Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. After a long hiatus from podcasting, we're happy to return! In this second part of Ep. 109, we catch-up with each other's recent research interest and reading activities.  Thanks for sticking with us! Or, if you're joining us for the first time, you're most welcome! Please enjoy this episode.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Visit www.teflology-podcast.com to see how. Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

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109: We're back! (Part 2)

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. After a long hiatus from podcasting, we're happy to return! In this episode, which is the first of two parts, we catch-up with each other about we've been doing during our time of absence, and we introduce details about the new format to our show.  Thanks for sticking with us! Or, if you're joining us for the first time, you're most welcome! Please enjoy this episode.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Visit www.teflology-podcast.com to see how. Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

109: We're back! (Part 1)

Welcome back to the TEFLology Podcast!  In this episode, Matt speaks to Ashley R. Moore.  Ashley is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia. His research interests include critical pedagogy, inclusive education, the role of hidden identities in language classrooms, and queer issues in language education, amongst other topics. He has published in TESOL Quarterly, the ELT Journal, and the Modern Language Journal.  In this interview, recorded remotely, Matt spoke to Ashley about queer issues and heteronormativity in foreign language learning and teaching.  Please enjoy this episode! More information about Ashley can be found here - https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/ashley-r-moore/ Email us at - Check out our website at - https://teflology-podcast.com Follow us on Twitter at - https://twitter.com/TEFLology Like us on Facebook at - https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast/

Interview 67: Ashley R. Moore on Queer Inclusion in Language Education

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matt talks about contributions of L.G. Alexander, Rob leads a discussion about top-down and bottom-up approaches to curriculum design and organisation, and Matt shares a news story about critical language learning.  Enjoy! Sign up to the Humanising Language Research Through the Complexity Lens webinar here - https://uniliterate.com/2021/01/complexwebinar2021/  Information about L.G. Alexander here - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/collections/elt_archive/halloffame/louis_alexander/biography/  The news story that Matt referred to here - https://www.languagemagazine.com/2020/10/16/state-dept-promotes-critical-language-learning/  A source Rob use here - http://espeap.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/espeap/article/view/999?fbclid=IwAR3VvkTmgMWUufvdsEzO9oMQ64n0BYYNfOgFSvspjJZoFXva9JNBF-e2-HU  This episode was recorded remotely online via Zencastr.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

108: L.G. Alexander, Bottom-up Vs Top-down Organisation, and Critical Language Learning

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matthew leads a discussion about the use of presentations in language learning, Rob introduces the work of Aristophanes of Byzantium, and Matt reflects on a recent study related to teacher wellbeing.  Enjoy! Sign up to the Humanising Language Research Through the Complexity Lens webinar here - https://forms.gle/amqbkK9eGDks29Cy5 A link to the Teacher Wellbeing article mentioned in Matt's section (MacIntyre, Gregersen, & Mercer, 2020) here - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0346251X20307120 This episode was recorded remotely online via Zencastr.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

107: Presentations, Aristophanes of Byzantium, and Teacher Wellbeing

Welcome back to the TEFLology Podcast!  In this episode, Matthew speaks to Dr Rasha Halat.  Rasha was Education Department chairperson at the Lebanese International University, Bekaa Campus, for eight years, and is currently teaching at the Lebanese University. Rasha has worked in the field of education for over 20 years, with 16 at university level teaching future TEFL Teachers. She has also worked in a variety of teacher training programs regionally, nationally and internationally. Recently, Racha served as a senior consultant on curriculum development for World Learning.  Her duties included designing and developing three teacher training modules focused on online learning. In this interview, recorded remotely, Matthew asked questions to Rasha about teacher training, reflective practice, and other related topics. We hope enjoy this episode! More information about Rasha can be found here - https://lebanesestudies.com/members/rasha-halat/  Email us at - Check out our website at - https://teflology-podcast.com Follow us on Twitter at - https://twitter.com/TEFLology Like us on Facebook at - https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast/

Interview 66: Rasha Halat on Teacher Training

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast! A podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. The current uncertain situation has meant, at times, that institutions may not have treated their workers fairly and respectfully, and in some cases, may have acted illegally. As a result, unions have found themselves continuing to play a pivotal and important role in supporting and standing up for the rights of those working in the language teaching industry. This episode features the stories of six individuals related to the TEFL Workers' union, based across the UK and Ireland. The TEFL Workers' Union is a union for foreign language teachers in the UK organised by the industrial workers of the world (IWW). The union was formed in 2019, and represents cleaners, teachers, admin staff and interns. The union has fought for paid meetings, paid continuing professional development activities, paid sick days, and an end to zero-hours contracts.  More about the TEFL Workers' Union and IWW can be found here - https://www.facebook.com/teflworkers/ Get in contact with us: If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation, visit our website for more details.  Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

106: TEFL Workers' Union

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Rob talks about a news story related to labour disputes between teachers and private language schools, Matt leads a discussion about homework, and Matthew explores the work of two pioneers from the Prague Linguistic Circle.  Enjoy! This episode was recorded remotely online via Zencastr.  If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

105: Labour Disputes, Homework, and the Prague School

Welcome back to the TEFLology Podcast!  Sulaiman Jenkins is an academic scholar and a researcher in the field of applied linguistics. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, and having received his MA in TESOL from NYU, he has been teaching as an English lecturer in Saudi Arabia for over 16 years, holding a number of administrative positions. He has written articles in top tier publications and his research interests concern race, identity, and language. He has also recently written the book “Life is ЯAW” - a biographical memoir of Mutah Beale’s life, a former member of the rap group Outlawz. He is currently a Course Coordinator and English Lecturer for King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and is pursuing doctoral studies on the issue of native speakerism. In this interview, recorded remotely, Rob asked questions to Sulaiman about native-speakerism, cultural chauvinism, and other related topics. We hope enjoy this episode! More information about Sulaiman here - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sulaiman_Jenkins  Email us at – Check out our website at – https://teflology-podcast.com Follow us on Twitter at – https://twitter.com/TEFLology Like us on Facebook at – https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast/  

Interview 65: Sulaiman Jenkins on Race and Speakerhood

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 last episode of the second part of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 8 section 2, a section called “Some ways to make small changes”. The audio presented to you 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 - teflology@gmail.com 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. 

Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 8: Chapter 8, Section 2

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 latest episode of the second part of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 8 section 1, a section called “Small changes, resulting in big results”. The audio presented to you 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 - teflology@gmail.com 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. 

Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 7: Chapter 8, Section 1

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 the second part of this limited series, John reads from Chapter 7, section 4, a section called “very good, great job, excellent”. 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 - teflology@gmail.com 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. 

Small Changes, Big Results by John Fanselow - Ep 6: Chapter 7, Section 4

Today we bring you an interview with Dr Dario Banegas. Dario is a lecturer in in TESOL with the School of Education at the University of Strathclyde. His main areas of expertise and interest include CLIL, teaching young learners, initial English language teacher education, and professional development through action research.  In this interview, Rob asks questions to Dario about action research of English language teaching practitioners.  This interview was recorded remotely with Zencastr. More information about Dario here - https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/banegasdariodr/ Here are links to the books that Dario mentions at the end of the interview - http://resig.weebly.com/empowering-teacher-researchers-empowering-learners-2018.html & https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/a-handbook-exploratory-action-research#:~:text=The%20handbook%20takes%20teachers%20through,also%20in%20teacher%2Dresearch%20schemes  Email us at – Check out our website at – https://teflology-podcast.com Follow us on Twitter at – https://twitter.com/TEFLology Like us on Facebook at – https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast/

Interview 64: Dario Banegas on Teacher Research

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast!  This episode is a pilot live show, in which we opened up our recording session for people to listen in and contribute to.  In this final instalment of the three parts, we speak to Saurabh Anand about reading and writing-related strategies around the concept of World Englishes. Saurabh is a teacher and doctoral student at the University of Georgia. This episode was recorded with Zencastr.  Please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

104: TEFLology Live (Part 3)

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast!  This episode is a pilot live show, in which we opened up our recording session for people to listen in and contribute to.  In this second of three parts, Rob raises the topic of improvisation in language teaching. Our guests, along with Matthew and Matt, all contributed ideas to the topic, helping to consider the theme from a variety of perspectives.  This episode was recorded with Zencastr.  Please consider showing your support with a small donation at: https://teflology-podcast.com Get in contact with us: Email: teflology@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast

104: TEFLology Live (Part 2)

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 of English language teaching (ELT) and applied linguistics, with topics ranging from TESOL methodologies and approaches to current affairs and history.