The Arts of Language Podcast

In this special Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa answers questions posed by students live in the studio and virtually through videos recorded at conventions. The students tell jokes, ask Andrew about the history of IEW and the Structure and Style method, and share how IEW has helped them.

Referenced Materials

• “Low-Tech Teaching with High-End Results” at IEW.com
• “(PDF) Low-Tech Teaching with High-End Results” from Academia.edu
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior
• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 550

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

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The Story Sequence Chart introduced in Unit 3 of the Structure and Style® methodology is a powerful tool for learning the structure of a story. Students use this tool for summarizing stories, writing variations and elaborations, and even composing original stories of their own. Listen as  Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker dig into the many ways to use Story Sequence Chart and learn how you might use it in your classroom or your own writing. Tell us a story!

Referenced Materials

• “Using the Story Sequence Chart with Unit 3”
• Teaching the Classics
• Seminar Workbook

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

In this fascinating episode, Andrew Pudewa interviews Joshua Lisec, a ghostwriter who credits much of his success to his training from the Structure and Style® method. Learn about his process of assisting clients find their voice and how he uses what he learned from IEW’s courses to write more than 120 books!

Referenced Materials

• Lisec Ghostwriting
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level A Premier Package
• Joshua Lisec’s Courses on Gumroad
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 548

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

Being published provides a great motivation and boost for students’ confidence. In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share some of the IEW Writing Contest winning essays and talk about the history and purpose of the Magnum Opus Magazine. Listen to this episode and click on the link below to subscribe to the Magnum Opus monthly e-newsletter and the yearly print edition.

Referenced Materials

• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Subscribe here!
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 547

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

✟Contains distinctly Christian content

When you give your students an assignment, do you do it as well? In today’s episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the benefit of occasionally doing the assignment you are giving your students. This principle relates to modeling and imitation, both a part of the foundation of the Structure and Style® method. Listen and be encouraged as Andrew relates the story of when Dr. Webster required him to write the same assignment Andrew had just given to students.

Referenced Materials

• Learning from Dirty Jobs by Mike Rowe
• “IEW Accreditation: It’s Worth the Journey”
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Structure and Style® for Students

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Seth Dunham, the president of the Homeschool Trade Association, which exists to support and equip business leaders to maximize their ability to achieve the greatest possible success. Listen as they share the history of the organization and how member businesses work together to serve homeschooling families.

Referenced Materials

• Homeschool Trade Association
• Notgrass History
• “However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching” by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 545

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

Questions are swirling around the topic of AI and its role in education. Teachers and parents are wondering when and how students should use it and whether using AI is beneficial for students. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker while they revisit this topic that leads to frequently asked questions as Andrew visits homeschool conventions around the country this summer.

Referenced Materials

• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man” by Andrew Pudewa
• “Back to Basics?” by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 492: Academic Integrity with Dr. Steven Hales
• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
• Episode 483: How AI Affects Thinking
• Episode 513: Who Should Use AI and How?
• “AI – Not a Virtual Thinking Cap”
• “I'll never use this, why should I learn it?”
• Episode 499: A Conversation about Critical Thinking with Jennifer Mauser
• ​​“Encyclopedia Dad” by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 544

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations, to discuss how parental involvement is the best indicator of student success. They talk about the history of American education and the variety of educational options that have become available to parents.

Referenced Materials

• Robert Bortins
• Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education, and How We Can Win It Back by Robert Bortins and Alex Newman
• Classical Conversations
• “Homeschooling and the Social Life of Families and Communities”
• VELA Funding
• Reece Report
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 543

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker for an exciting announcement about a new digital tool—IEW Writing Companion. They are joined by Heidi Thomas, who worked with Joseph Tabenkin to create IEW® Writing Companion. She describes how IEW Writing Companion solves common problems and provides the assistance that students need to successfully “do what they check and check what they do” as Andrew always encourages. Don’t miss this episode!

Referenced Materials

• IEW Gradebook
• Episode 421: Announcing IEW Gradebook
• Episode 512: IEW Gradebook – Why Teachers Love It
• “Simplify Grading with IEW Gradebook”
• IEW Writing Tools App
• “The Writing App Every Student Needs”
• IEW Writing Companion
• Try IEW Writing Companion
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Frontiers in Writing
• Frontiers Writing Companion
• Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
• Wonders of Science Writing Companion
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 542

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker review Andrew’s article “Process versus Product” from However Imperfectly and discuss why the process of learning is just as or even more important than the student’s finished product. 

Referenced Materials

• “Process versus Product” by Andrew Pudewa
• “Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing” by Andrew Pudewa
• However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching by Andrew Pudewa
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• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to [email protected]
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or [email protected]