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 different levels of technology competency have been going through, and how we can use blended / flipped teaching techniques to dramatically improve the…

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 their worst ever lessons and what they learned from them. I have no shame, and so here we go, my top 3 worst ever lessons! If you want to follow me o…

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 bring up is lesson planning and timing, how to get it right and what approaches exist. In this episode I'll talk about staying flexible, using TTT / …

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 to be well-structured advice on how to practically improve your language training, particularly in the context of developing your own independent onlin…

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 pure Krashen theory, the teacher doesn't really teach the language at all. Your role is more of a guide and facilitator, making sure as many of the var…

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 your credibility through examples of your work, making you an undeniably good investment as a language trainer for any prospective language learner. Fol…

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 Storytelling). You can find an online conference he's involved in here. The TPRS conference was organised and run by Judith Logsdon-Dubois, whose websit…

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 and stories from the industry, as well as my own journey from illegitimate language trainer to confident training machine. People mentioned in the po…

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 into a paying job. Listen to this episode for some preliminary theory and practical tips on how to get started attracting more paying learners online, an…

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 you that anyone can do what they're doing, and I'll try to give some initial advice on how to get started. Things mentioned in the podcast: Zhu Wei : …

In this episode, I bother my good friend and business partner Joss Frimond in a classic ranting phone-call, with him inevitably taking me down a peg and showing me who the real expert is in the language training industry. After an existential crisis about whether or not expert trainers need extensive experience related to their professional learner…

Here we go, it’s time to go deep... How much are you living your true self in your classes? An expert language trainer inspires passion in all their learners thanks to the fact that they’re genuine, not putting on an act or doing anything they don’t personally believe in. Check out this episode for advice on how to upgrade your mentality and boost …

This episode is a bumper hour-long conversation between myself and Joss Frimond, founder of Linguaid, the experts of the language training market, about 8 key things that I've learned since we started working together about making digital homework successful, whether it be in the context of blended learning or something more. Links mentioned in the…

In this episode, I'll review some key points from the eBook I published last year on Digitally Assisted Language Traininig #DALT. In this approach, I've cherry picked the best bits of eLearning and Blended Learning together with my own extensive experience of creating online language lessons. If your learners aren't responding as much as you'd like…

In this special episode, I interview Daniel Prince bit.ly/2Hhwe6H, author and sales guru, about his experience as a beginner language learner in France. Check out this extra long episode for tonnes of tips from my experience working with learners’ different confidence issues. For more info on Dan, check out his blog bit.ly/2JBPLQN with links to his…

In this episode, I’ll give my experience of developing training techniques to help my learners quickly overcome their psychological barriers to being the best they can be in my classes. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, FaceBook and YouTube Music by www.bensound.com

In this episode, I’ll confront the hard truth that most language trainers aren’t getting the completion rates they expect from their homework assignments, and some easy tips on how to change that for the better. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, FaceBook and YouTube Music by www.bensound.com

In this episode I’ll tell you about five must-read books for any aspiring expert language trainer. Links to the books: How Languages are Learned Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching The Lexical Approach: The State of ELT and a Way Forward The English Verb: An Exploration of Structure and Meaning (pirate copy, rare to find in print - over 200…

In this episode I’ll share stories and advice about how and when we should teach grammar, and how far we should take it. Useful link: https://www.englishpage.com Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, FaceBook and YouTube Music by www.bensound.com

In this episode I’ll share stories and advice about what makes the content and objectives of language training really stick. If you’re worried your learners are forgetting some of what you’re teaching them, tune in to find out more. Useful link: https://www.lifewire.com/free-language-exchange-websites-1357059 Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, FaceB…