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So many teachers focus on teaching when they should focus on something else. In this episode, we dive into this with the great Bill VanPatten.

Bill VanPatten is an award-winning scholar and teacher with an international reputation in the fields of second language acquisition and second language teaching. He is a requested speaker at conferences and meetings and over the course of his career he has given over 500 keynote speeches, plenaries, invited talks, and workshops.

We chat with Bill about why:

• the majority of teaching is not in accordance with SLA research
• Krashen was right
• teachers need to get rid of the "Atlas Complex"
• most people don't understand what a communicative classroom means
• grammar rules are not psychologically real
• many researchers don't want to talk to teachers
• understanding how non-college educated L1 speakers process language shows explicit instruction's ineffectiveness
• if learners can do your assignments using AI, the assignment is flawed

For more from Bill:

1. Visit his website.

2. His recent article "Krashen forty years later: Final comments"

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So many teachers feel they can't teach pronunciation if their speech doesn't sound a certain way. Listen to this episode to discover why that isn't true.

Robin Walker and Gemma Archer are pronunciation specialists who co-authored "Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World," which aims to encourage pronunciation instruction from a lingua franca and intelligibility perspective.

We chat with Robin & Gemma about:

• intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
• why the Lingua Franca Core is what teachers should learn
• their disdain for Jennifer Jenkins' criticism of them - before realizing she was right
• how intelligibility is the thing that allows pronunciation to do its job
• weak forms and why they're not necessary for intelligibility
• why the goal of international intelligibility doesn't exclude other goals
• how to measure intelligibility & use Linca Franca Core diagnostics with your students

Grab their book here.

For more from Gemma:

1. Follow her on LinkedIn

2. The Scottish Sound School

For more from Robin:

1. Follow him on LinkedIn

2. His website - Englishglobal.com

As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

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Many teachers are wary of using a task-based approach. Learn how to overcome that and start using it in your business or classrooms. 

Lara Bryfonski is an applied linguist and assistant professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on task-based language teaching and she is the Project Director of STARTALK-TASK, an NSA-funded task-based training program for critical language teachers. She recently co-authored the book The Art and Science of Language Teaching with Alison Mackey.

In this episode, we chat with Lara about:

• if "TBLT" is a fad
• the myth that novice teachers can't handle TBLT
• why experienced teachers are often the most resistant to try it
• using a TBL approach within a strict syllabus 
• where grammar instruction fits into a TBL approach
• what a task is and isn't
• navigating a learner's internal syllabus 
• task design and how to apply it in your courses tomorrow
• Twitch, gaming, and asynchronous TBLT 
• her advice for aspiring TBLT practitioners 

For more from Lara:

1. Connect on LinkedIn

2. Find her new book "The art and science of language teaching"

3. Read her published works 

4. Her website

As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

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