Masters of TESOL

Andrew Bailey

The biggest brains in TESOL spill the beans on the most effective way of teaching English as a Foreign Language.

25 Episodes

23 – Should we DE-ACCENT our students? – Sam Hellmuth
8/11/2021
THIS IS THE LAST PODCAST (for the foreseeable future). I’m hardly prolific with podcast releases but this will be the last one for the foreseeable future. I’ve decided to concentrate more on the YouTube side of things. YouTube Channel – www.youtube.com/channel/UCKbariMdEytYHdmkpXiILnQ The channel will have materials, concept videos and general useful teaching stuff! Please do […]
22 – Online Learning Past and Future – Stafford Lumsden
1/15/2020
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/22_-_Stafford_Lumsden_-_Online_Learning.mp3 {bleep bloop bleep} I booted up cyborg teacher Stafford Lumsden to talk about online learning and the changing perception of what exactly a classroom is. We are more connected than ever and this shift in technology is changing the options that students have and how we teach. We discuss…. distance learning e-learning vs online […]
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21.5 – Thinking Skills – VIDEO!
8/13/2019
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/21.5_Thinking_Skills_-_VIDEO.mp3 I am branching out into video. First Video Channel Please watch, subscribe, like and all those things that everyone on YouTube is begging you to do! This is the first step of an expansion of MOT with the aim of eventually making materials for you to use in your own classes. Please smash “subscribe”, […]
21 – Can Dictation Be Fun? – Oksana Kharley
6/28/2019
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/21_-_Can_Dictation_Be_Fun__-_Oksana_Kharley.mp3 “Oh googie…dictation….” Possibly one of the most misused input/output techniques. The dreaded dictation. How can we move beyond playing a CD or reading and having students just write down what they hear? Oksana Kharley takes us through some useful approaches and techniques for practicing listening and writing that don’t include playing audio a couple […]
20 – using TED talks (and other videos) in ESL EFL class – Roger Fusselman
9/26/2018
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/20_-_Roger_Fussellman_-_TED_Talks_in_ESL_ELF_class.mp3 I caught up with Roger Fusselman after his KOTESOL conference presentation on using TED talks and videos in general for language teaching. This is a MUST listen for anyone using visual media in the classroom. We cover the DOs and DON’Ts of choosing videos as well as his principles of using media: Challenge / […]
19 – Reflective Practice – Thomas Farrell
7/6/2018
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/19_-_Reflective_Practice_-_Thomas_Farrell.mp3 The self-styled ‘bad boy’ of language teaching, Thomas Farrell, dropped by my office to take about self reflection. What do we do in the classroom and, importantly, WHY do we do it? Who are YOU as a teacher and what do YOU bring into the classroom? Start adding this reflective practice regularly to […]
18 – Discourse Markers – Jon Campbell-Larsen
12/24/2017
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/18_-_Discourse_Markers_-_Jon_Campbell-Larsen.mp3 Well, discourse markers are kinda a feature of, like, natural speech in, you know, basically every language. Jon Campbell-Larsen takes us through the how and why of teaching Discourse Markers. Here is a link to an example of how to scaffold students practicing these markers (based on Jon’s KOTESOL hand out). Feel free to adapt […]
17 – Reichmuth and Hanf – How to use TV shows for pronunciation – QUICKIE
8/30/2017
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/17_-_Reichmuth_and_Hanf_-_TV_shows_for_pronunciation_-_QUICKIE.mp3 How effective is using English language TV in helping students improve their pronunciation? Well, Reichmuth & Hanf actually did some research and the results are in. How I Met Your Mother! Another quickie from the last KOTESOL conference. Keywords: ESL, EFL, TESOL, TEFL, CELTA, DELTA, pronunciation, pronouncing, TV, linguistics, language, second language, teaching, […]
16 – Eytan Zweig – what words really mean – semantics and pragmatics
6/26/2017
Plurals are easy, right? There’s one or there’s more than one… pretty straight forward. “All”, “every”, “All the” “each” – that’s pretty simple too, isn’t it? Well, hold on to something sturdy as Eytan Zweig gets you to think a little deeper about how we both form and understand language. The literal meaning (semantics) and […]
15 – The Student Becomes The Teacher – Justin McKibben
3/20/2017
In the first of this batch of hit-n-run quickie interviews from the KOTESOL conference in Seoul at the end of 2016, I spoke to Justin McKibben about how we can expand students roles. By giving students certain speaking tasks the traditional classroom would consider a teacher’s job, we can vastly increase student talk time and […]

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Masters of TESOL

Andrew Bailey

25 Episodes

23 – Should we DE-ACCENT our students? – Sam Hellmuth

22 – Online Learning Past and Future – Stafford Lumsden

21.5 – Thinking Skills – VIDEO!

21 – Can Dictation Be Fun? – Oksana Kharley

20 – using TED talks (and other videos) in ESL EFL class – Roger Fusselman

19 – Reflective Practice – Thomas Farrell

18 – Discourse Markers – Jon Campbell-Larsen

17 – Reichmuth and Hanf – How to use TV shows for pronunciation – QUICKIE

16 – Eytan Zweig – what words really mean – semantics and pragmatics

15 – The Student Becomes The Teacher – Justin McKibben