With your co-hosts Will Rixon and Harry Waters, the Advancing Learning Podcast is a place for conversation, debate, idea-sharing and merry-making, all in the na...
What does it take for a teenager to be in control of their learning? Is it the subject matter? The pedagogy behind the content? Or is it a simple matter of having a good relationship with the teacher?Karolina Kotorowicz-Jasińska proposes exactly this in an episode digging deep into how and why to tune-in to teenagers to help them get the most out of learning (despite themselves, in some cases).Brought to you by Macmillan Education's brand new exam preparation course for teens, Optimise Stars, which you can explore in our AI guided showroom here:https://www.macmillanenglish.com/catalogue/courses/teenagers/optimise-stars/course-information
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S02 E07 Results are in!: Teen Emotions Survey Roundtable
Alicja Gałązka picks apart your responses to questions we posed to you in a recent survey aiming to find out more about your experience of teenagers' emotions when they reach teenagehood and how they manifest during learning.What are the most common 'big emotions' your notice in your classroom?What strategies do you use to ensure all students feel included and valued in your classroom?This episode is generously brought you by Find Your Voice. Learn more about this 4-level British English secondary course from Macmillan Education at https://www.macmillanenglish.com/catalogue/courses/teenagers/find-your-voice/course-information
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S02 E06 Making Learning Meaningful to Engage Your Learners
Monica Rodriguez Salvo joins Will and Harry to delve deep into making learning as relevant as possible to make the absolute best of the time you have with your learners.They discuss if you tap into a student's agency and the things they advocate for, you can find a true purpose for their learning within their own world. The content with which you teach can be based on this information, in order to make a truly engaging and productive learning environment.
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S02 E05 Learning Grammar in L1 vs. L2
Anna Parr-Modrzejewska joins Harry and Will in an episode that digs deep into how grammar is taught in a whole variety of circumstances, from L1 to L2, from implicit to explicit instruction, and from younger to more mature learners.What's your opinion on how grammar should be taught?Do you look forward to teaching it, or avoid it wherever possible?This episode is generously brought you by Academy Stars 2nd edition. Learn more about this 7-level British English primary course from Macmillan Education at https://www.macmillanenglish.com/catalogue/courses/young-learners/academy-stars-second-edition/course-information
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S02 E04 What's the Point of Assessment?
Pere Cortiella Ibàñez and Will Rixon pull apart the true purpose of assessment why it's regarded in the way it is by all its players: the teacher, the student, the parent, the institution and the government.What is the true purpose of assessment?How does it help the student?How might the process of assessing be improved from all the aforementioned perspectives?
With your co-hosts Will Rixon and Harry Waters, the Advancing Learning Podcast is a place for conversation, debate, idea-sharing and merry-making, all in the name of Advancing Learning in the wonderful world of ELT.It accompanies the wider Advancing Learning Academic Programme from Macmillan Education, where you'll find a whole range of teacher training webinars, blog articles, resources and more at www.macmillanenglish.com/alap.
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