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This podcast is designed to inspire language teaching and learning. Tune in for book reviews, interviews with inspiring teachers, best practice ideas, linguistic facts, musings on current ev...
We all want to make progress in life. Recently, I learned a great nugget of truth from one of my mentors, which summarises the key to making...
The recent events in Christchurch are devastating, to say the least. But let's remember that as language learners and teachers, we are helpi...
In this episode, we share with you the latest course we have just published! It's a course on understanding different types of sentence stru...
In this episode, we're finishing off our interview with Jill Hadfield, an enormously successful English Language Teacher and materials write...
In this episode, we continue our interview with Jill Hadfield, the new ELT Content Editor at Language Fuel. Jill tells us all about the time...
We're kicking off this season with a mini-series of interviews with our brand new ELT Content Editor, Jill Hadfield. Jill has been working i...
It's the end of the year, and we're taking the time out to look back at 2018 and look forward to 2019. Joanna takes us through what has happ...
Have you ever thought of teaching a community language class? The good news is, you don't have to be perfect to make an impact. In this epis...
I've recently come back from the CLESOL 2018 conference, and absolutely loved it. In this episode, I summarise some of the interesting talks...
Do you have students with varying abilities in your class? Tune in to this episode, where Joanna summaries best practice around managing mul...
This week, we are reviewing a range of dictionaries! It's a bit of a hot topic here in New Zealand at the moment, with our qualifications au...
This episode, I'm exploring the final 4 steps in Gagne's famous instructional design model: The 9 events of instruction. We looked at steps...
This episode, I'm exploring further steps in Gagne's famous instructional design model: The 9 events of instruction. We looked at steps two...
This episode, I'm exploring further steps in Gagne's famous instructional design model: The 9 events of instruction. We looked at step one l...
This episode, I'm responding to a thoughtful article by Sarah Priestly. See it here https://eltjam.com/author/sarah-priestley/ I explore why...
We're back in the podcast mode with our first episode for Season Two! Te Reo Is one of New Zealand's linguistic and cultural treasures, bu...
Swearing. Cursing. Profanity. Is it appropriate to teach swear words to language learners? We discuss this issue today, and hear about a new...
Have you seen the video about the man who claims to be fluent in 24 different languages? Could this be true? In this episode, I define flu...
Language Fuel is celebrating the launch of the Premium Membership! We are now inviting people to become foundational members of the Language...
Jo Bell explains to us what Teaching Unplugged is all about. (In English teaching, it also goes by the name of Dogme ELT). There are three m...
This week, we conclude our three-part mini-series on classroom management, which I have framed as a leadership issue. I propose that with gr...
This week, we continue our three-part mini series on classroom management, which I am framing as a leadership issue. I propose that with gre...
Classroom management is an issue that I have seen many teachers ask about in various online communities I'm part of. Given how frequently th...
If you want to be a better language teacher, be a language learner. In this episode, I first share some reflections on a teacher training da...
Most teachers teach new words in every single lesson, so it pays to have a really great system in place. In this episode, I outline a great...
Pete is somewhat of an expert in preparing students for the International English Language Testing System Exam, also known as the IELTS exam...
This week for our podcast, we've got something a little different. My youngest daughter, Tessa, has recently been working on a speech to giv...
It's the beginning of the school year for folks in the northern hemisphere. Amidst all the angst and excitement, we bring to you 8 key class...
Do you ever get stuck planning your lessons? In this episode, we present a lesson planning process which can apply to all different kinds of...
Using your teacher talk wisely is an important skill for language teachers to develop. Teachers use language for giving instructions as well...
Are you thinking of becoming a language teacher? Or are you a language teacher thinking of changing jobs? Today, we talk about transferable...
Today I follow up on our previous podcast, and complete the review of Duolingo, including some information about what it CAN'T do for langua...
Have you ever tried Duolingo? Over 100 million people have, including my whole immediate family. I have been surprised at how good this app...
What criteria should you use to choose a new textbook for your language class? We talk through a list, and explain why each criterion is imp...
Ever wanted to teach English overseas? Meet Jackie Bolen. Jackie is from Canada, and spent over 10 years teaching English in South Korea. Al...
Matariki is here! Matariki is the Maori new year, the season of the winter solstice, or summer solstice, if you are in the Northern Hemisphe...
What different networks do you belong to? Networking can be a powerful tool for your professional and personal life. We discuss the differen...
Should you allow your language learners to use dictionaries in their assessments? Does it matter whether students use electronic dictionarie...
Today we talk about conflict – in particular, understanding causes of conflict, and 5 styles of conflict resolution. All teachers at some po...
Immersion experiences can be hugely instrumental for language learners, providing a big boost to their language capability, and they are oft...
In this episode, I attempt to clarify the meaning of a few key pronunciation terms which are often misunderstood, or used incorrectly. These...
Meet Rosaria Campbell. Rosaria now has the role of French Advisor at ILEP, taking over the work that was recently done by Morgan Patterson....
Are your students using devices in the classroom? How confident do you feel choosing the right technology to employ these devices? In this e...
Are you struggling to manage classroom behaviour? In this episode, I discuss three main causes of unwanted classroom behavior, and share tip...
This episode is particularly relevant to you if you have decided you'd like to learn a language, but you're not sure how to go about doing s...
Meet Heike Papenthin, Language Advisor for German at ILEP in New Zealand. Heike has learned many languages, and has made a career of her pas...
We're talking about games and why they are so good in the language learning classroom. They encourage lots of repetition, helping to cement...
In this episode, we interview Michael MacKinven, author of Kanji Pro: The easy way to remember kanji. During the interview we hear how Micha...
This week, I provide an update on my Te Reo language learning journey, and what it's teaching me about language learning and teaching. I dis...
Today we're talking with Chee En, or Timothy Febey, or Larry Chinese, about his program, Chinese Buddy, and his journey through music, inter...