How Can English Teachers Teach Money and Discuss Pay Inequality in TEFL? Featuring Zdenek Lukas – S01E37

How can English teachers make money a useful classroom topic—and what does money reveal about fairness in the TEFL industry?In this episode of How to English TEFL Podcast, Gav and Em explore two sides of money in English teaching. Drawing on their own classroom experience, they discuss ways of presenting money as a General English and Business English topic, using questions, vocabulary and coursebook activities to generate meaningful conversation.The discussion then moves from teaching money to earning it. Gav and Em consider pay differences within TEFL, the opportunities available to teachers from different backgrounds and the effect of “native-speaker” preferences on recruitment.The episode also features English teacher and podcaster Zdenek Lukas, whose contribution adds another perspective to the discussion of identity, opportunity and equality in English-language teaching. Should teachers be judged by where they were born and which language they learned first—or by their teaching ability, experience and the value they bring to learners?This episode is for TEFL, TESOL and ESL teachers interested in money lessons, Business English, teacher pay, recruitment bias and greater equality across the English-teaching profession.Support Gav and Em:https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodFind more episodes and free teaching resources:https://howtoenglishpod.comReference: Zdenek's English Podcast: https://zdeneksenglishpodcast.podbean.com/English online as a non-native speaker: https://www.teachaway.com/blog/teach-english-online-non-native-speaker-jobsTEFL Equity: https://teflequityadvocates.com/Money, p. 216, 3C, English File, Advanced, 3rd Edition, 2010, Teacher's BookMarket Leader, Unit 6, p. 54, Intermediate, 3rd Edition, 2010, Student's BookEquity and Inclusion in Pronunciation teaching online conference on the 4th October: https://pronsig.iatefl.org/conf4oct2020/ It's illegal to advertise native only jobs: https://teflequityadvocates.com/2014/04/01/native-speakers-only-ads-and-eu-law/#:~:text=In%20its%20answer%20to%20Question,any%20circumstance%2C%20under%20community%20law.Timestamps00:00 Introduction: money in English teaching02:05 What does money bring to mind?05:20 Presenting money as a lesson topic09:10 Money activities and coursebook ideas12:50 Money in Business English16:25 Salaries and pay differences in TEFL20:10 Recruitment and opportunities for English teachers24:50 Zdenek Lukas on identity and equality30:05 Final reflections from Gav and Em31:59 Outro