Teacher Talking Time: The Learn YOUR English Podcast

Teacher Talking Time: The Learn YOUR English Podcast


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Teachers have TWO options: Earn more or leave ELT
August 24, 2024

Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals.  Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here.   What do toad venom, the 5 stages of grief, and precarity all have in common? Andrew, Leo, and Mike explain.  Sustainability in the

ELT has the WRONG input: Learners can't understand REAL people - Sheila Thorn
July 31, 2024

Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here.Want to move faster? Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business.ELT provides the wrong input: language as itshould be spoken not as it is spoken. This is wrong and Sheila Thorn gi

Grammar is in the BRAIN, not on a piece of paper - Tania Ionin & Silvina Montrul
June 18, 2024

Join our free support group for teachers building their business.Grammar instruction or grammar learning? We dive into this with today's guests.Tania Ionin is a Professor of Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies in Linguistics at the University

We CANNOT and DO NOT Control What Students Learn - Bill VanPatten
April 26, 2024

Join our free support group for teachers building their business.So many teachers focus onteaching when they should focus on something else. In this episode, we dive into this with the great Bill VanPatten.Bill VanPatten is an award-winning scholar a

The traditional pronunciation model EXCLUDES virtually every teacher - Robin Walker & Gemma Archer
March 29, 2024

Join our free support group for teachers building their business.So many teachers feel they can't teach pronunciation if their speech doesn't sound a certain way. Listen to this episode to discover why that isn't true.Robin Walker and Gemma Archer are

TBLT isn't a fad & this is why NOT using it is holding you back - Lara Bryfonski
February 15, 2024

Find your niche & get 5 new clients. Start here.Many teachers are wary of using a task-based approach. Learn how to overcome that and start using it in your business or classrooms.Lara Bryfonski is an applied linguist and assistant professor of li

Donna Brinton on Content-based Instruction
January 13, 2024

Our 5in30 community helps you get 5 new clients in 30 days. Start here.Donna M. Brinton is a methodologist, trainer, author, and distinguished figure in applied linguistics. A key aspect of Donna's work is her advocacy for Content-Based Instruction (CBI

2023 Wrapped: Making Next Year an Authentic One
December 19, 2023

Our 5in30 helps you get 5 new clients in 30 days. Start here.Leo, Mike, and Andrew grab some nog, get in the holiday spirit, and chat about authenticity - Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023. We delve into what the word means to us and how we an

Cecilia Nobre on Using Video for Teacher Development
November 28, 2023

We help teachers start their own online business for free. Click here to join in.Cecilia Nobre is a Ph.D. student in Applied Linguistics at Warwick, has been an EFL teacher for over 20 years, and is a trainer on DipTESOL, CertTESOL, and Celta trainer. Sh

Geoff Jordan on ELT Now and How It Could Be
October 23, 2023

We help teachers start their own business for free. Click here to join in.Geoff Jordan is a teacher, trainer, academic, and author. Geoff has a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition, has worked at ESADE, Barcelona for 28 years, and recently co-authored a