Planning taking up too much of your time?

There's so much you can do to cut down your prep time. This episode gives you just a taste of what you can do.

The rest, you can find out on my upcoming course, Mindset and Methods, where I go into this in deeper detail.

In the meantime, I challenge you to take one small thing from this episode and put it into action.

Plan less, react more. You deserve more free time.

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What are your work-life boundaries?

Do you have any?

Isn't it about time you did?

I can't promise to solve all your issues with this bite-sized episode, but it will pack enough of a punch to inspire you.

Help yourself now: listen and make a promise to yourself to change that boundary line.

Because you're worth more.

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We all want to spend less time preparing our lessons but we want to maintain the quality.

Easier said than done. You don't need gimmicks or tons of games: you just need a few tips and tricks to exploit what you're already working with.

We also need to exploit our students more. That isn't as sinister as it sounds....

Join me this week as I give you some simple things to do that will put no further strain on your prep time. In fact, these easy-to-implement tasks may well reduce it!

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Well, that's where this episode starts off, anyway.

This week my guest is the wonderful Kate Clifton, from the Kate Languages podcast.

We talk about how to manage expectations from upcoming exam pressures, digress into what to teach that isn't necessarily on the syllabus.

We also take a dive into switching it up in class to keep your learners on their toes and we ping pong a few practical activities and tasks for you to try out in class.

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Kate Clifton, also known as Kate Languages, writes French, German and Spanish teaching resources, teaches languages to languages teachers and delivers training on a range of topics such as phonics, stretch and challenge, and how to exploit one text in a number of different ways. She has created a large number of teaching resources, she’s been commissioned by BBC Bitesize to write content for the GCSE and Key Stage 3 French Bitesize pages, she has created primary French and Spanish lessons for EuHu (pronounced yoohoo) and she also has her own podcast, The Kate Languages Podcast, where she discusses all things language teaching and teacher wellbeing. She is also mum to a 4-year-old boy and loves spending time outside with her family, cooking and reading!

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Working memory. What is it? Why do we need to know about it?

The absolutely lovely Veronika Rogochaia guides us through the basics. She talks about why this is important and how we can free up space in our learners' working memory.

This is especially useful if you have low-level learners.

Enjoy.

Veronika is an ESL teacher with 12 years of experience. She's a certified SNA with hands-on experience of working with students with intellectual disabilities. Veronika worked as a module instructor at Trinity College Dublin, giving tutorials on Universal Design for Learning for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Her current interests lie in the field of psychology of education and educating students with literacy difficulties.

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Getting students to speak can build confidence but is it the only way for them to learn the language?

Our sweet beginners need input. Lots of it.

There are a million things you can do but in this juicy episode, I talk about 3 ways you can introduce input that are engaging, simple to tailor to your class and low-to-no prep.

And if you make it to the end of the episode, there's a little bonus for you too.

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Joining me this week is the ever-so-nice Dylan Gates. He explains what Dogme, or the easier-to-pronounce Teaching Unplugged, is.We talk about the advantages, nay, joys of emergent language and how it can help your students to speak more naturally. Also, Dylan talks about mini-tasks. Pure Gold.We also talk about PPP and its limitations and some really practical examples and tips on how to implement a more unplugged methodology into your class, even if in just a small way.And how do you feel about NOT achieving your aims and outcomes at by the end of your lesson? We talk about that too.Only have a very limited time with your students? There's something for you too.Contact me if you want me to do a CPD session in your school: [email protected]

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In this episode, we delve into the power of stepping outside your comfort zone.

Explore the reasons  and discover the benefits of resisting change, moving past the  fear and overwhelm, and learn to navigate these toxic feelings.

It's all a learning experience, never as bad as you think, and essential for growth.

Plus, the weekly challenge: start with small changes, small steps, and small wins.

Remember, what have you got to lose?

References:

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/comfort-zones/

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Does the mere mention of AI strike fear into your heart?

Totally understandable - it's all so overwhelming but don't worry, Teacher: I got you.

For this week's episode, I enlisted the expertise of Legend-in-the-Modern-Foreign Languages-World Joe Dale to give you a starting point.

We also briefly talk about the pitfalls and things you need to consider, especially if teaching younger learners.

If you are still a little trepidatious about using AI to aid your teaching, this episode is for you.

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an 'MFL guru' and 'the man behind the #mfltwitterati.'.

Connect with Joe in his new Facebook group ‘Language Teaching with AI: https://www.facebook.com/groups/languageteachingwithaiLinks mentioned:Generating quizzes and questions from videos and texts:

www.twee.com

www.flippity.net 

www.quizlet.com 

www.quizziz.com 

www.quizalize.com

www.questionwell.org/

www.blooket.com/

Chrome extension: quizzes AI

https://beta.diffit.me/

Using voicenotes to generate texts/summaries: Audiopen

AI 

General AI tool:

Chat GPT

Bard AI

Claude AI

Image generator: Padlet - I can't draw function

Have conversations in another language: Voice control for Chat GPT

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Dive into the new year with a little humour and a lot of empathy as I reflect on the chaos of teaching.

I talk about the importance of mindset, tackling common teacher stressors, and the revelation that you won't reach every student immediately.

But of course I'll give you a few practical strategies so that we can try our damndest!!

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