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Podcasts – ESL Teacher Talk – ESL Podcasts for Teachers
Podcasts for ESL & EFL Teachers - Lesson ideas, teaching techniques, classroom activities, games, and more
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Dolch Sight Words – Using them in ESL classes
Listen to the show. This show starts off with a quick discussion about the new teacher tips video blog that Matt has put together on DreamEnglish.com...
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High grammar but low speaking competence
Listen to the show. This week we welcome Dave from http://www.learnenglish-online.com. Dave is working at a language school and international high s...
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Teaching holidays
Listen to the show. Even though it’s February, happy New Year! Valentine’s Day is on the way and Mark has a new site with some cool teacher tools. ...
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Motivating students
Listen to the show. Christmas is upon us … ho! ho! ho! Merry Christmas everybody! Tis the season, so Matt has a new Christmas Song for you to downlo...
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Teaching toddlers, 2-3 year olds
Listen to the show. This show was recorded back in the summer and a few shows got bumped up, so if you feel we’ve gone back in time, I guess we have...
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Teaching communication strategies
Listen to the show. Happy fall everybody! We’ll get back to fall and Halloween for the games of the week, but Matt has some great news for you. He’s...
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Teaching the Past Tense
Listen to the show. Mark starts off the show with a description of a few new things MES English has to offer its users. In the show Mark has gone ov...
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Using Chants to Teach
Listen to the show. Matt has a few new songs on Dream English for younger children (shapes and more.)Â There’s also a little discussion on the benefi...
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Teaching the Present Continuous
Listen to the show. The show starts off with unseasonable weather and a circus but moves quickly into this show’s theme, the present continuous. Matt...
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Teaching Thematic Units
Listen to the show. Matt has added some new simple easy songs for 1-3 year old classes. Mark and Matt cover creating thematic units. This show cover...
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MES curriculum – A non-textbook approach part 2
Listen to the show. Mark has added some phonics games for students at Fun Fonix.com. This show discusses MES-English.com‘s curriculum for young learne...
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Explaining activities just using English
Listen to the show. This show Mark explains some new features to the free word search maker at Tools for Educators. It really makes a word search a...
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Teaching ‘do’ verbs
Listen to the show. This show Mark and Matt have a few new things on their websites for visitors. Matt has a new Skidamarink Song up on Free ABC Songs...
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Teaching the verb ‘be’
Listen to the show. This show Mark and Matt have a few new things on their websites for visitors. Matt has put up some new videos to match the Dream...
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MES curriculum – A non-textbook approach part 1
Listen to the show. This show discusses MES-English.com‘s curriculum for young learners. It’s the first steps for teaching without a course book or...
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Season 3 Premiere – Dream English
Listen to the show. Welcome back for Season 3 of ESL Teacher Talk! If you’re new to ETT, then … just Welcome! 🙂 In Season 3 we have a new co-host,...
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The Communicative Approach
Listen to the show. This is the end of Season 2 here at ESL Teacher Talk. This week we talk about the communicative approach. We cover: what the com...
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Teaching Methodologies: Total Physical Response
Listen to the show. Total Physical Response (TPR) is a methodology made famous by James Ashner. It’s teaching style based on kinestetic learning. ...
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Exam Preparation
Listen to the show. This week’s show we welcome John Marks from www.eltgames.com and www.langwichscool.com and we discuss exam preparation courses. In...
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Teaching Methodologies – Suggestopedia
Listen to the show. This week’s show is almost the end of our teaching methodolgies series. Today we offer … Suggestodepia We cover: what suggestopedi...
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Using Board Games
Listen to the show. This week’s show is on using board games off the shelf.  Ron and Mark offer some suggestions for how you can use board games...
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What makes for a good speaking activity
Listen to the show. This week Chris Cotter from Heads Up English.com is with us again. Heads Up English.com has some new lower intermediate exercises:...
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The Silent Way in Language Teaching
Listen to the show. We have a big show this week, so we get right into it. Mark and Ron cover these points concerning the Silent Way methodology: what...
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Content and Language Intergrated Learning
Listen to the show. Clive of ESL Podcards is with us again this week. He’s been working his site and enrolled in a new course. He’s learning about Con...
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Englipedia – “Sharing a little, gaining a lot”
Listen to the show. THe show starts off with a brief look at the possible hazards associated with teaching ESL. Mark has a pretty interesting story fr...
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Using a Projector in Classes
Listen to the show. The new school year has started in Taiwan and Ron is back to work. Easter and St. Patrick’s Day are upon us this month and Mark ha...
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the Audio-Lingual Method and how we can use it
Listen to the show. Mark has a lot of news. Things are moving and shaking at MES-English with a new website that will bring a lot of flexibility to ME...
Writing up a lesson plan
Listen to the show. This week’s show deals with creating a lesson plan. requirements for a lesson plan why you should have a lesson plan what goes int...
Planning an event, show, or presentation
Listen to the show. Happy New Year! We’re back and we hope everyone has had a great holiday. Ron’s in Tailand and Mark is freezing in Nagano. Th...
Organization on the job
Listen to the show. Merry Christmas! This will be the last podcast of 2007 and we wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!...
the Direct Method and You!
Listen to the show. In a quick intro to the show, we find out Mark is ecstatically jubilant this week. Things are fabulously wonderful in Japan. Find...
The last minute class. Ahh!
Listen to the show. This might be the last podcast that opens with a Halloween discussion. It was recorded back at the beginning of Oct. If you’d like...
Methodologies: Grammar Translation
Listen to the show. This show we’re starting a small series on methodologies in ESL/EFL. Through the years there have been quite a few different takes...
Getting ‘Genki’ With It
Listen to the show. This show we welcome Richard Graham from GenkiEnglish.com. Richard runs www.genkienglish.com and provides music, games and downloa...
Teaching Phonics – spelling and order (Part 2)
Listen to the show. It’s wet and wild in Japan. A Typhoon has landed and after the podcast Mark actually had to head out to do some volunteer fire fig...
Teaching Phonics – spelling and order (Part 1)
Listen to the show. It’s tough to cover all of phonics, but Mark and Ron give it a shot. The show takes a look first at spelling through the ages and...
Setting up classes and getting the right levels together
Listen to the show. Just when you thought the stores were putting out their Halloween stuff a little too early, Mark explains to you the market they’r...
Tips for Teaching Advanced Learners
Listen to the show. Teaching advanced learners can often feel like tuning up a Ferrari. What do you do? How do you make those students run better? Thi...
Lesson Plans Based on News Articles
Listen to the show. Using news articles in classes provides interesting and useful content, but how should we go about it? This show Chris Cotter from...
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New Classes With Adults
Listen to the show. Mark and Ron pick up from the show two episodes ago and deal with new classes, new students and new teachers. This show covers adu...
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