In this episode of #Campcast I speak with Antoine Marcq. Antoine is a teacher, teacher trainer and his company Resource Education (https://vk.com/resourceeducation) provides CPD and training for English teachers.  

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02:45 - Climate in SPB 04:49 - Who is Antoine?  10:10 - CPD 22:45 - My university studies in Russia 23:15 - My first ever job in the UK 23:58 - Antoine's life in SPB 25:25 - Big country syndrome (Russians' understanding of distance) 28:39 - Russian trains 33:14 - Deliberate practice for building fluency and reflexes  50:05 - Is drilling old-fashioned?  54:25 - A critique of the communicative method  58:40 - How do we fall back in love with education?

In this episode of #Campcast​ I speak with Steven Kaye. Steven is a teacher of English and founder of the Open2English Language Centre, Tyumen.   

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In this episode of Campcast, I am delighted to welcome back Irina Lutsenko, who also made an appearance during Season 1. Irina tells me about some of her upcoming projects, which you can find out more about here - https://vk.com/iralutse 

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3:50 - Irina's new year run 5:00 - Drinking 7:09 - Irina's new writing course 12:10 - Irina's new IELTS Teaching course 16:20 - Training to become a Cambridge examiner 18:50 - Top tips for Cambridge speaking exams  26:50 - Is the teacher responsible for keeping adults interested in the lesson? 36:27 - Potential for ESL conferences 39:10 - Swearing

In this week's episode of Campcast, I speak to Юрий Некрасов. Yuri is a teacher and translator; he has written content for online publications such as Puzzle English. Check out his "левики" here!  https://puzzle-english.com/vitamin​ 

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Nikita is a graduate of MGIMO and creator of the "Mr Sleepsloth's Lazy but Canny English" page. He is currently working on a new course for aspiring translators,  the details of which he will share in the podcast.  

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2:30​ - Who is Nikita? 5:45​ - MGIMO 13:30​ - South Africa 14:50​ - Visas 16:25​ - Yearly medical checks 18:30​ - Nikita's translation course 21:20​ - The communicative method  31:00​ - Types of translations 34:00​ - The translator's responsibility 36:00​ - Extra-linguistic aspects of translation  40:16​ - Translating grammar mistakes 46:00​ - Translating poetry 52:15​ - Speaking Russian in class

In this episode of the podcast I sit down with everyone's favourite hedgehog, Anton. We discuss, amongst other things, personal responsibility vs relying on the state, insurance, pensions and much more. As always, Anton and I speak in two different languages during one conversation, so if you don't like multilingual content, then go no further! 

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Welcome to Season 2 of Campcast! In this episode I speak with Julia from "Discover English Teaching." We discuss pronunciation, regional accents, educational practice with regard to science vs language and many other topics.  

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Season 1 finale! For the end of season 1 I am joined by the one and only Vladimir Pavlovich, whose page you can check out here -  https://vk.com/getreadyforexams 

Thank you for all your support, guys! It means a lot. See you in 2021. Happy new year to you all!  

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In this episode I speak with Kate Sokolova. Check out her page here! - https://vk.com/ekatheteacher We discuss all manner of topic, from the linguistic and the poetic, to the mathematical and the technical.

In this episode Susan and I discuss: protests, planets, Pasternak, plutonium and other topics not even beginning with P!