The Teflology Podcast

Welcome back to the TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.  For this week’s episode, we bring you a recording made at the excitELT conference, that took place last Sunday in Tokyo.  ExcitELT is an independent venture started by a teacher based in Beijing. Unlike many larger academic conferences, ExcitELT is not sponsored or affiliated with any organisations, but is devised and carried out by a small group of volunteers, with most of the proceeds going to charitable courses.  The episodes features interviews with three of the featured speakers, former guests John Fanselow and Mike Griffin, and Atsuko Watanabe. Atsuko is author of “Reflective Practice as Professional Development Experiences of Teachers of English in Japan,” published by Multilingual Matters, and works an associate professor at Bunkyo University, on the outskirts of Tokyo. For more information about John and Mike, refer to previous episodes of the links below. Enjoy the episode!  More

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In this episode, Rob reviews a recently published article charting the changing Research Trends in Applied Linguistics, Matt talks about the life and work of Otto Jespersen, and Matthew leads a discussion on Action Research.  Enjoy the episode!  The article Rob reviews can be downloaded here.  Information on Otto Jespersen can be found here and here. Buy our e-book – Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round. Email – Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website – Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast. iTunes – Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast. Also available on Acast / Stitcher Radio / SoundCloud / TuneIn / iheart Radio and more! YouTube – Stream all of our episodes. Facebook – Like and share our page with your collea

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 John F. Fanselow John F. Fanselow is the author of such celebrated articles as “Beyond Rashomon” and “Let’s see,” and books including “Try the Opposite”, “Breaking Rules” and “Contrasting Conversations”. He is well known as a teacher trainer and conference presenter, and has been closely affiliated with institutions including Columbia Teachers College, Kanda University of International Studies, and iTDi – the International Teacher Development Institute.  Matthew chatted with John in January about his life, his work, and his educational beliefs. Information about John's latest book “Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,” can be found here. Buy our e-book - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Get in contact with us here. Website - Listen to

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In this episode, Matt introduces Exploratory Practice, Rob looks at some of N. S. Prabhu's work, and Matthew summaries a news story on the language of millennials. Enjoy the episode!  Judith Hanks' book on Exploratory Practice here.  Information on N. S. Prabhu's project here. Matthew's news article is here. Buy our e-book – Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round. Email – Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website – Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast. iTunes – Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast. Also available on Acast / Stitcher Radio / SoundCloud / TuneIn / iheart Radio YouTube – Stream all of our episodes. Facebook – Like and share our page with your colleagues or friends. Twitter – Follow us and retweet us.

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  In this episode, Matthew reflects on the life and work of pioneer Richard Schmidt, Matt speaks to Anna Loseva about some recent conferences she attended, and Rob leads a discussion on doing a PhD in ELT and Applied Linguistics. Enjoy this episode! More about Richard Schmidt can be found here. Anna Loseva's blog is here.  Buy our e-book - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast.  YouTube - Stream all of our episodes.  Facebook - Like and share our page with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

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 Gabriel Díaz-Maggioli. Gabriel is Director of the LUDUS Center, the faculty professional development center of the Catholic University of Uruguay. Gabriel's research focuses on teacher education, pedagogy, and professional development, among other areas. His published books include 2004’s Teacher-Centered Professional Development, and 2012’s Teaching Language Teachers: Scaffolding Professional Learning. The interview was conducted at last year’s JALT conference, after Gabriel had just delivered his plenary presentation titled: Shaping the Way We Grow: Teachers and Development. In the interview, Matt asked Gabriel questions about Continuing Professional Development, Teacher Education, and the Teaching of Teachers. A shortened written version of the forthcoming interview will appear in JALT’s ‘The Language Teacher’ magazine later this year. We’d like to

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 the life and work of Stephen Bax, who sadly passed away recently. Rob talks about a recent news story regarding the Latin learning in the UK, and Matthew leads a discussion on Negotiation of Meaning.  Enjoy this episode! Darren Elliot's 'Lives of Teachers' interview with Stephen Bax can be accessed here.  The news story Rob refers to is here.  Buy our e-book - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  Back together again after our JALT interview episodes. Matthew brings up the recent news that Iran has banned English for certain ages of children, Matt attempts to review Ahmar Mahboob's essay on the teaching of English as a Dynamic Language, and Rob reflects on the life and work of TEFL pioneer Randolph Quirk.  Enjoy this episode! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters!  Today we bring you a discussion between our three forum interviewees - Steve Mann, Reiko Yoshihara, and Hugh Starkey. This recording features our three participants reflecting on resonances, connections, and commonalities based on listening to each other being interviewed. The interviewees also asked each other questions, and responded to questions from the audience.  Please enjoy! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – A podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. Today we bring you the final of our three interviews conducted as part of our forum ‘Global Educators, Local Connections,’ at the JALT2017 conference in Tsukuba, Japan.  In this interview, Matthew asks Prof. Hugh Starkey of the University College London's Institute of Education questions related to his special research interest of Cosmopolitan and Global Citizenship. For more information about Prof. Hugh Starkey, please follow this link. Enjoy! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twit

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – A podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. Today we bring you the first of our three interviews conducted as part of our forum ‘Global Educators, Local Connections,’ at the JALT2017 conference in Tsukuba, Japan.  In this interview, Rob asks Prof. Reiko Yoshihara of Nihon University questions related to her 2017 book - The Socially Responsible Feminist EFL Classroom: A Japanese Perspective on Identities, Beliefs, and Practices. For more information about Reiko Yoshihara, click here. Enjoy! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. T

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – A podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. Today we bring you the first of our three interviews conducted as part of our forum ‘Global Educators, Local Connections,’ at the JALT2017 conference in Tsukuba, Japan.  In the interview, Matt asks Prof. Steve Mann of the University of Warwick questions about Reflective Practice, and interviewing as a method of inquiry. For more information about Steve, click here. Enjoy! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  In this episode, Rob discusses teacher working conditions, Matt reviews the recent debate on learning styles, and Matthew asks to think about The British Council as this episode's pioneer.  Please enjoy this episode! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  In this episode, Matt talks about the work of American philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey, Rob discusses collaborative writing, and Matthew reviews some of the latest development with language translation technology.  Please enjoy this episode! Buy our new ebook - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.  Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters! Today we are very happy to bring you an interview with Professor Mario Saraceni. The interview was conducted in Chichester, on the south coast of England earlier this summer. Mario works as Reader and Associate Head of Research in the School of Language and Area Studies at the University of Portsmouth. Professor Saraceni’s research interests are on English and globalization. His scholarly activities focus on the political, ideological and pedagogical implications of the forms and functions of the English language outside its traditional cultural base.  As well as numerous articles and book chapters, his own published books include 2015’s World Englishes: A Critical Analysis, which was awarded the British Applied Linguistics Association Book Prize in 2016, and 2010’s The Relocation of English: Shifting paradigms in a Global Era.  Matt spoke with Mario about the research area of World English

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 of the Cambridge Main Suite exams, Matt leads a discussion on the mental health issues in ELT, and Rob introduces The Committee of 12 as his pioneer(s). Please enjoy this episode! Lizzie Pinard's article  Sandy Millin's list of links Sarah Mercer's IATEFL plenary Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  In this episode, Rob reviews a debate about the relevance or irrelevance of academic research for English language reachers. Matt leads a discussion about the use of textbooks in the classroom. Finally, Matthew charts the life and work of Lambert Sauveur.  Please enjoy this episode! Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. Today we are very happy to bring you an interview with Professor Masaki Oda. The interview was conducted at Tamagawa University in Machida, near Tokyo, Japan, where Professor Oda performs two roles. First, he is a Professor of Applied Linguistics in the College of Humanities, where he teaches undergraduate courses in linguistics and post-graduate courses in language teaching. Second, he is the founder and Director of the Center for English as a Lingua Franca, also known as “CELF”, which provides English language education, through an ELF-based approach, for all departments in the university. Professor Oda’s main interests are English as a Lingua Franca, English language education policies in Japan, and other sociopolitical issues in the world of language teaching and teacher training. He has written a number of publications on these topics, as well as presenting about them at conferences aro

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  In this episode, Matthew shares information about some new English learning ventures, Matt discusses the life and work of Peter Strevens, and Rob unpacks Post-human Applied Linguistics. Please enjoy this episode! Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.  In this episode, Matthew revisits the topic of ELF, Rob reveals the life and work of L.A. Hill, and Matt reviews a study about how perceptions of status alter one's voice pitches in interviews. Please enjoy this episode! Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us.