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Mike, Andrew, and Leo sip some nog and reminisce on the year that was. From COVID to a corrective feedback series to interviews with amazing scholars, it was quite the year for the Teacher Talking Time Podcast. Here, the guys touch on the year's most listened to episodes, words of the year, how language has changed during the pandemic, which is ebb and which is flow, and predict what 2022 might have in store - including some work-life balance goals. Thanks for listening this year and stay tuned for many exciting things we have in store for 2022.

Happy holidays from us at Learn YOUR English!

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Mike, Leo, and Andrew get back in the studio for a special, bizarro episode. In this "Ask Us Anything" show, the guys prepared secret questions for the others. The only rule? They can't be about teaching or education. 

Of course, they're not great at following rules. 

Touching on Nickelback, self doubt, being vulnerable, accepting or rejecting dinner invitations, Stephen King, pending life goals, long distance relationships - and much more - they invite you on a different type of journey.

For a non-education episode, this is very educational. 

If you want to give your answer to the questions asked here, make a post in our teacher discussion forum. 

To ask us your "ask me anything" question, shoot us a DM on Instagram: @learnyourenglish  

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CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/

*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.

Leo and Mike look at an important "technique" that is crucial for those who want to learn a language: noticing.  What is noticing? How does it affect language learning? How do we notice language? Why is noticing important?

More specifically, they go in-depth on how it works:

1. What noticing language means

2. Why noticing the gap between what you hear or read and what you can say is essential

3. How you should practice applying what you notice in your use of language

If you are a learning a language, these Cult of Learning episodes are for you!

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Jane Setter joins the show to talk accents, speech prosody, and her new book "Your Voice Speaks Volumes." 

Jane is Professor of Phonetics at The University of Reading, UK.  In addition to her new book, she is also co-editor of the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary and the Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics. Jane's research interests include speech prosody in children from atypical populations, teaching and learning English pronunciation, and features of the suprasegmental phonology of global varieties of English, such as Hong Kong and Malay speaker English.

*there's some slight static from 5:00 - 12:00

In this episode, Jane dives into:

• the influences that pushed her into a career in phonology

Read more about this episode on the LYE blog.

More on Jane Setter:

Her book "Your Voice Speaks Volumes"

The Cambridge Book of Phonetics

Twitter: @janesetter

YouTube: Jane Setter

Email: [email protected]

Podcast Creation:

This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves. 

As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

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CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/

*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.

Many language learners get frustrated because, in their heads, they’re thinking they’re just "learning a language." Their goal is usually "to be able to speak the language they’re learning." But what does this actually mean? If you want to make progress, you really need to know right from the outset what it is that you’re trying to learn.

S.M.A.R.T. Goals help with this. Mike and Leo discuss this 5-step process to achieving goals. Listen to this episode to learn:

• what is each step of the process

If you are a learning a language, these Cult of Learning episodes are for you!

Thank you for listening! If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: [email protected] 

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Chris Jones joins us to talk conversation, strategies, and speaking. 

Chris Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has been involved in English language teaching for over twenty five years and holds the Cambridge CTEFLA and DTEFLA qualifications alongside an MA and PhD from the University of Nottingham. Chris' main research interests are related to spoken language.

He joins us to talk about that and his new book called "Conversation Strategies and Communicative Competence."

Specifically in this episode, he tackles:

• his early influences, including Ron Carter, Scott Thornbury, and Dave Willis

More on Chris Jones:

Twitter: @ELTResearch

His talk to launch his new book

Details on his new book "Conversation strategies and communicative competence" 

His University of Liverpool staff page 

For more information on this episode, see our blog post about it. 

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We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: [email protected] 

Producer's note: the internet was quite tired on the day of recording. While the interweb didn't put in its best effort, the humans involved sure did, and we hope all the great content in this episode comes through from Jewel, Meghana, and Dr. Pawlak. 

Dr. Miroslaw Pawlak shares his thoughts in our final episode of our series on corrective feedback. Dr. Pawlak is the Head of the Department of English Studies and part of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Kalisz, Poland at Adam Mickiewicz University. Additionally, he is the editor-in chief of the journals Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, and Konin Language Studies, and the editor-in chief of the book series Second Language Learning and Teaching (Springer). His areas of research include form-focused instruction, corrective feedback, pronunciation teaching, classroom interaction, study abroad, and a range of individual difference factors such as motivation, willingness to communicate, language learning strategies and boredom. His most recent research article “Corrective Feedback, Developmental Readiness, and Language Proficiency” can be seen in The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching.

In this episode Dr. Pawlak tells us:

• how to increase teacher interest in the topic of corrective feedback (CF)

*This interview was conducted by Meghana Akavoor and Jewel Little.

Partnership with Carleton University:

Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative. 

For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:

• view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback

For more about Dr. Pawlak:

See his page from Adam Mickiewicz University

His Handbook on Corrective Feedback

His Google Scholar author page 

As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

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CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/

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Mike and Leo finalize our series on the three essentials of language learning. In part III, they briefly recap the first two of the three essentials - Exposure and Motivation - and introduce you to the last one of the tripartite - USE. They talk about why it is important to produce output (speaking and writing) and how it contributes to your language learning and development.

More specifically, Leo and Mike talk about:

• why input (listening and reading) is important when learning a language

If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!

For more information on our podcast, click here or go to: learnyourenglish.net/podcast

Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.

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We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: [email protected] 

In episode 7 of our series on corrective feedback, Dr. Shaofeng Li joins us. Dr. Li is a prominent scholar and award-winning researcher of second language acquisition, with a focus on corrective feedback. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Teacher Education at Florida State University. Prior to this, he was a senior lecturer in the department of Applied Language Studies at Auckland University. He has an extensive list of published works on areas such as corrective feedback, task-based language teaching/learning, cognitive variables of second language learning, second language learner beliefs & motivations, and much more. More recently, Dr. Li has a number of upcoming published works focusing more specifically on associations between anxiety, working memory and corrective feedback timing.

In this episode, Dr. Li discusses:

• learner and teacher beliefs on corrective feedback (CF)

*This interview was conducted by Abdi Mohamed and Neal Power.

Partnership with Carleton University:

Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative. 

For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:

• view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback

More from Dr. Shaofeng Li:

See his:

• Academia page

As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

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In part two of our three-part series on the "Essentials of Language Learning," Leo and Mike briefly recap the first of the three essentials - Exposure - and introduce you to the second one of the tripartite - Motivation. We will talk about what motivation is, how it works, different types of motivation and how you can use it to learn English.

Specifically, they wonder:

• what is motivation?

If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!

Download the FREE Learn YOUR English Personalized Habit Tracker:

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Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.

Thank you for listening! If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: [email protected] 

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