In this episode of Shadow English Podcast, we explore a fun and useful idea from Todd Beuckens, the creator of ELLLO.org, a popular website for English listening lessons.

Todd shares his “4 Types of Students” theory, based on motivation.

He says students are usually one of these:

Player, Pupil, Participant, or Prisoner.

Each type has different reasons for learning—

Some love the subject,

Some love being a good student,

Some just enjoy the social time,

And some… don’t want to be there at all.

I also share my own thoughts about how teachers can support these different types in the classroom.

🎙 Shadow along line-by-line with this episode to practice listening, rhythm, and speaking!

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📩 And let me know in the comments:

Which type of student are you (or were you)?

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