Teacher's Coffee with George Kokolas & Virginia Dooley

Professor Mackie Anucha Khaengkhan talks about strategies of effective methodology and gives us a valid overview of ELT in Thailand.

Colleen Fletcher and Jasmine Howell give us the entire panorama of education in Mozambique and convey to us the passion of local people for learning.

Thomas Kunze,   MA , offers us a "gamified " Teachers' Coffee full of e-sports, escape rooms, and many other games for educational purposes.

Arjanique Swears will tell us everything about Zimbabwe, English and teaching English in the wider Sub-Saharan region.

One of the most communicative trainers of her generation, Sarah Smith , joins us for this week's Teachers' Coffee and talks about a hot topic that every teacher and parent would like to know more about ADHD. Discover more about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as Sarah shares a perfect combination of her experience and scientific data in this precious interview.

Grazzia Maria Mendoza joins us from exotic Honduras and gives us a complete picture of the ELT setting in her country. She speaks passionately about her job, the teachers there, and their incredible culture.

John Hird, the lecturer from the University of Oxford talks thoroughly about his career and background, grammar, and, of course, one of his passions, special education!

Dorothy Zemach, joins Teachers' Coffee and analyses with evidence, the myths, the differences and the facts about the comfort and the discomfort zone. She also gives us tips on how teachers can deal with the new changes in TOEFL exams.

Laura McWilliams is one of the most suitable people to talk to us about teaching young learners and teenagers today, as she is the coordinator of IATEFL Young Learners & Teenagers SIG.

Inga Linde, the president of the Latvian Teachers' Association (LATE), is the first guest to our season premiere and brings us a little bit of Baltic aroma to our show. Talking about her early years in teaching, the significance of teachers' voluntary work and the importance of belonging to an association are some of the main topics we discuss, but above all, we enjoy podcasting.

Penny Hands joins us for the season´s finale of Teacher´s Coffee and talks about non-native and native speakers in ELT Publishing. We will not give you any more spoilers, as we highly recommend that you listen to Penny giving a comprehensive view on the matter and form your own opinion.

Thomas Feiner, the  CEO of the  Institute for EEG Neurofeedback IFEN , accepts our invitation for coffee and makes this a very brain-friendly episode. Learn about all the recent developments and the recent findings about neurofeedback, how this can help the learning process and what to expect in the future regarding this fascinating. Listen, learn and enjoy!

The new IAETFL president Aleksandra Popovski talks about the benefits of joining IAETFL as a teacher, her agenda as president and how she balances her duties as IAETFL president and a frontline ELT teacher.

One of the most known Brazilian ELT trainers, André Hedlund, joins us at our Teacher’s Coffee round table and shares deep thoughts about the Science of Learning, the Brain Breaks, the practice of elaborative thinking and of course his latest, exciting book THE OWL FACTOR.

For this episode, we invited all the teacher trainers who will present at EDU.VACATION 2023 and gives you a great teaser of the most exciting educational event of the summer. Meet Jenny Dooley, Myrsini Verdouka, Mike Kenteris and Konstantina Karamouta and listen to what they will present on the picturesque island of Antiparos this June. See you all there!

This episode of Teacher's Coffee is welcoming the advent of spring with a 'walkitation episode.' The top-notch trainer Terry Small, famous for his work on applied neurosciences in education, takes a long walk by the beautiful boardwalk in Sitges, Spain with George Kokolas and discusses brain-friendly learning, the benefits of walking and talking, the difference between science and appl...

This episode of Teacher’s Coffee is all about EP SUMMIT 2023! As the event is just around the corner, 6 of our top-notch speakers gave us a… first taste of their talk during this fascinating online conference. Alexandra Popovski, Annie Altamirano, Dorothy Zemach, Thom Jones, Tyson Seburn and Gabriel Diaz Maggioli set the tone for the webinars that will follow. Our 14 webinars, spread over two days...

One of the most important Algerian trainers, Fouzia Rouage, is joining us today. She shares everything about ELT in her country, the CPD of Algerian students and the level of demand for English among Algerian students.

Zdravka Majkić is not only an English teacher but also an edu-enthusiast. She believes that working in a small rural school requires enthusiasm and perseverance to teach great things with little resources. Zdravka will give us some of her zest and enthusiasm during this new, full-of-energy, episode of Teacher's Coffee. Listen and enjoy!

One of Spain's most experienced ELT trainers, Adam Sands, joins our coffee table and talks about the progress, developments and challenges of Spanish ELT. Communication, mediation and much enthusiasm for learning bring a new era for English as a foreign language to this beautiful Mediterranean country. So tune in and enjoy your teacher's coffee!

The newly elected president of ELTA, Elona Mehilli Kolaj talks about the opening of a  new era for English language teachers in Albania, reveals her secrets about how she can combine active teaching with her new duties, and tells us everything about the forthcoming international ELTA conference. Join and listen to the most popular ELT podcast online! Listen to Teachers´ Coffee!

We celebrate our 20th episode of this season by hosting the most inspirational teacher from Turkey! Gülbin Özdemir Altıgöz joins our coffee table and talks about her mindset as an influencer and ELT in Turkey. She also shares some latest everyday experiences in the aftermath of the recent lethal earthquake in her country and how this affected education.

Lilit Bekaryan, one of Armenia's most prominent ELT trainers, joins us for another fascinating Teacher’s Coffee episode. She talks to us about the current ELT status in Armenia, the needs of Armenian students and teachers, and the future of teaching in her country.

The international trainer Suzana Galante accepts our invitation for a teachers' coffee with an aroma of "digital pedagogy" this week. She discusses the successful ingredients for an online lesson and strengthening intercultural competence through online learning.

Tyson Seburn, a very successful international teacher trainer and speaker, honours us with his presence at today’s Teachers’ Coffee and talks to us about how to become more inclusive in our ELT classes, how to choose more inclusive materials and what would be the first steps for teachers towards a more inclusive classroom mindset.