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Teacher Talking Time
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Teacher Talking Time is a podcast for language teachers who want more: more clarity, more autonomy, and more lasting impact, both inside and outside the classroom.Hosted by Leo and Andrew of Learn YOUR English, each episode features thoughtful, in-depth conversations with the educators, researchers, and teacherpreneurs shaping the future of language education. Guests have included Scott Thornbury, Bill VanPatten, David Little, Jennifer Jenkins, John Levis, Angelica Galante, Sarah Mercer, Enrica Piccardo, Claudia Fernández, Shawn Loewen, Paul Nation, Sheila Thorn, and many more.From the latest in second language acquisition research to honest stories of teachers building lives and businesses on their own terms, every conversation invites you to think deeper, teach more intentionally, and take charge of your professional path.We release two episodes each month - with full video versions on YouTube - to help you reflect, stay inspired, and grow as a teacher and changemaker.Subscribe,
Episodes
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The Accent Reduction Myth: What Actually Makes You Easy to Understand - Tracey Derwing
"Trying to change somebody's accent isn't the goal - accent itself is not a problem. Our goal is to find out what affects intelligibility and comprehensibility so people can express themselves effortlessly without setting them up for a target they can never achieve." In this episode, we sit down...
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When Safe Isn't Enough: Navigating Risk, Anxiety, and Career Pivots - Andrew Woodbury
"Risk is what's left over after you've thought of everything. You can plan out the perfect business idea, and after that, there is still an element of risk that exists. There is no riskless starting of anything; you won't find out what it is until you start." In this special episode of our...
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Why Learning is an Action, Not a Finished Product - Leo Gomez
"That which seems like a false step is just the next step. What if it wasn't the wrong step? What if it was simply necessary? The path is not something you already know. The path is something that starts to appear because you just keep walking." In this special episode of our entrepreneur series,...
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The Secret to Duplicating Yourself and Moving from Freelancer to Founder - Zoe Smith
"When you are constantly thinking in scarcity because you're broke... you don't put enough value on yourself, on your time. You will undercharge, you will always look for ways to stretch yourself too thin. And you can also say yes to the wrong customers, too." We sit down with entrepreneur and BE...
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You Can’t Teach a Syllabus (And Why Accuracy-first is Killing Enrollment) - Matt Coss
"People ask me all the time, 'Are you worried that AI's gonna take your job?' and I tell them, no, but I'm worried that you would ask me that question, because it tells me a lot about what you think my job is." We chat with researcher Matt Coss. Matt is a professor of applied linguistics in the...
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Product Problems: Why Most EdTech Founders Fail to Scale [and how you can avoid that trap] - Kate Bodrova
"To build a company, it really requires time. At some point, there will be only you who still believes in the product - not your team, not your investors, nobody. You and yourself in the room and your laptop, and that's it." We sit down with Amazy founder Kate Bodrova. Kate spent over 10 years as...
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Inside the Black Box: What Actually Happens When Learners Communicate using TBLT? - Jonathan Newton
"Choice generates agency, agency generates engagement, and engagement is where learning begins. If you aren’t ‘falling over’ as a teacher, you probably aren't pushing yourself or your learners to take ownership of the language." We sit down with the esteemed Professor Jonathan Newton. Jonathan is...
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Why Launching a Business is Scarier Than Skydiving - Martina Monreal
"It’s 5,000 metres high, and I promise you: it is much scarier to launch a business than it is to jump out of a plane. When you launch, you are open to being judged, and you can fail, but that 80% fear is exactly what drives you to succeed." We chat with Smart Cookie co-founder Martina Montreal....
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The Assessment Trap: The Radical Assessment Shift That Actually Creates Fluency - Charline Rouffet
"If you only have this theory, you will never be able to swim. You need some water to experience it. Don't be afraid to start with a speaking exam in the first year. If we change the way we assess, we can change the way we teach." We sit down with the amazing Charline Rouffet. Charline is a…
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1.5 Million YouTube Subscribers Later: The Truth About Money - Jennifer Lebedev
"One of the mindsets that I really like is that I want to earn more so that I can sometimes offer more to those who can't afford it. It's like a cycle." We sit down with teacher and creator Jennifer Lebedev. Jennifer is the creator of English with Jennifer. Launched in 2007, her YouTube channel…
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The End of Traditional ELT: Why Teachers Must Unlearn Everything - Evan Frendo
"We’ve got to have a very hard look at ourselves and stop calling ourselves experts just because we have a Master's from 10 or 15 years ago. Those times are over, and we’ve really got to focus on what added value we can bring that AI can’t." We sit down with BELF trainer Evan Frendo. Evan Frendo…
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The Imposter Syndrome Trap: The Psychological Reason You’re Not Charging What You’re Worth [and how to fix it] - Catherine Angus
"You have to get beyond the 'it’s all about me' and get over that 'non-profit mindset' to realize you have a skillset worth an investment. Don't compromise on your value." - Catherine Angus We sit down with Catherine Angus, founder of the Hear You Go podcast, to talk about self-worth, education...
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You Can't NOT Teach Grammar (And Why We’re Doing It Wrong) - Caitlyn Pineault
"Designing curriculum around proficiency goals for your program is a way of making them a positive, empowering tool instead of something that's punitive" - Caitlyn Pineault. Caitlyn teaches undergraduate second language acquisition courses at Georgetown University with a dedication to connecting...
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Don't go Viral: The real keys to creating IMPACTFUL content - Laura Wilkes
"You don't have to feel confident to be great at what you do." We talk with Laura Wilkes, founder of Communicating for Impact, about content creation, putting yourself out there, and what it really takes to build a full-service production house. Laura has 15 years of experience in education...
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There's a problem with the word "INCLUSION." We should use THIS instead - Ben Goldstein
Want to monetize your skills as a teacher? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "You can be included and still not feel that you belong" - Ben Goldstein. We sit down with Ben to talk inclusion in ELT - and what that actually means (and what it doesn't). Ben is a writer, teacher trainer...
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The biggest risk isn't being WRONG, it's being CONFUSED - John Healy
Want to monetize your skills as a teacher? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "Make a decision about which direction you wanna head towards. Start walking and don't do anything else for 30 days" - John Healy We chat with John Healy about education businesses, how indecision stagnates...
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You'll never feel ready: do you want to build a teaching business or not? - Mariela Mondaca
Want to monetize your skills as a teacher? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "So many people are out there doing great things and they aren't ready, either, so I asked myself: Why not me?" We chat with teacher and entrepreneur Mariela Mondaca. Mariela is an English teacher, teacher...
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Can learning apps REALLY support language learning? The research may be surprising - Shawn Loewen
Want to monetize your skills as a teacher? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "How do we make research meaningful for the classroom? What really helps students acquire grammar? Can apps ACTUALLY support second language learning?" These are some of the questions we tackled in our...
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It's magical to feel PROUD of something you created - Anna Aleksenko
Want to chat with us about your business? Book a free meeting here. "I have no shame whatsoever in marketing my own courses because I feel proud. I know for sure that it works." We chat with entrepreneur Anna Aleksenko Anna is an entrepreneur based in Georgia who runs Voice it English, a program...
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Kids do NOT learn languages faster than adults. That's a MYTH - Dr. Karen Lichtman
Want to move away from 1:1 and build your teaching business? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "There's this myth that kids learn faster than adults. Research shows it's not true; adults are actually better language learners" - Dr. Karen Lichtman. Dr. Karen Lichtman recently moved to...
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You need to master the art of self-reinvention - Jessica Dias
*This is episode two of our series highlighting education entrepreneurs. New episodes every first of the month. Want to chat with us about your business? Book a free meeting here. "If it doesn't go according to plan, what is the worst thing that could happen that is the minimum I can be satisfied...
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Is a TRULY task-based curriculum possible? - Claudia Fernandez
Want to move away from 1:1 and build your teaching business? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. From beginner to intermediate in 9 months: yes, it's possible and Claudia Fernandez tells us how. Claudia runs her Spanish program at the University of Illinois-Chicago using a task-based...
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Practice is the Price: What Teaching Taught us about Building a Business
*This launches the beginning of a new series of our show: education entrepreneurship. We'll release an additional episode monthly, highlighting entrepreneurial voices in our industry doing great things. Want to chat with us? Book a free meeting here. In this episode, we introduce the series and...
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The Big BEASTS of English Grammar: What we Need to UNLEARN - Graham Burton
50% off our CPD courses for podcast listeners - click here and use the code "TTT" Does the grammar that is normally taught match the evidence corpus linguistics shows? Dr. Graham Burton helps us dissect the big beasts of English grammar. Dr. Graham Burton is assistant professor at the Free...
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"Don't teach AT the students. Teach OFF them" - Scott Thornbury
Want to move away from 1:1 and build your teaching business? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "Don't teach at the students. Teach off them." Scott Thornbury becomes our first repeat guest and helps us dissect this and more. Scott Thornbury is a teacher, teacher trainer, and...
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Learner autonomy is driven by the TEACHER, not the learner - Dr. David Little
Want to monetize your skills as a teacher? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. Learner autonomy is something that happens INSIDE the classroom, not out of it. Teachers can't sit back and wait for their students to become autonomous. This is part of what the esteemed Dr. David Little...
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Native English isn't Relevant to the Majority of English Users - Jennifer Jenkins
Want to monetize your skills as a teacher? Book a free 1:1 with us to see if we can help. "It's such social injustice to expect people to use English like native English speakers, whichever country they're in." We dive into this and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) with Jennifer Jenkins. Jennifer...
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Native Teachers can't Fix Pronunciation - John Levis
Book a complimentary meeting with us to help grow your business. Learners can think a native teacher is a vaccine against poor pronunciation. Equally, native teachers can be misinformed in thinking that students should just follow them. We dive into pronunciation, intelligibility, and teacher...
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Stop Apologizing for Being Multilingual - Dr. Angelica Galante
Book a free 1:1 to strategize your goals for your teaching business. Native speaker or non-native speaker? Monolingual or plurilingual? Why do we have a binary bias in modern society? These are some of the questions we tackled with Dr. Angelica Galante. Dr. Angelica Galante is an Associate...
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A PLAN is not a STRATEGY: The 7 Cs of Teacherpreneur Success
Book a free 1:1 to strategize your goals for your teaching business. Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here. Why do some teachers thrive as entrepreneurs while others struggle? We dissect this question. Many teachers want to earn more, teach online, and gain more clients…
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We should AIM to give more STATUS to being a teacher - Audrey Rousse-Malpat
Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals. Black Friday 2024: 50% off CPD (click here). Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here. If you use vocabulary and grammar tests, you don't teach communicatively. Audrey Rousse-Malpat tells us why. Audrey Rousse-Malpat…
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Burnout and stress is TOO LATE for teacher wellbeing - Sarah Mercer
Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals. Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here. Education is designed around focusing on the learner first and the teacher as a medium to support the learner. Sarah Mercer tells us why this leads to unhealthy teachers. Sarah...
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ELT is full of DISASTERS - Dr. Enrica Piccardo
Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals. Escaping precarity in ELT? Join our free support group here. ELT is full of disasters, including the destruction of the communicative approach. Dr. Enrica Piccardo tells us why. Dr. Piccardo is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and...
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Teachers have TWO options: Earn more or leave ELT
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 industry as a teacher is pretty simple: 1....
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ELT has the WRONG input: Learners can't understand REAL people - Sheila Thorn
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 it should be spoken not as it is spoken. This is wrong and Sheila Thorn gives us another way. Sheila Thorn is a…
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Grammar is in the BRAIN, not on a piece of paper - Tania Ionin & Silvina Montrul
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 of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her areas…
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We CANNOT and DO NOT Control What Students Learn - Bill VanPatten
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…
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The traditional pronunciation model EXCLUDES virtually every teacher - Robin Walker & Gemma Archer
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...
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TBLT isn't a fad & this is why NOT using it is holding you back - Lara Bryfonski
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...
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Donna Brinton on Content-based Instruction
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...
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2023 Wrapped: Making Next Year an Authentic One
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...
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Cecilia Nobre on Using Video for Teacher Development
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...
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Geoff Jordan on ELT Now and How It Could Be
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…
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Paul Nation on the Four Strands, 27 years later
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...
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Dogme Days of Summer 2
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: using Dogme in the scope of outcome-based instruction challenges implementing reactive teaching in different contexts...
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Dogme Days of Summer
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: the role of the teacher the shift…
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Dylan Gates on Dogme and the RDS Method
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...
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Nicola Prentis on Investing in your Future Self
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…
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Ken Lackman on the Lexical Approach
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...
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Teacherpreneur Challenges & Tackling Irrational Fears
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:...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Teacher Talking Time is a podcast for language teachers who want more: more clarity, more autonomy, and more lasting impact, both inside and outside the classroom.Hosted by Leo and Andrew of Learn YOUR English, each episode features thoughtful, in-depth conversations with the educators, researchers, and teacherpreneurs shaping the future of language education. Guests have included Scott Thornbury, Bill VanPatten, David Little, Jennifer Jenkins, John Levis, Angelica Galante, Sarah Mercer, Enrica Piccardo, Claudia Fernández, Shawn Loewen, Paul Nation, Sheila Thorn, and many more.From the latest in second language acquisition research to honest stories of teachers building lives and businesses on their own terms, every conversation invites you to think deeper, teach more intentionally, and take charge of your professional path.We release two episodes each month - with full video versions on YouTube - to help you reflect, stay inspired, and grow as a teacher and changemaker.Subscribe,
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