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Teachers know that when classes are done, the beer has been drawn, teachers gather around the table, and the talk turns to...teaching. Great (and not so great ideas) are thrown around, argue...
We’re ba-a-a-ck! And we just can’t seem to leave this topic alone. Something of a deep dive into ideas about how AI will change education an...
David is the creator of many online tutorial videos, the Field Guide series, and the cohost of the MacPower Users podcast. Tony and Charles...
Much is being written about students, ethics, and AI. What about teachers? What are the ethical issues regarding teachers and their use of A...
The teacher gets the desks turned on him. Tony talks about the challenges he faces in his efforts to learn Spanish, with a focus on his use...
You’ve got a couple of students who have the hunger, the drive to learn. What tools can you recommend to help them up their game? Have a lis...
Part two. The two old farts are in their rocking chairs on the front porch, watching the sun go down. Pull up a chair while they talk about...
The two old farts are in their rocking chairs on the front porch, watching the sun go down. Pull up a chair while they talk about the lesson...
This month we wrestle with the smartphone controversy. What are the issues? What are the upsides? What is the most sensible way of dealing w...
We open the mailbag and field questions from listeners. Be sure to listen through to the end for the big reveal. Apologies for the audio not...
Digital Surveillance: Who’s watching you and your students? We discuss some of the ways we are tracked daily, by both human and non-human ag...
Charles again talks with his daughter, this time about university graduation, future plans, how it feels to set out on a new phase in life,...
As a non-Japanese English teacher in Japan, there are a million ways to shoot oneself in the foot…or worse. We look at some of the pitfalls...
It’s week three, and the course you so painstakingly crafted over the break is, well, tanking. We talk about what you can do to reboot. Neve...
We talk a little about last month’s podcast, and then it’s WELCOME TO RETIREMENT for Charles. Sayonara lectures, student workshops, expectat...
Japan vs. Mexico. No, not the flop sport where players can’t use their hands. We talk with Prof. Alison Kitzman, now at Arkansas State Unive...
A discussion on traditional and new forms of cheating, motivations for cheating, how to deal with cheating (with or without institutional su...
Instead of a look back at 2023, we examine how teaching English in Japan has changed since we stepped off a plane and into a classroom many...
In a pre-holiday frenzy, we tackle three not-so-mini-topics: - Syllabus preparation - Grading preparation - About that winter break Happy ho...
Charles talks with his former student Taishi Watanabe about teaching English, and what it's like returning to school after working. Mentione...
We take a second look at AI and ChatGPT, how they’re changing our teaching worlds, and suggest some ways to ease adaptation. Be sure to take...
Tony and Charles struggle with that question and discuss the best ways to reach our students. It’s not simple. Mentioned, previous episodes:...
We discuss the value of mixing it up - using diverse deliveries, approaches, methods, activities, tasks, media, teachers. See also: 154 Desi...
Charles talks once more with an elementary education major at a university. They talk about her experiences working with a resource teacher,...
While Charles recovers from his bout with COVID, Tony interviews one of his former Osaka University students, Rin Takahashi, in Querétaro, M...
We can confirm that, yes, there are classes that are just BAD. For most of us those are few and far between, but we’ve all had one - or will...
We look at another teacher movie: Stand and Deliver (Ramón Menendez, 1988). Based on a true story of success at an inner-city Los Angeles hi...
158. Dead Poets Society This month we are going to make some folks angry. We look at one of the landmark teaching/teacher movies and conclud...
Well, maybe it's the time of year Or maybe it's the time of man I don't know who l am But you know life is for learning Joni Mitchel, “Woods...
The sky is falling! Or, so you’d think from the reaction to Open AI’s public release of its ChatGPT "thing.” Tony and Charles try to make se...
It’s holiday time for lots of people, and for most of them/us, that means buying gifts…and hopefully receiving, some, as well. Here’s our br...
“OK, let’s make this a little harder,” says Duo the Owl to us every day. We take a look at how some counter-intuitive practices can improve...
Charles talks with Nerida Rand to find out how a background in improvisation plays out in the classroom. Nerida was an exchange student in a...
We discuss the why, how, and what of music in the classroom - as well as music for the teacher. Mentioned: Radio Paradise: https://radiopara...
A bit tweaked at the end of the semester? I guess we were, too, so off we go on a lightning round session of time saving and emergency pull-...
We talk about teaching reading and all the ingredients that get baked into that. Why, what kind, how…all of it. Correction: only 55% of web...
Mentioned in the podcast: Two Teachers Talking Podcast http://www.tony-silva.com/t3/index.html October 2021 - 141 Does everyone understand?...
It’s a new school year in Japan, and very likely, most of your classes are now again face to face, or, at least, mask to mask. Things are re...
Another year begins. Instead of talking about how, we discuss some of the whys. Why teach English? Why teach foreign languages? Why English?...
Tony and Charles talk about last months’ discussion with Professors George Truscott and Nathanael Rudolph on what’s involved in program coor...
Charles sits down with George Truscott and Nathanael Rudolph to discuss the art of Program Coordination. Approaches, philosophies, goals and...
Treading carefully into 2022, we first look back at Episode 143 (Teaching While Black in Japan) and two years of COVID Era Teaching. We then...
Three very special guests join us to discuss being a black educator in Japan: hiring (and leaving), student interaction, staff interaction,...
We all dream about it. What’s yours look like? But, remember the old adage…be careful what you ask for. Make your list and let’s compare not...
We know that Japanese students’ English comprehension is overrated, even by those of us who know that their listening comprehension is overr...
Thoughts and comments on teaching pronunciation and the interview with Prof. Alison Kitzman in Episode 139. Then, a brief discussion of how...
Prof. Alison Kitzman of Kindai University talks to us about the what, why, and how of teaching English pronunciation in Japan. Included free...
You know how you’re “supposed” to conduct and manage your classes, assignments, and grading. Sheer work volume—classes per week, students pe...
Approaching mid-semester, an odds and sods SITREP. What can we learn and apply going forward this year, including a report from Tony on the...
Two heads, too many cooks...so, when does it make sense to sit down and hash things out and when is it better to just go it alone? Mentioned...
Maybe you don't know whether you'll be teaching online or in the classroom. Maybe you know. Maybe you think you know. If the past year has t...