastr.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

Welcome to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.  In today's episode we address the two issues that are dominating world events at the moment. In the first section, we respond to the demonstrations triggered by George Floyd's murder with a short account about race and racism in ELT. In the second part of the show, we reflect on our experiences with teaching remotely, due restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.   All links to the resources mentioned in the first section can be found on this episode's page on www.teflology-podcast.com  Thanks for listening!!  Email us at teflology@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TEFLology Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast  Support our show by purchasing a copy of our book - http://the-round.com/resource/podcasting-and-professional-development/  

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. Today we bring you an interview with Dr. Richard J. Sampson. Richard works at Rikkyo University in the Center for Foreign Language Education and Research as an associate professor. His research interests include L2 learner psychology, complexity theory, and motivation, all of topics of which are discussed in this conversation. For information about Richard's publications, follow this link - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_Sampson2 This interview was recorded remotely using Zencastr.  Enjoy the interview! Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. We've made it to 100 episodes! Well, we reached this milestone some time ago, but this episode marks number 100 of our regular episodes with the three of us talking together.  To celebrate this momentous occasion, we thought we'd test each other's knowledge of the podcast in the shape of a quiz. Which TEFLologist knows their TEFLology the best? Listen to find out.  Please feel free to play along yourselves. Stay safe and healthy, and enjoy! Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast Website: https://teflology-podcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matthew talks about the history of LANGUAGE LABS, Matt explores FLIPPED CLASSROOMS, and Rob reviews a news story about NIGERIAN ENGLISH.  This episode was recorded remotely online via Discord.  Rob's news story here - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51448295 Information about language labs here - https://www.j-let.org/?a=61&fbclid=IwAR0asBpBntipm2wTpxfTUMOgHRIBpRsG4Cx5ZI9li-Cxpkj1mVsW6LL1pmQ Books on Flipped Classrooms: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811386565 & https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811069673 Enjoy! Contact us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast Website: https://teflology-podcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, we present a series of reflections by Mustafa Nazari, Rob Playfair, and Anna Loseva about their responses to the current Covid-19 pandemic crises, with regard to their teaching situations in Iran, the U.K., and Vietnam.  We hope you find their stories of interest.  Contact us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast Website: https://teflology-podcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. Today we bring you an interview with James York and Jonathan deHaan. James and Jonathan are both university educators in Japan and advocates of game-based language teaching and learning. As well as creating and devising their own games, they are are also co-editors of Ludic Language Pedagogy – an open access journal dedicated to promoting the integration of games and play in language learning.    In this interview, Matthew asks questions to the pair about game-based language teaching and learning.  Enjoy!! Information about James and Jonathan – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_York3 & https://sites.google.com/site/gamelabshizuoka/about-the-lab/jonathandehaan  Information about the Ludic Language Pedagogy journal – https://www.llpjournal.org  Theme music by Cheapshot (James) – https://bandcamp.com/cheapshot Email: teflology@gmail.com Website: https://teflology-podcast.com Twit

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matthew gets us thinking about our personas as teachers, Matt asks questions about games and gamification in language teaching/learning, and Rob leads a discussion about teacher insecurities.  Enjoy! Contact us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast Website: https://teflology-podcast.com  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In episode 96, Matt leads a discussion about the differences between male and females scholars' uses of positive words in academic papers, Matthew introduces the idea of The Teaching Brain, and Rob talk about John Gallagher's book - Learning Languages in Early Modern England.  Please enjoy!  The article Matt refers to can be accessed here - https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6573  Information on The Teaching Brain can be viewed here - http://www.teachingbrain.org  Learning Languages in Early Modern England can be found here - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/learning-languages-in-early-modern-england-9780198837909?cc=jp&lang=en&fbclid=IwAR2LRW0DmZyNdZlmGN_u4iv_Fv0NpsCukxNuWDRaYdEWgKNhGEe7k-uYnyY  Contact us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Website: https://teflology-podcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast YouTube: 

This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.  In the fifth episode (and final for now) of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 5, section 3, a section called “what did you do on the weekend.” The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of the written book version.  Enjoy!  Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/ For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/ Email us at - teflology@gmail.com Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology  Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com  Subscribe on iTunes or any other podcasting platform yo

This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.  In the fourth episode of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 4, section 3, a section called “dismounted horses, saddles, reins”. The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of the written book version.  Enjoy!  Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/ For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/ Email us at - teflology@gmail.com Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology  Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com  Subscribe on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use. 

This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.  In the second episode of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 3, section 9, a section called “Fortunately, the copy machine is broken”. The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of the written book version. Enjoy!  Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/ For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/ Email us at - teflology@gmail.com Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology  Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com  Subscribe to us on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use

This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.  In the second episode of this limited series, John reads an extract from Chapter 2, section 5, called “People hearing about listening”. The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of this section.  Enjoy!  Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/ For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/ Email us at - teflology@gmail.com Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology  Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com  Subscribe to us on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use. 

This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.  In the first episode of this limited series, John talks from the introduction, foreword, and preface of the book. The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of these sections.  Enjoy!  Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/ For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/ Email us at - teflology@gmail.com Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology  Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com  Subscribe to us on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. Today we bring you a guest hosted episode by the creators of the Extempore, the speaking practice app. We asked them some questions about what inspired the creation of Extempore, the factors that go into designing a language learning or teaching app, and some of the ways that Extempore has been and can be used by teachers and learners. See more information about Extempore here: https://extemporeapp.com Please enjoy the interview!  Email: teflology@gmail.com Website: https://teflology-podcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA