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

We CANNOT and DO NOT Control What Students Learn - Bill VanPatten

Apr 26th, 2024 2h 2m

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-winnin

The traditional pronunciation model EXCLUDES virtually every teacher - Robin Walker & Gemma Archer

Mar 29th, 2024 1h 47m

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

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

Feb 16th, 2024 1h 47m

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 professo

Donna Brinton on Content-based Instruction

Jan 13th, 2024 1h 28m

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 Instr

2023 Wrapped: Making Next Year an Authentic One

Dec 20th, 2023 1h 7m

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 an

Cecilia Nobre on Using Video for Teacher Development

Nov 28th, 2023 1h 14m

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

Geoff Jordan on ELT Now and How It Could Be

Oct 24th, 2023 1h 49m

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-

Paul Nation on the Four Strands, 27 years later

Sep 10th, 2023 1h 42m

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

Dogme Days of Summer 2

Aug 17th, 2023 1h

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 instructionchallenges

Dogme Days of Summer

Jul 21st, 2023 52m 46s

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.

Dylan Gates on Dogme and the RDS Method

Jun 21st, 2023 1h 17m

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

Nicola Prentis on Investing in your Future Self

May 7th, 2023 1h 4m

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 entrep

Ken Lackman on the Lexical Approach

Apr 18th, 2023 1h 23m

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

Teacherpreneur Challenges & Tackling Irrational Fears

Feb 20th, 2023 1h 1m

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

Lessons Learned in 2022

Dec 17th, 2022 1h 9m

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 lesso

Danny Norrington-Davies & Richard Chinn on Emergent Language

Nov 16th, 2022 1h 20m

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 in

Katarina Mentzelopoulos on Exceptionalism in Language Learning

Oct 17th, 2022 1h 30m

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 an

Chris Jacobs on Flow Theory

Sep 12th, 2022 1h 4m

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

The Advantages of Disadvantages

Jul 15th, 2022 1h 24m

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'

CEFR and the Dutch School System

Jun 22nd, 2022 57m 10s

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. T

Anthony Gaughan

May 14th, 2022 1h 27m

Want to use Dogme and TBLT to grow your sustainable teaching business? Schedule a chat with us to see if we can help. Anthony Gaughan is a teacher and teacher-trainer with over 25 years of experience working in the corporate, state secondary,

Florencia Henshaw

Apr 13th, 2022 1h 20m

Take the LYE Free 120-hour training on growing your teaching business in 5 days. Click here to enroll free. Want to talk about how to grow your business? Schedule a chat with us to see if we can help. Florencia Henshaw has a Ph.D. in Second L

Practically Speaking: The CEFR & Plurilingualism

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TAP into the Future

Feb 1st, 2022 58m 33s

Want to teach less and earn more? Find out how. How much lesson planning is required? Should I use a coursebook? Are teaching 1-1 or groups are the only options? How do I set up my business to be scalable? Mike, Leo, and Andrew kick off 2022 b