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🎙️How to English TEFL Pod – Season 6, Episode 1 🎉 We’re back with a brand-new season! This time, we’re taking an A to Z approach to teaching and learning English. In this episode, Gav and Em explore everything starting with the letter A - covering fun language games, AI in teaching, and accuracy versus fluency. Plus plenty more. References:
Benefits of note making: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.1.0063
Timestamps
[00:00] Welcome to Season 6!
[02:15] What’s new this season?
[05:30] Fun alphabet games to play in class
[10:45] AI in teaching – how Em used ChatGPT
[16:20] Exploring VR language learning and its benefits
[21:05] A quick-fire Animal Homes game
[25:30] Teaching tip: The power of "And…" for fluency
[29:45] Accuracy vs. Fluency – which should come first?
[34:00] End-of-episode teaching tips
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S05E24. End of Year Special (transcribed) VIDEO
Join Gav and Em in this exciting wrap-up episode as they celebrate the end of an incredible Season 5 of How to English TEFL Pod! Reflecting on a year filled with teaching tips, student advice, and laugh-out-loud moments, this is your chance to revisit the highlights that made this season so memorable. Don't forget to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod to show your support and check out all the podcast transcriptions here: http://howtoenglishpod.com/
Music:
Fluffing a Duck by Kevin Macleod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hBDh3dRvLc
Blankety Blank Full Opening Title Sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjU5zZeD1yQ
Action Tense Cinematic Teaser Trailer Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEN2bmZPKF0
Background music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqwnTNRtQ80
Timestamps
00:00 – Intro: End of Year Special
01:15 – Reflections on teaching and learning in 2024
06:45 – Best Student Tips from Season 5
12:30 – Top Teaching Tips
19:50 – Funniest Memorable Moments
25:00 – What’s Next? Discussing the future of Gav & Em’s podcast
29:45 – Will there be a Season 6?
32:00 – Final thoughts and a big thank you to listeners
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S05E23. Perfection (transcribed) VIDEO
Welcome to How to English TEFL Podcast with Gav & Em, your go-to show for everything teaching and learning English as a foreign language! In this episode, we dive into the world of coursebooks and share tips on how to make them more engaging and personalized for students. We also tackle the complexities of perfectionism, exploring what it means for teachers and students, and why imperfection is part of the learning journey.Other highlights include:Practical strategies for tailoring lessons to student needs.A hilarious take on formal vs. informal language through translation fails in our Quiz of the Week.Discussions on leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT to create resources on the fly.Reflections on the joys and challenges of being a TEFL teacher.Don't forget to check out this episode's transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/1XK69QvlP8LIf you'd like to support us, grab us a coffee at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodHit play, and let's dive into the world of TEFL together!
References:
Simple to advance words: https://mrmrsenglish.com/500-daily-used-normal-vs-advanced/#google_vignette
Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - Coursebooks Revisited
3:15 - Personalising Lessons
5:52 - Exploring Perfectionism
9:05 - Perfect Students and Teachers
13:00 - Creating the Perfect Classroom or Online Space
14:30 - Supporting the Show at ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod
15:45 - Why We Love TEFL
18:00 - Indifference in English
22:00 - Online Training and AI Tools
28:30 - Quiz of the Week
35:45 - Closing Thoughts
36:30 - Outro
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S05E22. Rabbit and Pork (transcribed) VIDEO
Welcome to all the followers of How to English TEFL Pod, a podcast for teachers and learners of English. This week, Gav & Em will go into some further detail on the topic of common collocations, Gav straightens out the issue of dangling prepositions. Em, reflects on syllabus design. They both look at some humorous outcomes using grammar and try to resolve the disconnect between learning and reality. And finally, this week's Quiz of the Week is Em's animal verbs.
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Resources: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/12/chas-and-dave-how-we-made-rabbit-camilla-parker-bowles
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(02:06) Collocation meanings
(08:46) Dangling prepositions
(11:05) Who designs the syllabus?
(17:57) Explaining unusual outcomes
(23:37) Reality disconnect
(37:48) Quiz of the Week
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S05E21. Aiming for a Concert (transcribed) VIDEO
Welcome to Gav & Em's How to English TEFL Pod - a podcast for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language. This week the two TEFL teachers cover topics like: how you might have a mishap with the share button during your online lesson, they ruminate on who the show's followers might be, they think about having a goal (or not) for their students, and the Quiz of the Week is a fast action game of complete the collocation. Here's where you can support the show: https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod And the show transcription with audio is here: https://share.descript.com/view/Xc6K98rLTqk
And remember, sharing is caring.💖Don't forget to mention the show to your fellow teachers, students and school!🤗
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(01:01) The share button
(06:25) Who are our followers?
(10:21) Rhubarb rhubarb
(13:29) Aiming for a concert
(20:08) Raising your fees
(23:56) Cardinal rules
(29:40) Quiz of the Week
(34:13) Outro
Welcome to a teaching and learning English podcast. Meet Gav & Em, two experienced teachers, discussing the most important topics for both teachers and students. Each week they'll cover teaching techniques and learning tips. Whether you're up at the board, or behind the desk, you'll get something from How To English TEFL Podcast. Show your support here: https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod
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