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The Language Dive Podcast

by Wilim Abrook

What the research says about language training at work, and what it means for the people who buy it. thelanguagedive.substack.com

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Episodes

  1. What HR and L&D Managers Get Wrong About CEFR Levels

    Most language training reports carry a CEFR level and a class count, and almost nothing else. When the letter doesn’t move, the programme looks like it failed - even when the teaching was good and the learners genuinely improved. The CEFR, however, is a proficiency scale, not a progress scale. It...

  2. The Language Dive – Introduction

    Language teaching and corporate L&D are working on the same problem with different vocabularies, and often different evidence. In this short introduction, I explain why I’m starting The Language Dive, what each episode will do, and who it’s for. The first full episode, on the CEFR, is out next...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

What the research says about language training at work, and what it means for the people who buy it.

thelanguagedive.substack.com

HOSTED BY

Wilim Abrook

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What the research says about language training at work, and what it means for the people who buy it. thelanguagedive.substack.com

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The Language Dive Podcast is created and hosted by Wilim Abrook.
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