Advancing Learning Podcast

In this standout episode with Harry and Will, we are joined by Donna Lee Fields to get her eye-opening perspective on reinforcing your students positively. This episode looks at so-called 'bullying', and specifically 3 scenarios and how a teacher might respond in order to foster both positive relationships and kind environments. You might also want to know that if this episode is your &a...

This episode takes us right back to the origins of learning, with our special guests from Eltonix.com, Sea Steel and Sarah Smith. How can a teacher make the best of those natural urges we all had when we first tried to understand the world as babies?  What skills can we build on that have already blossomed before they even set foot in a classroom? This session is sponsored by Curious Kids, a dynam...

With special guest David Spencer joining Harry and Will, listen as they dive into the role of grammar in a classroom of 2023, and if indeed, there is a wrong or right way of approaching grammar instruction. Flipped grammar classroom videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTApB9Jm5oI Gateway to the World: https://www.macmillanenglish.com/catalogue/courses/teenagers/gateway-to-the-world/course-info...

Is every household the same throughout the world? Does everyone look more or less the same? Do we all think in the same way, roughly? Of course not! In this very special episode, Harry Waters is joined by Tamires Gama, who shares her incredible insights into how a teacher can present the world as it truly is, in terms of the beautiful differences that can and should be represented in classrooms.

How many ways are there to learn a language? Will and Harry are joined by two inspirational guests, Evita and Jan, both of whom have reached a stage in their learning journey where they can confidently and competently tell us all about it. Have a listen to two very different ways that might be taken to reach a goal in language learning!

Of course, there is a pretty obvious answer to this question, but the real question is HOW is creativity learned and, therefore, taught? This episode explores the various ways that teachers could help their learners explore creativity in and out of the classroom.

Talk about 'splitting the room'...depending on the teacher, one might think that smartphones can provide some really helpful learning opportunities, where another might ban them in the classroom altogether. Join Harry and Will as they pull this argument apart from two differing perspectives.

ELT teaching is one of those professions that doesn't seem to want to keep still. This episode explores what stage teachers are at right now in terms of their role in the language learning process, and a little reflection on what things were like historically.

Harry and Will explore their own teenagehood, their own teen classrooms they have taught in and how they developed ways to help teenagers remain motivated and on a path to succeeding in English.