How to teach English (with Scott Thornbury)

If you know me and my work then you know that I talk a lot about identity, and especially how your accent is a big part of your identity: your accent tells the story of your life. But if you do want to change your accent, or improve your pronunciation, how do you do it? Recently ...  Afficher plus

Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state of modern linguistics, including the effects of the replication crisis, scientific fraud, Anglocentrism, and how the und ...  Afficher plus

Listen to our ‘Why Teach?’ podcast series as we travel to classrooms around Scotland. We hear from five teachers about why they chose to teach, what motivates them, and why you should consider a career in teaching. Visit teachinscotland.scot to find out how teaching can make you. ...  Afficher plus

It's episode 2 of our new series, and this week we are discussing how to teach vocabulary and grammar more communicatively. We talk to Jo Cummins, freelance ELT teacher, trainer and materials writer. Jo shares some ideas for communicative activities in the classroom that can help ...  Afficher plus

Greg James and Bella Mackie didn’t pay much attention at school. So they’re asking Britain’s most inspiring teachers to show them what they missed in this series of fascinating and fun lessons.This week it's languages with Miss Morris, who teaches Greg and Bella about foreign lan ...  Afficher plus

A listener asked me how they can teach English to their friend, so I decided to give some tips and advice in this podcast episode.

I cover some tips you can do to help a friend, partner, or family member learn English - whether this is in a casual setting or a more st ...