S9E10: What to Prioritise When Teaching Pronunciation
Gemma Archer shares insights from her latest book, Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World, co-authored with Robin Walker. In this episode, Gemma talks about prioritising intelligibility over native-likeness in language learning, setting realistic learning goals, as well as shares techniques we can use to develop learners’ pronunciation.
S6E10: Three Activities for Raising Climate Awareness with Harry Waters
Renewable English Founder Harry Waters shares three fun and simple activities we can use in our face-to-face classes to help raise students' awareness about Climate Change.
Season Special: Activities for your Teaching Toolkit
Teacher and Author Hall Houston joins Laura to talk about easy-to-set-up ice-breakers, reflection, and review activities that can be adapted to various teaching contexts. All the activities featured in this episode are from listeners who shared their ideas in response to S4E2: Stages of Group Dynamics. A big thank you to teachers Marcia, Lucy, Adrienn, Ben and Abigail, who shared their ideas to create this special episode.
S4E2: Stages of Group Dynamics
Author Hall Houston talks about the different stages a group of learners moves through during a course and suggests activities to support the group's needs and evolution.
S3E8: Differentiated Instruction for the Young Learner Classroom
Veteran teacher María José Dearmas talks about the impact of differentiated instruction, why it's essential, and shares practical ideas for teaching mixed-ability groups of young learners. Follow María on Instagram here for more teaching tips and ideas.
S3E5: Creative Writing for Language Learners
Author and teacher Gerhard Greyvensteyn reflects on the impact creative writing has had on his learners, as well as shares ideas on how we can engage and support learners when setting creative writing tasks.
S2E1: Games for Language Learning
Teacher trainer Sean Martin talks about the benefits of using games with adult learners in the ESL classroom. as well as shares tips on how to use games effectively. Read the blog here for more game ideas.