S6E5: Setting Up Zoom Breakout Rooms for Success
Classroom management, Teaching Online Laura Wilkes Classroom management, Teaching Online Laura Wilkes

S6E5: Setting Up Zoom Breakout Rooms for Success

Event Design Consultant and Executive Zoom Producer Robbie Samuels shares best practices from his latest book, Break Out of Boredom: Low-Tech Solutions for Highly Engaging Zoom Events. In this episode, Robbie walks through how to set up, manage, and wrap up breakout room tasks to keep the lesson's pace moving forward.

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S6E4: Reflecting on Using Task-Based Learning
Lesson Planning, Teaching Teenagers Laura Wilkes Lesson Planning, Teaching Teenagers Laura Wilkes

S6E4: Reflecting on Using Task-Based Learning

Director of Studies Jenny Galligan reflects on her recent experimentation with Task-Based Learning (TBL) with her teenage language students. Jenny summarises task-based learning, how she structured a lesson using this approach, and how her students responded to the lesson. Lastly, Jenny shares her teaching tips on using Task-Based Learning so you can experiment with this approach in your classes too.

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S1E2: Finding LGBTQIA+ Community as a Travelling Teacher

S1E2: Finding LGBTQIA+ Community as a Travelling Teacher

In celebration of our fifth birthday here at TESOL Pop, we are revisiting and remastering episodes from the archives to make the audio clearer and easier to listen to. This episode is from our Season 1 archive, recorded in 2018 in Hong Kong. In this episode, Teacher Trainer and Language Examiner Bryan reflects on his experience finding LGBTQIA+ inclusive communities while travelling and teaching English worldwide over the last 15 years.

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S6E2: Including LGBTQIA+ Identities in Language Classes

S6E2: Including LGBTQIA+ Identities in Language Classes

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant Peter Fullagar talks about the importance of including LGBTQIA+ identities in English language teaching materials. Peter shares three practical tips on adapting existing teaching materials to make English language classes more inclusive.

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S5E8: How to Apply Inquiry-Based Learning with Michelle Worgan
Laura Wilkes Laura Wilkes

S5E8: How to Apply Inquiry-Based Learning with Michelle Worgan

Educator and materials writer Michelle Worgan talks about Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) and the qualities that set it apart from Project-Based Learning. In this episode, Michelle provides examples of Inquiry-Based Learning in practice and how it can blend into existing curricula and lesson materials, including coursebooks.

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