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Episode 62: Teaching Lexically- How to do Listening and Reading
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of my teaching lexically series, I throw a bunch of ideas at you, showing how you can tweak your listening and reading tasks to b...
Episode 61: Teaching Grammar Lexically
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of my teaching lexically series, I tackle grammar. How can we get away from the dreaded rules + exercises + sentence-level produ...
Episode 60: Teaching Lexically with Hugh Dellar
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a long one but it’s TOTALLY worth the listen. My guest is the mighty Hugh Dellar, co-author of Teaching Lexically. The lexical approach is so...
Episode 59: So you Want to Teach in Chile? With Daniel and Jose Luis from ELT in Chile Podcast
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded in January of this year, I talked to Jose-Luis and Daniel of ELT in Chile Podcast. If you are interested in living and working in Chile, this...
Episode 58: How to Incorporate Sustainability and the Environment into Your Lessons Without Boring Your Students with Harry Waters
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you and your students groan when you reach the ‘environment’ unit in your course book? Well, this cracker of an episode is for you. I spoke to ...
Episode 57: Summer Madness: My Experience, Advice and a Few Go-To Activities
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summer’s here: cue the insanity. I can’t promise I’ll solve all your summer issues, but I what I can do is share a little advice and some activi...
Episode 56: Give Your Students More Autonomy with Wanda Atkins
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whatever your class demographic, I’m sure you can use your adaptive teacher skills and take something from this episode. My guest this week is the w...
Episode 54: Get Your Students Lip-Synching!
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This a short but real sweet one. Let's get away from presenting your students with a song of your choice. Let's do it a different way and ge...
Episode 53: Authentic Board Games with Zdenek Lukas
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Board gamer, much?This week I’m joined by English teacher and board games fanatic Zdenek Lukas of teacherzdenek.comWe talk about why board games are...
Episode 52: What Authentic Materials Can I Use for Lower Levels? With John Hughes
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is ELT Trainer, author, vlogger, presenter and all-round wonderful John Hughes. We chat about what kinds of authentic materials to ...
Episode 51: Bite-sized learning
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every wonder why your students forget everything the day after your amazing, impactful lesson? As a teacher, I’m constantly trying new things and ...
Episode 50: Let’s get our Jamboard on!
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve never used Jamboard with your online learners, fear not! This episode is just a snapshot of what I’ve been doing with it. If you’re a ...
Episode 49: Advice for ALL New Teachers with Melinda Thomas
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I love this episode! I chatted with the wonderful Melinda Thomas from newteachersconnect in a long-form version of last week’s quickie about advice ...
Episode 48: New to Teaching? Here are a Few Tips...
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Need a few tips? These are my top tips on being a new teacher. If you’re not new to teaching, what did I miss?Theme music by @sean.cass (Instagram)....
Episode 47: Teaching or Human-Centred Learning?
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Need some inspo this week? Are you teaching or really TEACHING? Do you see students in your class or do you see people? Do you tick off the contents o...
Episode 46: Outgoing Students VS Shy Students Online – What to Do?
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard enough in a physical classroom to get shy students to talk, but when you’re online and there are outgoing students in the class, it’s ...
Episode 45: Critical Thinking Activities with Radhika Iyer
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not too sure if you’re doing enough critical thinking in class? Even if you teach in a non-EFL environment, there are plenty ideas to steal in this ...
Episode 44: Mental Health and Online Teaching: My First Week Back
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What a rollercoaster it’s been. I asked for your advice and boy, did you give it! Did I follow it? You bet I did! I also had a bunch of unanticipate...
Episode 43: Using Drama in Your Lessons with Aoife Maguire
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt like spicing things up a bit but not sure how? I'm talking about drama - the good kind. The lovely Aoife Maguire gives yo...
Episode 42B: Future Forms Part 2
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Still with me? Thirsty for more? Let's talk about the dreaded moment when you have to try and explain the real difference between present continuo...
Episode 42A: Future Forms Part 1
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where to begin? Will? Going to? Actually, that's exactly right.In this 2-parter about future forms (easing you in gently), I'm covering the ba...
Episode 41: Bringing Mindfulness into the classroom with Laia del Barrio
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by the delightful Laia del Barrio. She presents 5 gorgeous activities to use in your classroom to bring some reflection and w...
Episode 40: Unleash Your Creative Beast!
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What can make you more creative and in turn, a happier person? I can’t promise I have all the answers but I hope something I say will resonate with ...
Episode 39: Ask Me Anything!
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I asked some of my Instagram followers to, quite literally, ask me anything. So they did. I did a bit of research and here we go. Feel free to add you...
Episode 38 - My Student Complained? Dealing with Negative Feedback with Erin.
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's good be back! Happy new year. Just easing you in with something short and sweet.Shane has left the building. On with the show!Have you ...
Episode 31 - The Local and Colloquial: What the Course Books Don't Teach Your Students with Erin and Shane.
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just a quickie this week: we discuss the stuff you'll never find in a course book. Do you have any colloquialisms from your country that you nev...
Episode 36: Challenging the Historical Narrative in your Classroom with Anjalee Beverly
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
mentor, Anjalee Beverly, who shares culturally responsible teaching strategies, inclusion tips and ways to teach multiple narratives for every classro...
Episode 35: Pronunciation - Making Individual Sounds Fun with Sinead McMorrow
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Need some ideas for individual sound pronunciation? Here goes! My friend Sinead McMorrow shares her online ideas for my in-class pronunciation activit...
Episode 34: Being a Native Speaker but not what the Students Expect with Radhika Iyer
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do all EFL teachers look and sound the same? I am joined by Radhika Iyer, who shares her experiences of native speakerism when encountering students...
Episode 33: Engaging your Students and Building Relationships Online with Erin Myres
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once again Erin Myres joins me to give some really lovely, practical tips. If you are struggling to connect with students online, this episode is for ...
Episode 32: Halloween In Class and Online with Erin Myres
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Need some Halloween activities? Are you teaching in class? Are you online? We've got you covered. The lovely Erin Myres from An Educator&#...