Teacher Talking Time: The Learn YOUR English Podcast

Join our free support group for teachers building their business. So many teachers focus on teaching 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 and teacher with an international reputation in the fields of second language acquisition and second language teaching. He is a requested speaker at conferences and meetings and over the course of his career he has given over 500 keynote speeches, plenaries, invited talks, and workshops. We chat with Bill about why: For more from Bill: 1. Visit his website. 2. His recent article "Krashen forty years later: Final comments" 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days 2. Just starting your business? Get free guidance in our support group. 3. Already have clients? Share your vision with us: book a free chat to strategize your business goals. 4. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

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 pronunciation specialists who co-authored "Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World," which aims to encourage pronunciation instruction from a lingua franca and intelligibility perspective. We chat with Robin & Gemma about: Grab their book here. For more from Gemma: 1. Follow her on LinkedIn 2. The Scottish Sound School For more from Robin: 1. Follow him on LinkedIn 2. His website - Englishglobal.com 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days 2. Just starting your business? Get free guidance in our support group. 3. Already have clients? Share your vision with us: book a free chat to strategize your business goals. 4. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

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 linguistics at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on task-based language teaching and she is the Project Director of STARTALK-TASK, an NSA-funded task-based training program for critical language teachers. She recently co-authored the book The Art and Science of Language Teaching with Alison Mackey. In this episode, we chat with Lara about: For more from Lara: 1. Connect on LinkedIn 2. Find her new book "The art and science of language teaching" 3. Read her published works 4. Her website 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days 2. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 3. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 4. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 5. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 6. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy 7. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

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). Over her five decades in the field, she has authored and co-authored many books, including the famed "Apple Book." In this conversation, Donna expounds on: For more from Donna, connect on LinkedIn 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days 2. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 3. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 4. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 5. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 6. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy 7. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

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 and anyone building a business can bring as much authenticity as possible into 2024. Specifically, we dive into: Watch the Pharrell Williams/Maggie Rogers niche-fusion video mentioned in this episode. 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days 2. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 3. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 4. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 5. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 6. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy 7. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

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. She has co-authored the book "Using Video to Support Teacher Reflection and Development in ELT" with Steve Mann and Laura Baecher. Her research interests lie in the areas of teacher development, video reflection, and reflective practice. In this episode, Cecilia touches on: For more from Cecilia: 1. Follow her on LinkedIn 2. See her co-authored book "Using Video to Support Teacher Reflection and Development in ELT" 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days 2. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 3. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 4. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 5. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 6. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy 7. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

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 book with the late Mike Long called "ELT Now and How It Could Be."His main academic interests are: theories of SLA, psycholinguistics, teaching practice and computational linguistics. Specifically, Geoff touches on: his new book "ELT Now and How It Could Be," More on Geoff: 1. Follow him on Twitter/X 2. Check out his website 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 3. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 4. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 5. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy 6. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

See our free CPD and business growth guides for teachers. Click here. Paul Nation is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Victoria and a renowned author and scholar in our industry. He joins us for a discussion on learning, putting research into practice, and - of course - the four strands 27 years later. Paul touches specifically on: 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 3. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 4. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 5. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy 6. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

Want to get your first 5 clients in the next 30 days? Click here. Deep in the Dogme Days of Summer, Mike, Leo, and Andrew get into part 2 of their series. Here, we delve into: 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 3. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 4. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 5. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy

Click here to join our free teacherpreneur support community to grow together. Andrew, Mike, and Leo sit down and ponder Dogme....as a new approach? It certainly has experienced a resurgence since the pandemic and we are curious why that is. We also dive into: 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 Ways we can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Map your first course in 60 minutes or less - your free guide here 3. See our free guides for teachers starting their own business 4. Try our TAP program free for 7 days 5. CPD: Teaching Listening Made Easy

Click here to join our free teacherpreneur support community to grow together. Dylan was born just outside London and has been working in the ELT sector for nearly 25 years. About 12 years ago, he discovered Dogme, or as he prefers to call it “Teaching Unplugged”, and this led to his interest in deep-end learning approaches like TBLT and language coaching. When he trains teachers, he makes sure they learn how to move away from the coursebook and deal with emergent language. In this episode, he shines a light on: More on Dylan: 1. Follow him on LinkedIn 2. Check out his website 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 3. See our free guides for teachers 4. Book a complimentary consultation with us to chat about your business

Click here to grow with other teacherpreneurs in our free support community. And click here to check out The Chilled Investor to make your money work for you. Nicola has been in ELT for over 20 years as a teacher, materials writer, and entrepreneur. She's written many coursebooks and over 200 pages of the British Council learning English website. More recently, she helps language teachers take control of their finances. Her interest in investing came about almost by accident when she began looking at her own woeful finances and she now supplements her income through investing and runs a course for beginner investors at The Chilled Investor. In this episode, Nicola dives into: More on Nicola: 1. Follow her on LinkedIn 2. Check out her Chilled Investor program 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 3. See our free guides for teachers 4. Book a complimentary consultation with us to chat about your business

Click here to grow with other teacherpreneurs in our free support community. Ken has been in ELT since 1995. A teacher, trainer, and author, he has written or co-written over 20 books, including the recently published Connections 3 coursebooks with Pearson. In this episode, he dives into the lexical approach, why it never caught on and how teachers can use it in their teaching. Specifically, we dive into: More on Ken: 1. Connect with him on Facebook 2. Download his resources on his website 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 3. See our free guides for teachers 4. Book a complimentary consultation with us to chat about your business

Click here to grow with other teacherpreneurs in our free support community. Leo, Mike and Andrew return to the studio to discuss the most common challenges teacherpreneurs face. They get into the three hats that a teacherpreneur needs and how to build up each one. Specifically, they talk about: 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Get your own clients on social media right now 3. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 4. See our free guides for teachers 5. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goal

Click here to grow with other teacherpreneurs in our free support community. Leo, Mike, and Andrew hop in the studio to record their annual year-end audit. Here, they reflect on the lessons they learned in 2022. They run through specific lessons that drive success, failure, and resilience. Specific lessons they touch on are: 1. It always takes longer than we think it's going to take 2. Behind mountains are more mountains 3. Knowing what success looks like 4. Starting small 5. Getting over the case of the "What ifs" For the Indigenous Teachings book "Legends and Teachings of Xeel's The Creator" Mike mentioned in this episode, click here. 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Get your own clients on social media right now 3. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 4. See our free guides for teachers 5. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals

Grow with other teacherpreneurs in our free support community. Danny Norrington Davies and Richard Chinn have done extensive research on emergent language and have co-authored "Working with emergent language." Danny has over 25 years in the industry and is currently a CELTA and DELTA tutor. His first book "Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons" was a best-seller. Richard has trained teachers all over the world and currently does pre-service and in-service training courses at IH London. He is also an associate professor at King's College London. In this episode, Danny & Richard discuss: More on Richard & Danny: Connect with Richard on LinkedIn Connect with Danny on LinkedIn Grab your copy of their book "Working with emergent language". See our blog post about this episode. 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs. 2. Get your own clients on social media right now 3. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 4. See our free guides for teachers 5. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals

Join our free teacherpreneur community. Katarina Mentzelopoulos is an ESRC-funded Ph.D. student at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests include language learning motivation, exceptional language learning, multilingualism and learner identity. She recently co-authored two books with the late Zoltán Dörnyei: Stories from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency (50% discount code STORIES50 until 30/11) Lessons from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency (50% discount code LESSONS50 until 31/10) The books tell the stories of people who achieved native-like proficiency against all odds. In this episode, Katarina discusses: what exceptionalism in language learning means the critical period hypothesis polyglots vs mastering a language how they selected participants for the books & their stories why native-like isn’t necessarily the standard and what is instead markedness versus proficiency why forming a bond with the language is integral working with Zoltán Dörnyei and his legacy Read more about this episode on the LYE blog. More on Katarina Mentzelopoulos: Follow her on Twitter Book 1: Stories Book 2: Lessons 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Get your own clients on social media right now 2. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 3. See our free guides for teachers 4. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals

Join our free teacherpreneur community. Chris Jacobs joins Mike and Andrew to talk about flow theory. Chris is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska, teaching French, Italian, Spanish, and Linguistics. He is currently working on projects exploring learning optimization through flow - flow is a state of deep focus on an enjoyable activity that is at once challenging and accessible. Research on flow and language acquisition is increasing, and Chris is at the forefront of that. In this episode, Chris dives into: More on Chris Jacobs: His University of Nebraska Page His most recent publication on flow Read more about this episode on the LYE blog. 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. See our free guides for teachers 2. TBLT Made Easy - tasks to your inbox! 3. Grow your business with us 4. Get a free tip in your inbox every week to grow your teaching business 5. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals 6. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish 7. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel

Join our free teacherpreneur community. Leo, Mike, and Andrew talk about burnout in education, Learn YOUR English beginnings, their journey, and how teachers can overcome obstacles. Drawing parallels from stories presented in Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath - the beginning of French impressionism, why going to Harvard isn't necessarily an advantage, Ikea's controversial founding and more - they tackle how successful teaching businesses emerge from seeing advantages in disadvantages. Specifically, they discuss: Read more about this episode on the LYE blog. 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. See our free guides for teachers 2. TBLT Made Easy - tasks to your inbox! 3. Grow your business with us 4. Receive a free teaching and business tip every week in your inbox 5. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals 6. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish

Want to use Dogme and TBLT to grow your sustainable teaching business? Schedule a chat with us to see if we can help. This is a very special episode of Teacher Talking Time, in partnership with the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. This episode was created as part of the final assessment of MA course "The CEFR in Context: Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Research" by Prof. Dr. Marije Michel and Dr. Audrey Rousse-Malpat. We at Learn YOUR English are thrilled to be a part of it coming to life. Episode Description: The CEFR is a useful tool for assessment and can be used to better align assessment across Europe. But is this what is actually happening? In this podcast episode, assessment and the CEFR in the Dutch school system will be discussed from the perspectives of experts in the field of research, secondary school teachers of English, and students studying to become teachers of English. Interviewers: Lize Hofman. Gerbrich Dijkstra, and Mark van der Wijk are currently doing the Educational Master track for English at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Guests on this episode: Prof. Dr. Rick de Graaff works at the University Utrecht and teaches Foreign Language Didactics and Bilingual Education. His field of expertise is effective foreign language education, second language didactics, early foreign language education, and the professional development of language teachers. He has previously researched how the CEFR can effectively be implemented in second language education. Drs. Alessandra Corda is the head of modern language undergraduate teacher training departments at the Hogeschool Amsterdam (University of Applied Sciences) and has worked in the language education field for the past 25 years. She has also researched how to effectively implement the CEFR in second language education and is very knowledgeable about the assessment of language learning in education. Niels Amperse teaches English at a secondary school in the Netherlands. He is still in the early stages of his teaching career and followed CEFR classes during his training to become a teacher. He is interested in the development of secondary school students and has a refreshing view of second language learning in the Dutch educational system. Read more about this episode on the LYE blog. 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 Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Free Business Foundations Training 2. Free Dogme ELT Training 3. Get a free teaching and business tip every week 4. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals 5. Follow us on IG: @learnyourenglish