What is CLIL? What are the 4Cs of CLIL? How can CLIL help your students truly learn English?In this episode, John & Jake discuss the core feature, theories and principals relating to CLIL. Listen now and get some practical ideas for starting your CLIL classes today.

What should we be teaching the next generation of students, and how should we be teaching? What can we change now to give our learners the best opportunities for the future? Listen to Jake’s interview with educational thought leader Charles Fadel to answer these questions. Charles Fadel is the co-author of Four Dimensional Education- The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed & 21st Century Skills – Learning for Life in our Times and founder of the Center for Curriculum Redesign. Charles is a driving force internationally for the much needed change in education.Pick up a copy of Four Dimensional Education and get inspired to start making changes today. Check out the Center for Curriculum Redesign website here. http://curriculumredesign.org/

So...you are teaching a class with 50+ students! How do you ensure all those learners get something out of the class? How can you do collaborative group work? How can you deal with Large Classes?Listen to John & Jake’s ideas and tips on dealing with Large Classes from their experiences around Asia. John gives some insights and reflections from his own beginnings teaching 120 students in Nepal and what he would do differently now. Download this Upgrade and Skill yourself UP to better cope with those mega classes!

In classrooms all over the world, dealing with mixed ability classes is an ongoing issue. In John & Jake's travels in the Asia region, they both meet teachers looking for strategies and solutions for this exact challenge. Download this episode for some great ideas on how to prepare for and be proactive when facing mixed ability groups. Learn how to turn this into an advantage and Skill yourself UP to ensure your students get the best learning opportunities. Email John & Jake: [email protected]

Viv Lambert and Mo Choy are the authors of the hugely successful Macmillan Story Central series. The authors found time out of their busy schedule touring Asia for Macmillan Days in Beijing, Shanghai & Tokyo to visit Jake in the eltupgraders home base for an interview. Listen to their insights into the benefits of reading for English language learners and how reading can develop a range of skills. John & Jake give input and ideas from their own experiences from teaching phonics to extensive reading.

Motivating students to learn English is a constant battle for teachers in ELT. Recent research conducted here Asia shows that there are differing opinions on how to motivate our learners. Listen to this podcast to find out the top methods and approaches teachers from Asia use to motivate their students. John & Jake debate the value of stickers and rewards systems and give you some key strategies from their experiences to help you motivate your students in the classroom.

Featuring pronunciation guru and Macmillan methodology series editor Adrian Underhill, this podcasts tackles the big questions of teaching pronunciation in Asia. John & Jake explore ideas and theories relating to syllable and stressed-timed languages, single sounds verse connected speech, using the IPA chart, and why teachers sometimes shy away from teaching phonology. Get some cool ideas for your classroom from John and Jake’s experiences and passion for integrating pronunciation into every class.Adrian Underhill is the author of Sound Foundations (the phonology teaching bible), series editor of Learning Teaching and other Macmillan ELT Methodology titles.

John Cruft & Jake Whiddon introduce each other on this Zero Edition. Find out more about the hosts why they make the eltupgraders podcast.