LinguaCast

LinguaCast

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LinguaCast episodes

  • Cultivating Curiosity: A Teacher's True Reward

    In this fifth episode of a series of bite-sized podcasts, Andrew, History teacher at Birmingham Adult Education,  shares the real reward of teaching: when the lesson sparks learners' curiosity  and students keep learning long after class ends. 

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    3 min
  • From Culture to Confidence: Making Language Learning Come Alive

    Welcome to the fourth episode in a series of bite-sized episodes where language teachers share what excites them most in the classroom and the moments that make teaching truly rewarding.

    In this episode, Christine, French teacher at Brasshouse Languages since 2008, discusses the various groups of learners and explains what makes her lessons come alive and the moments that keep her inspired. 

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    9 min
  • Beyond grammar: Building teams and finding the common ground in the Language Classroom

    Welcome to the third episode in a series of bite-sized episodes where language teachers share what excites them most in the classroom and the moments that make teaching truly rewarding.

    In this episode, Javier, Spanish teacher and Programme Manager for Languages at BAES, discusses what makes his lessons come alive and the moments that keep him inspired. 

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    7 min
  • Inductive teaching makes learning fun

    Welcome to the second episode in a series of bite-sized episodes where language teachers share what excites them most in the classroom and the moments that make teaching truly rewarding.

    In this episode, Stefano, Italian teacher at Brasshouse Languages for six years, discusses what makes his lessons come alive and the moments that keep him inspired. 

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    3 min
  • Keep calm and have fun learning!

    Welcome to the first in a series of bite-sized episodes where language teachers share what excites them most in the classroom and the moments that make teaching truly rewarding.

    In this episode, Louis Radford, a French and Italian teacher at Brasshouse Languages for 25 years, talks about what makes lessons come alive for him and the moments that keep him inspired. 

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    3 min
  • Pathways to Language Teaching: A New Training Course at Brasshouse

    In this episode Paschalina talks to Javier about Introduction to Teaching Modern Foreign Languages, a new training course for people who want to become language teachers, which will be offered at Brasshouse Centre in term 3. They explain who this course is for and how people can apply. They also explore the content of the course and discuss what potential trainees should expect.

    If you ever wanted to become a language teacher, apply now!

    To apply for the course, please fill in the form : https://bit.ly/BAES_TeachMFL

    If you have any queries about this training course, please send an email to [email protected]  

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    31 min
  • My Happy Place

    In this episode, Paschalina meets Andrew and Maureen, two previous competition winners to discuss their experiences participating in our yearly writing competition.

    They discuss the challenges they faced and their experience of learning a new language at the Brasshouse Centre.

    If you want to enrol on one of the language courses, please contact us on 0121 303 4318 or email [email protected] 

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    53 min
  • A way with words in many languages

    Paschalina meets a Greek compatriot who is at Brasshouse learning Spanish. In this episode of the podcast, Paschalina looks to discover the motivation for Maria learning a third language and how it feels to learn it through a language that is not your mother tongue. She also discusses with Maria about her recent award for being one of the outstanding learners at Birmingham Adult Education.

    26 min
  • A once in a lifetime experience

    Paschalina talks to Steve, a Brasshouse Languages learner, about  his extraordinary Olympic Summer in France, where he volunteered in Paris Olympics. Steve talks us through his exciting experience as a volunteer in the Olympics and how this enriched his knowledge of French language and culture.

    If you want to find out more about Steve's Olympics experience, you can read his blog here: https://oginparis9.wordpress.com/

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    34 min
  • Return of the LinguaCast Podcast

    Salut! It's the start of a new term of language learning at Brasshouse Centre in the Library of Birmingham. 

    Paschalina and Javier talk about the language courses offered in the new academic term and the various clubs and workshops one can join at Brasshouse Languages during the term. They also discuss whether a language app can ever replace face-to-face experience and why now is the perfect time to start to learn another language.

    If you want to enrol on one of the language courses, please contact us on 0121 303 4318 or email [email protected] 

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    22 min

About LinguaCast

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Exploring the joy of learning languages. A podcast from the Brasshouse Languages Team at the Library of Birmingham. www.brasshouse.ac.uk | 0121 303 0114