The TEFLology Podcast

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  • Episode 98: Emergency Remote Teaching Responses

    Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

    In this episode, we present a series of reflections by Mustafa Nazari, Rob Playfair, and Anna Loseva about their responses to the current Covid-19 pandemic crises, with regard to their teaching situations in Iran, the U.K., and Vietnam.

    We hope you find their stories of interest.

    Contact us:

    Email: [email protected]

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

    Website: https://teflology-podcast.com

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

    39 min
  • TEFL Interviews 61: James York & Jonathan deHaan on Games

    Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

    Today we bring you an interview with James York and Jonathan deHaan. James and Jonathan are both university educators in Japan and advocates of game-based language teaching and learning. As well as creating and devising their own games, they are are also co-editors of Ludic Language Pedagogy – an open access journal dedicated to promoting the integration of games and play in language learning.

    In this interview, Matthew asks questions to the pair about game-based language teaching and learning.

    Enjoy!!

    Information about James and Jonathan – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_York3 & https://sites.google.com/site/gamelabshizuoka/about-the-lab/jonathandehaan

    Information about the Ludic Language Pedagogy journal – https://www.llpjournal.org

    Theme music by Cheapshot (James) – https://bandcamp.com/cheapshot

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://teflology-podcast.com

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

    41 min
  • Episode 97: Persona, Games, and Insecurities

    Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

    In this episode, Matthew gets us thinking about our personas as teachers, Matt asks questions about games and gamification in language teaching/learning, and Rob leads a discussion about teacher insecurities.

    Enjoy!

    Contact us:

    Email: [email protected]

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

    Website: https://teflology-podcast.com

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

    45 min
  • Episode 96: Positive Words, Teaching Brains, and John Gallagher

    Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

    In episode 96, Matt leads a discussion about the differences between male and females scholars' uses of positive words in academic papers, Matthew introduces the idea of The Teaching Brain, and Rob talk about John Gallagher's book - Learning Languages in Early Modern England. Please enjoy!

    The article Matt refers to can be accessed here - https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6573

    Information on The Teaching Brain can be viewed here - http://www.teachingbrain.org

    Learning Languages in Early Modern England can be found here - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/learning-languages-in-early-modern-england-9780198837909?cc=jp&lang=en&fbclid=IwAR2LRW0DmZyNdZlmGN_u4iv_Fv0NpsCukxNuWDRaYdEWgKNhGEe7k-uYnyY

    Contact us:

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://teflology-podcast.com

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

    53 min
  • Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 5: Chapter 5, Section 3

    This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.

    In the fifth episode (and final for now) of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 5, section 3, a section called "what did you do on the weekend." The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of the written book version.

    Enjoy!

    Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S

    For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/

    For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/

    Email us at - [email protected]

    Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology

    Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com

    Subscribe on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use.

    10 min
  • Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 4: Chapter 4, Section 3

    This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.

    In the fourth episode of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 4, section 3, a section called "dismounted horses, saddles, reins". The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of the written book version.

    Enjoy!

    Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S

    For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/

    For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/

    Email us at - [email protected]

    Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology

    Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com

    Subscribe on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use.

    18 min
  • Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 3: Chapter 3, Section 9

    This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.

    In the second episode of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 3, section 9, a section called "Fortunately, the copy machine is broken". The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of the written book version.

    Enjoy!

    Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S

    For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/

    For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/

    Email us at - [email protected]

    Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology

    Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com

    Subscribe to us on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use.

    17 min
  • Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 2: Chapter 2, Section 5

    This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.

    In the second episode of this limited series, John reads an extract from Chapter 2, section 5, called "People hearing about listening". The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of this section.

    Enjoy!

    Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S

    For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/

    For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/

    Email us at - [email protected]

    Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology

    Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com

    Subscribe to us on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use.

    17 min
  • Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 1: Intro, Foreword, & Preface

    This is an audiobook extract of John F. Fanselow's 2017 title 'Small Changes in Teaching, Big Results in Learning,' presented by The TEFLology Podcast and read by John himself.

    In the first episode of this limited series, John talks from the introduction, foreword, and preface of the book. The audio you hear is an abridged arrangement of these sections.

    Enjoy!

    Click this link to find and purchase John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Changes-Teaching-Results-Learning-ebook/dp/B077Q83G1S

    For more information about John, follow this link: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2019/february/talking-out-of-school/

    For information about iTDi, who produced the book, and to access the book's resources click here: https://itdi.pro/itdihome/small-changes-teaching-big-results-learning/

    Email us at - [email protected]

    Tweet and follow us - @TEFLology

    Find more of our episodes at - www.teflology-podcast.com

    Subscribe to us on iTunes or any other podcasting platform you use.

    31 min
  • Episode 95: App Development with the Extempore Team

    Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters.

    Today we bring you a guest hosted episode by the creators of the Extempore, the speaking practice app. We asked them some questions about what inspired the creation of Extempore, the factors that go into designing a language learning or teaching app, and some of the ways that Extempore has been and can be used by teachers and learners.

    See more information about Extempore here: https://extemporeapp.com

    Please enjoy the interview!

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://teflology-podcast.com

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

    43 min

About The TEFLology Podcast

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TEFLology is a bi-weekly podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) and related matters, presented by three self-certified TEFLologists. We take a lighthearted look at the fields…