TEFL Commute
Episodes
TEFL Commute S17 ep6
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's the last one of this run, we reflect on our AI influenced season experiment and play a game of AI inspired 'would you rather'. See you for season...
TEFL Commute S17 ep 5
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
.....in which we change the AI asking us questions and as a result find out what would be in a staffroom vending machine, as well as  talk far too lo...
TEFL Commute S17 ep 4
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
.......in which the chatbot combines two of our favourite things - board gaming and teaching English. Among other things, we answer what game mechanic...
TEFL Commute S17 ep 3
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
....in which the chatbot makes us consider irregular verbs, what our teacher face looks like, Â and what phrases we over use. We also find out why wat...
TEFL Commute S17 ep 2
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
....in which the chatbot throws up questions about ELT as a reality show  and a fictional novel. It also asks how we'd explain ELT to an alien using ...
TEFL Commute S17 ep 1
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a while but we're back. Welcome to season 17 of the TEFL commute in which a chatbot decides the content. In this episode amongst other thing...
TEFL Commute S16E04 - Snow
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the deep mid-winter it’s time for the TEFL commute to talk about snow.  Lindsay, Sandy Shaun bring you a snow-filled this episode,  considering...
TEFL Commute S16E03 - Gifts
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Given its holiday time we thought it was apt to give you all a gift - a new episode on the topic of gifts and gift giving. In this episode Ceri, Linds...
TEFL Commute S16E02 - Sports
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite 15 seasons talking of all things ELT, the podcast has never tackled the ELT staple of sport  so this episode rectifies that. Ceri, Lindsay a...
TEFL commute S1601 - Commute revisited
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for season 16 and the 108th episode of the TEFL commute. We kick off the new season by revisiting our very first episode - commute. Â Lindsa...
TEFL commute season 15 ep7
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings commuters, here’s an another episode in our eclectic look at things related to English teaching. In this episode Lindsay wants to discuss ...
TEFL Commute season 15 ep6
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is a bit like the old days - just Shaun and Lindsay both with something to get off their chests. Shaun gets all sweary by consideri...
TEFL Commute Season 15 ep5
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We'll call this one the lost episode, it was recorded in December last year but for various reasons it got forgotten about and never got uploaded. In ...
TEFL Commute Season 15 ep4
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 4, Â Lindsay provokes memories of first resource books, and reintroduces us to a profound dictation about guns. Ceri, avoids world cup feve...
TEFL Commute season 15 ep 3
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 3 and in it you’ll find Lindsay talking about vegetables, in particular vegetable metaphors. We’ll also discover Ceri spends a lot ...
TEFL Commute season 15 ep2
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2, Ceri, Lindsay, and Shaun once more bring an eclectic mix of topics to the table. Â Ceri wants to talk Literacy, while Lindsay tells us a...
TEFL commute s15 ep1 of Queen, Elves and Cricket
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 101 of TEFL commute opens season 15 of your favourite ELT podcast. Join Lindsay, Sandy and Shaun as they chat have a somewhat eclectic chat ab...
Episode 100: TEFL Commute 100th Episode
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 14 episode 7: Numbers is the last episode for this season and marks the 100th episode of our podcast. To celebrate the 100, we've done an epi...
Episode 99: Season 14 Episode 6: Party
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the team show they have the finger on the pulse of politics by talking about parties. Lindsay decides he wants to dissect 10 Downing...
Episode 98: Season 14 episode 5: Drama
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back after our mid-season break and we’re getting all dramatic. In this episode Ceri, Lindsay and Shaun discuss drama and ELT. Are they ...
Episode 97: Season 14 Episode 4: Hotch Potch
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We reach the half way point of the current season just in time for the festive season. In this episode the TEFL commute gang foolishly leave Shaun a...
Episode 96: Season 14 Episode 3: Volunteering
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the TEFL commute gang talk about volunteering and ELT. They start by talking about asking for volunteers in class before discussing ...
Episode 95: Season 14 Episode 2: Authors
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lindsay Ceri and Sandy talk about authors and English language teaching. Did you know there are many famous authors who taught Engl...
Episode 94: Season 14 Episode 1: Cheerful
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back, it's our 14th season and we get underway by discussing reasons to be cheerful. After nearly two years of the pandemic, lockdown, online ...
Episode 93: Season 13 Episode 6: Words
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We bring our 13th season to a close with our round table episode. This season we talk words, words we like, words we don't like, words that have cau...
Episode 92: Season 13 Episode 5: Young
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From old to young – in this episode the topic of teaching most certainly comes up as Lindsay Sandy, Shaun discuss teaching young learners. They d...
Episode 91: Season 13 Episode 4: Old
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are the TEFL Commute crew feeling their age? In this episode Ceri, Lindsay and Shaun discuss language associated with 'old', and consider language ...
Episode 90: Season 13 Episode 3: Plateau
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 3, Shaun and Lindsay return to find themselves stuck on a plateau so use this as an opportunity to discuss what the so-called Intermediat...
Episode 89: Season 13 Episode 2: Women
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we celebrate International Women’s Day with a takeover by Sandy Millin and Ceri Jones. They look at the history of the day, talk ...
Episode 88: Season 13 Episode 1: Animals
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our 13th season begins by looking at animals. Lindsay ponders when we teach animal vocabulary, while Shaun gets carried away with onomatopoeic sound...
Episode 87: Season 12 Episode 5: Podcasts
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the final episode of season 12 so it’s our traditional round table (well, round zoom) episode. This season’s theme is podcasts with Sha...
Episode 86: Season 12 Episode 4: Adventure
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of the season, Shaun and Lindsay discuss adventure. They look at how TEFL is often marketed as an adventure, and the par...
Season 12 Episode 3: Fake
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 3 already and this episode we talk ‘fake’, an interesting word that doesn’t always collocate with news! In the episode Shaun a...
Season 12 Episode 2: Dictator
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the week of the US election it seemed fitting to do an episode called dictator but don’t worry, we are not giving him too much airtime. While w...
Season 12 Episode 1: Normal
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shaun and Lindsay kick off the 12th season of the TEFL commute by discussing ‘normal’. The talk about the use of the word ‘normal’, and di...
Who’s zooming who? The future
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final instalment of our mini-series Shaun and Lindsay take ten-minutes to discuss the future. With lockdown beginning to undo in many place...
Who’s zooming who? Breaks
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our penultimate instalment Lindsay and Shaun discuss taking breaks. We consider how to ensure that we take break in and between lessons and litt...
Who’s zooming who? Slow
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment Lindsay and Shaun talk slow. No that will never happen, they only have ten minutes afterall. By slow we mean what to do when the...
Who’s zooming who? Breakout Rooms
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's WZW 12 and this time Lindsay and Shaun talk about breakout rooms. In the ten minutes they cover What they are? How they work? And of course thi...
Who’s zooming who? Sounds
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In one of our favourite instalments of WZW, Shaun and Lindsay discuss sound, how you can do listening lessons, and what you can do with sound effec...
Who’s zooming who? Participation
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 10th instalment of WZW Shaun and Lindsay talk about the participation tools that you find in online classrooms. From emojis to polls they go ...
Who’s zooming who? Realia
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Realia - the ELT term for Real world stuff we use in teaching. In this episode Lindsay and Shaun fill their ten minutes with the teaching ideas bas...
Who’s zooming who? Guests
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is time out Shaun and Lindsay talk about Ideas for using a guest in your online lessons. The ideas they talk about include a teacher swap, ge...
Who zooming who? Powerpoint.
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Online teaching often means using a slide so for this installment Shaun and Lindsay give you tips for the perfect slidedeck. Ten minutes means ten ...
Who’s zooming who? Warmers
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's another instalment of WZW and this time Lindsay and Shaun talk warmers, in their ten minutes they try and give you a few activities you could t...
Who’s zooming who? Lockdown Syllabus
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment Shaun and Lindsay use their ten-minutes to suggest language areas that would fit into a lockdown syllabus. From the vocabulary of...
Who’s zooming who? - Pictures
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment of WZW, Shaun and Lindsay talk about some of their favourite picture activities for online rooms. As usual they set themselves a...
Who’s zooming who? - Zoom
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay does like getting all meta so join this episode of who's zooming who we meet in zoom to talk about zoom. Shaun and Lindsay discuss zoom, zo...
Who’s zooming who - where’s the whiteboard?
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment Lindsay and Shaun's ten-minute challenge is online whiteboards. They discuss the different things teachers are using as a whitebo...
Who’s zooming who - the language your students need now
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With very few teachers commuting but with Lindsay and Shaun still feeling the need to podcast, here's a spin off. Over a few mini episodes they wil...
Season 11 Episode 4: Home
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lindsay is joined by Ceri to discuss all things home, which is perfect as they are both under quarantine at the moment! They talk a...
Season 11 Episode 3: Sick
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk sick but don’t worry we won’t bang on about a certain virus! In this somewhat bumper episode we talk to Kate in Italy a...
Season 11 Episode 2: Private
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk privacy (and try to work out how to say it!). Lindsay and Shaun talk privacy in the classroom, private lessons and technolog...
Season 11 Episode 1: Exit
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you missed us? It's time for season 11 to get underway it might be the beginning of season but we're going to talk exits. In the episode Shaun ...
Season 10 Episode 6: Deserted
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Another comes to end with our traditional end of season round table. So join Lindsay, Shaun, Ceri and James to see what they would take with them if...
Season 10 Episode 5: Disruption
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 5 we get disruptive though Lindsay would probably say Shaun is every week! This episode we explore disruption in education both from a te...
Season 10 Episode 4: Backpack
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode four Shaun and Lindsay address most teachers' daily accessory - the backpack. They share some and I quote Lindsay here "fun facts about ...
Season 10 Episode 3: Fear
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since Halloween is upon us (well, to be honest, it's been and gone) Shaun and Lindsay discuss fear. They talk about teacher fears, scary teachers an...
Season 10 Episode 2: Recipes
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Time to talk food, in this episode, we explore recipes in ELT. In this episode, Lindsay and Shaun discuss the language of recipes and what makes th...
Season 10 Episode 1: Green
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're back and to start the new season we've gone green. We meet two of the people behind ELT footprint to talk about the ELT profession with regar...
Season 9 Episode 6: Songs about teaching
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We close out our 9th season with a lighthearted round table on songs about teaching. Ceri, James, Lindsay, and Shaun discuss their favourite songs ...
Season 9 Episode 5: Pairs
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode, Lindsay and Shaun discuss pairs - why do teachers love pair work but then refuse to work in pairs in a workshop? Do we use p...
Season 9 Episode 4: IATEFL Debrief
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after our conference enforced mid-season break. In this episode we are post-IATEFL and more significantly post TEFL commute games night. ...
Season 9 Episode 3: Perfect
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the perfect episode! Lindsay and Shaun explore the perfect aspect and what makes it so fun / hard/ difficult (delete as appropriate) to teac...
Season 9 Episode 2: Instructions
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two Lindsay and Shaun discuss instructions and the complexity they hold for teachers. We discuss what makes a good instruction, how we wi...
Season 9 Episode 1: Sleep
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with a new season and in this episode Shaun and Lindsay discuss sleep. They talk about sleep vocabulary and look at the importance of sle...
Season 8 Episode 6: Christmas
09 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lindsay, Shaun and James (yes we've let him on mic again) give it their best shot at a cheesy Christmas episode. After stumbling acr...
Season 8 Episode 5: Stereotypes
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of this season Shaun and Lindsay talk stereotypes. They discuss teaching stereotypes in movies and what the real-life eq...
Season 8 Episode 4: Irregular
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an irregular episode! First because one of the regular hosts (Shaun) isn’t here. Instead, Lindsay and Ceri sit down to talk about all thing...
Season 8 Episode 3: Conversation
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by James' foray into publishing the team gather to discuss conversation. Lindsay and Shaun discuss what makes a good conversation and talk ...
Season 8 Episode 2: Cheating
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever cheated on a test? Have your students? If so how imaginatively did they do it? In this episode, the TEFLcommute team explore cheating ...
Season 8 Episode 1: Family
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's the start of a new season and in episode one Shaun and Lindsay talk family. They discuss whether teaching runs in someone family before looking...
Season 7 Episode 5: Classic
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay and Shaun bring the curtain down on another season by discussing the classics - not Greek or Latin but what they consider to be classic ELT ...
Season 7 Episode 4: Puzzles
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In episode four Shaun and Lindsay talk puzzles. From crosswords to jigsaw reading we look at the types of puzzles we use in class and discuss the a...
Season 7 Episode 3: Room 101 revisited
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In season 4 Lindsay and Shaun sat down with James and Ceri to talk about their pet teaching peeves. Three seasons later we sit down again to discuss...
Season 7 Episode 2: Accents
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you noticed the use of the English accent in films? Lindsay has. The RP accent, once the goal of many language learners, is often used to voice...
Season 7: Bonus Episode
31 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
TEFL commute has turned three years old and over that time we have brought you 40 episodes. Since we have lots of new listeners, and to celebrate bo...
Season 7 Episode 1: Bad Students
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're back for our 7th season what better way to start a new season than with the positivity of bad students. In this episode Shaun and Lindsay dis...
Season 6 Episode 6: Fun
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final episode of the season and Lindsay and Shaun tackle the topic of 'fun'. Well, actually they planned to tackle to subject fun but got s...
Season 6 Episode 5: Games part 2
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lindsay and Shaun return to the topic of games (see season 5 episode 2). This time they invite Dave Dodgson to join them to talk abo...
Season 6 Episode 4
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lindsay returns to chat with Shaun about Robots. It's almost a hundred years since the first teaching machine was suggested so are w...
Season 6: Episode 3 Teacher or Therapist
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lindsay is away so we can actually talk about teaching :) Ceri and Shaun discuss the line between being a teacher and being your st...
Season 6 Episode 2: Truth or lie
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2 Lindsay and Shaun jump on the post-truth bandwagon and discuss how post truth maybe the norm in the typical ELT grammar rules we give s...
Season 6 Episode 1: Openers
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for a new season of the TEFL commute and in this first episode of the sixth season Lindsay and Shaun discuss lesson openers. They explore ...
Season 5 Episode 6: Alcohol
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the season, Shaun and Lindsay discuss alcohol. We talk about why you never see a drink in a coursebook and discuss claims t...
Season 5 Episode 5: Clothes
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After a small break, the TEFL commute returns to talk about clothes. Lindsay and Shaun discuss what teachers wear to work, dress codes and whether ...
Season 5 Episode 4: Video and films
02 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet with Ben Goldstein to discuss video. We take a walk down memory lane and look at how video has been used in ELT courses and...
Season 5 Episode 3: Dictionaries
19 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Shaun and Lindsay talk dictionaries. Well, in fact, we talk to someone who knows about dictionaries with an interview with lexicogra...
Season 5 Episode 2: Games part 1
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we once more sit down at our virtual round table. This time we look at the role of games in language learning. Inspired by somethin...
Season 5 Episode 1: Staffrooms
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! In the first episode of the new season Lindsay and Shaun discuss many teachers second home - the staff room. They explore the role of th...
Season 4 Episode 6:Songs
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of our discussion, Lindsay and Shaun talk about songs. They discuss everything from the songs people like to use in classroom t...
Season 4 Episode 5 part 1:Music
27 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of our look at the role of music and song in ELT, Lindsay and Shaun focus on music - that is to say tunes without lyrics. They ta...
Season 4 Episode 4: Classroom 101
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a pet teaching peeve? Is there a language point that really gets your goat? Which activity are you tired of doing in the class? In this ...
Season 4 Episode 3:Schwa
23 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 3 Lindsay and Shaun are joined by Sinead Laffan to discuss how we approach the teaching of the Schwa. We explore everything from how it i...
Season 4 Episode 2: Substitute
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2, Lindsay and Shaun talks about the pains and pleasures of being a substitute teacher. Be it the one lesson cover or the professional st...
Season 4 Episode 1:First Lessons
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
TEFL commute is back and in the first episode of the new season Lindsay and Shaun talk about first classes and what is like to go back to school, al...
Season 3: The extra bits
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're still on a summer break but to ease your missing us pangs, we've put together this bonus episode with bits and pieces we had left over from se...
Season 3 Episode 8: Awards
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of season 3, Shaun and Lindsay talk awards. They discuss the purpose of the awards and rewards in the classroom and explore the...
Season 3 Episode 7: Punctuation
15 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Shaun and Lindsay discuss punctuation. They discuss everything from oral punctuation through to trying to identify just what the se...
TEFL commute season 3 episode 6: Conferences
01 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode 6, Shaun and Lindsay talk ELT conferences. They discuss the first conferences they went to and spoke at, the benefit of going to con...