Expert Language Trainer Podcast
1) Season 2 #4 Online language teaching during Covid-19
In this episode, I recap what's been going on in the language training world I work in since the beginning of the Covid-19 quarantine period here in France. I'll share stories about what teachers of d...Show More
2) Season 2 #3 My worst language lessons EVER (and what I learned from them)
In this episode, I've once again been inspired by Tamara Parson's ELT.Training Facebook Group "5 day back to school challenge" where she talked about none of her participants being comfortable sharing...Show More
3) Season 2: #2 Lesson planning and timing
I've recently joined the fantastic professional development group run by Tamara Parsons of ELT.Training, you can join and get involved here. One of the issues that language teachers seem to repeatedly...Show More
4) Season 2 #1 Building your online business from scratch: Part 1
This is the first episode of the second season of The Expert Language Trainer Podcast. Why a second season? Gone are the days of directionless rants, that's Season 1 kind of stuff. Season 2 is going t...Show More
5) #16 Why Stephen Krashen should be your language teacher superhero
Stephen Krashen is, in my opinion, one of the greatest linguistic theorists of our time. His work absolutely changed my perspective on what it is to learn and therefore teach a language. In fact, in p...Show More
6) #15 How to become a legitimate language trainer
In this episode, I talk about a simple and free path you can follow to becoming a legitimate language trainer without any kind of certification or external help. This is about you showing the world yo...Show More
7) #14 What the hell is TPRS and why am I only hearing about it now?
This is a quick interview conducted with Scott Benedict, plenary speaker at the TPRS conference in Agen, France, to give a very general explanation of TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and St...Show More
8) #13 What makes a language trainer legitimate?
In this podcast I’ll be starting a campaign to address a problem I believe is affecting a lot of language trainers out there - a feeling that they’re not legitimate enough. I’ll give you my experience...Show More
9) #12 Who wants to be a celebrity language trainer?
Following on from my last podcast about trainers who are out there making the big bucks, I'm back with my thoughts on what it takes today to be a 'celebrity language trainer', and how to turn that int...Show More
10) #11 How language training can make you a millionaire
In this episode, I talk about the influencers and online trainers out there who are making money selling their training courses online, sometimes to the level of millions of dollars. I'm here to tell ...Show More