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Teacher Talking Time is a podcast for language teachers who want more: more clarity, more autonomy, and more lasting impact, both inside and outside the classroom.
Hosted by Leo and Andrew of Learn YOUR English, each episode features thoughtful, in-depth conversations with the educators, researchers, and teacherpreneurs shaping the future of language education. Guests have included Scott Thornbury, Bill VanPatten, David Little, Jennifer Jenkins, John Levis, Angelica Galante, Sarah Mercer, Enrica Piccardo, Claudia Fernández, Shawn Loewen, Paul Nation, Sheila Thorn, and many more.
From the latest in second language acquisition research to honest stories of teachers building lives and businesses on their own terms, every conversation invites you to think deeper, teach more intentionally, and take charge of your professional path.
We release two episodes each month - with full video versions on YouTube - to help you reflect, stay inspired, and grow as a teacher and changemaker.
Subscribe, listen, and join a global community of educators leading with intention.
Hosted by Leo and Andrew of Learn YOUR English, each episode features thoughtful, in-depth conversations with the educators, researchers, and teacherpreneurs shaping the future of language education. Guests have included Scott Thornbury, Bill VanPatten, David Little, Jennifer Jenkins, John Levis, Angelica Galante, Sarah Mercer, Enrica Piccardo, Claudia Fernández, Shawn Loewen, Paul Nation, Sheila Thorn, and many more.
From the latest in second language acquisition research to honest stories of teachers building lives and businesses on their own terms, every conversation invites you to think deeper, teach more intentionally, and take charge of your professional path.
We release two episodes each month - with full video versions on YouTube - to help you reflect, stay inspired, and grow as a teacher and changemaker.
Subscribe, listen, and join a global community of educators leading with intention.
Episodes
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Jul 15, 2021 • 35min
The Cult of Learning 15: The Three Essentials of Language Learning, Part III
CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
Mike and Leo finalize our series on the three essentials of language learning. In part III, they briefly recap the first two of the three essentials - Exposure and Motivation - and introduce you to the last one of the tripartite - USE. They talk about why it is important to produce output (speaking and writing) and how it contributes to your language learning and development.
More specifically, Leo and Mike talk about:
why input (listening and reading) is important when learning a language
why communication is essential to improving your language skills
the role of interaction
how taking risks with your language use is a good idea
what types of activities you should avoid when learning
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
For more information on our podcast, click here or go to: learnyourenglish.net/podcast
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Our FREE E-book on Learning. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
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Jun 28, 2021 • 1h
Corrective Feedback 7: Exploring the Discourse with Dr. Shaofeng Li
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
In episode 7 of our series on corrective feedback, Dr. Shaofeng Li joins us. Dr. Li is a prominent scholar and award-winning researcher of second language acquisition, with a focus on corrective feedback. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Teacher Education at Florida State University. Prior to this, he was a senior lecturer in the department of Applied Language Studies at Auckland University. He has an extensive list of published works on areas such as corrective feedback, task-based language teaching/learning, cognitive variables of second language learning, second language learner beliefs & motivations, and much more. More recently, Dr. Li has a number of upcoming published works focusing more specifically on associations between anxiety, working memory and corrective feedback timing.
In this episode, Dr. Li discusses:
learner and teacher beliefs on corrective feedback (CF)
how his own beliefs of CF have evolved over time
how teachers often view CF differently than learners and they impact that can have on learning gains
why teachers should take learner beliefs on CF into account
cognitive variables affecting CF
how CF fits into a Task-based Learning and Teaching (TBLT) model
*This interview was conducted by Abdi Mohamed and Neal Power.
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. Shaofeng Li:
See his:
Academia page
ResearchGate page
Google Scholar author profile
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more on what we do at LYE:
Join Our Mailing List
Join Our Teacher Development Membership
Join our Self-directed Learning Portal
See Our Online CPD Courses for Teachers
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Jun 14, 2021 • 45min
The Cult of Learning 14: The Three Essentials of Language Learning - Part II
CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
In part two of our three-part series on the "Essentials of Language Learning," Leo and Mike briefly recap the first of the three essentials - Exposure - and introduce you to the second one of the tripartite - Motivation. We will talk about what motivation is, how it works, different types of motivation and how you can use it to learn English.
Specifically, they wonder:
what is motivation?
common misconceptions about motivation
different types of motivation
how to get motivated and take action
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
Download the FREE Learn YOUR English Personalized Habit Tracker:
Click here or go to: learnyourenglish.net/podcast
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Our FREE E-book on Learning. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
Improve your English with our Self-directed Learning Portal - only $5/month
Our Website
Join our Mailing List
Follow Learn YOUR English
Follow Teacher Talking Time

May 28, 2021 • 38min
Corrective Feedback 6: Exploring the Discourse with Dr. Neomy Storch
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 6 of our corrective feedback series, featuring Dr. Neomy Storch. Dr. Storch is an Associate Professor of applied linguistics at the University of Melbourne. She teaches a range of ESL and Applied Linguistics subjects and convenes the ESL program. She is world renowned for her work on second language acquisition, collaborative writing, and academic writing. She has over 100 scholarly works published on these topics, including her 2013 book "Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms" and a 2016 co-authored book called "Written Corrective Feedback for L2 Development."
In this episode, Dr. Storch shares:
the drawbacks of looking at corrective feedback research in a vacuum
examples of explicit and implicit feedback
the differences between collaborative and cooperative writing
the differences between feedback and uptake
her optimism about the future of collaborative writing
*This interview was conducted by Zahra Azizi and Shrouk Abdelgafar
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. Neomy Storch:
Her page at the University of Melbourne
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more on what we do at LYE:
Join Our Mailing List
Join Our Teacher Development Membership
Join our Self-directed Learning Portal
See Our Online CPD Courses for Teachers
Follow Learn YOUR English
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May 20, 2021 • 51min
The Cult of Learning 13: The Three Essentials of Language Learning - Part 1
CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
Leo and Mike bring you a brand new mini-series called "The Three Essentials of Language Learning." We will talk about what really helps folks out there learn a language - do you need a teacher? Do you need to be motivated? Should you listen to a lot of podcasts in the language you are trying to learn? What are the three essentials of learning a foreign language? The answer to these questions you will find in this new series of the Cult of Learning podcast.
In Part 1, they tackle the "first essential": exposure. When learning a foreign language, it is important to develop habits, but also to create an effective learning environment - not only inside the classroom but outside the classroom.
This episode will help you do that, and, specifically, they discuss:
what exposure is and isn't
how learners can expose themselves to language
what kind of reading or listening you should do if you're a student
is "less is more" or "more is more" more appropriate?
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
Download the FREE Learn YOUR English Personalized Habit Tracker:
Click here or go to: learnyourenglish.net/podcast
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Our FREE E-book on Learning. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
Improve your English with our Self-directed Learning Portal - only $5/month
Our Website
Join our Mailing List
Follow Learn YOUR English
Follow Teacher Talking Time

May 9, 2021 • 1h 9min
Corrective Feedback 5: Exploring the Discourse with Dr. María del Pilar García Mayo
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 5 in our series, featuring Dr. María del Pilar García Mayo. Dr. Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo is the director of the research group Language in speech - a multidisciplinary group at the University of the Basque country in Spain. The group focuses on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Dr. Mayo has a PhD in linguistics from the University of Iowa and is the director of the MA program Language Acquisition in MultiLingual Settings as well as the head of the department of English and German studies at the university of the Basque Country. Her publications span the area of second and third language acquisition of English, morphosyntax, and the study of conversational interaction in EFL. She is also the editor of journal Language Teaching Research.
In this episode, Dr. García Mayo discusses:
the Spanish EFL context
recent studies revolving around language learning and the high school context in Spain
the arguments for and against self-repair, recast, and implicit & explicit feedback
why there is such a research gap with children
teacher training and corrective feedback
the role of research - and researchers - in classroom application
*This interview was conducted by Jean Charlebois and Sarah Langridge
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. María del Pilar García Mayo:
The Language and Speech Laboratory
Her latest volumes include:
Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School: Research Insights
Recent Perspectives on Task-based Language Learning and Teaching
Working Collaboratively in Second/Foreign Language Learning
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more on what we do at LYE:
Join Our Mailing List
Our Teacher Development Membership
Our Online CPD Courses for Teachers
Follow Learn YOUR English
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Apr 19, 2021 • 45min
Corrective Feedback 4: Exploring the Discourse with Dr. Yucel Yilmaz
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 4 in our series, featuring Dr. Yucel Yilmaz. Dr. Yilmaz is a professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He teaches and researches several areas in second language acquisition, with a focus on how to offer effective (negative) feedback to language learners in both technology-mediated and in-person environments. He is also interested in the role of cognitive individual differences in the effectiveness of corrective feedback.
In this episode, Dr. Yilmaz discusses:
the interactionist approach
explicit correction versus recast
why direct feedback being more effective needs to be taken with a grain of salt
computer versus face-to-face mediated feedback
how to implement oral and written feedback
how teachers can learn about corrective feedback research and apply it to their own contexts
*This interview was conducted by Heather Shugart, Aria Rubinoff, and Fereshteh Khaffai Azar.
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. Yilmaz:
Visit the Instructed SLA Lab at Indiana University
Visit his portfolio
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more on what we do at LYE:
Join Our Mailing List
Our Teacher Development Membership
Our Online CPD Courses for Teachers
Follow Learn YOUR English
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Apr 11, 2021 • 54min
The Cult of Learning 12: What are Habits and The Science Behind Them, Part III
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CULT/K^LT/A fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people’s lives/The cult of learning encourages people to find and pursue what they are passionate about/
*”The Cult of Learning” are episodes for learners of languages. These episodes will discuss tools and strategies for learning and provide opportunities for effective listening practice. These episodes are also part of our Self-directed Learning Portal, which helps thousands of people around the world improve the English skills important to them.
Leo and Mike continue our mini series “What are Habits and the Science Behind Them.” In the third and final installment of this mini series, they discuss:
five benefits of habit tracking
what habits are worth tracking
how to respond when our habits and consistency breaks down
methods for tracking habits and actually being consistent with it
how to get a free subscription to tracking app Habitica!
If you are a learning a language, these episodes are for you!
Download the FREE Learn YOUR English Personalized Habit Tracker:
Click here or go to: learnyourenglish.net/podcast
Also, check out our blog post for more information on today's episode for more information.
Thank you for listening! If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Our E-book for FREE on our website. We hope it helps you learn outside the classroom!
Our School of Learning for Teachers & Students - only $5/month
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Apr 4, 2021 • 60min
Corrective Feedback 3: Exploring the Discourse with Dr. Rebecca Adams
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
Dr. Rebecca Adams joins us for episode 3. Dr. Adams is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Memphis, USA. She is an applied linguist with interests in instructed second language learning. Her research work focuses on peer communication in second language classrooms, peer corrective feedback in peer interaction and learning, second language task complexity in peer interactions, and focus on form.
In this episode, Dr. Adams highlights:
the benefits of peer feedback when compared to teacher-provided feedback
how to establish a conducive classroom environment for peer feedback to be most effective
types of corrective feedback and their effectiveness
whether students are actually hesitant to provide feedback to their peers
if teachers should wait for peer feedback to occur naturally or if providing students with training is beneficial
the connection between task-based language teaching and peer corrective feedback
*This interview was conducted by Marcel Zhang and Leo Liu.
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
view Carleton University and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
view the LYE blog post on this episode
For more on Dr. Adams:
See her website
Her book "Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning"
Her book "Teaching through Peer Interaction"
Are you a language teacher and interested in taking part in her new study on peer interaction? Click here.
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Join Our Mailing List
Our Online CPD Courses for Teachers
Follow Learn YOUR English
Follow Teacher Talking Time

Mar 21, 2021 • 1h 4min
Corrective Feedback 2: Exploring the Discourse with Dr. Hossein Nassaji
We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, to produce an 8-part mini series on the topic of Corrective Feedback. The series explores the area of corrective feedback through interviews with 8 scholars in the field. All interviews are conducted by students in Dr. Eva Kartchava's MA class at Carleton University as a means of assessment to connect researchers to their audience and have her students generate a greater level of understanding and investment in the research from the course. If you are interested in having a similar series produced for your class or institute, you can contact us: info@learnyourenglish.com
This is episode 2 in our series. In this episode, Dr. Hossein Nassaji joins the program to discuss corrective feedback. Dr. Hossein is an award-winning scholar and Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. He has authored over 100 articles and many books. His forthcoming handbook on corrective feedback, The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching with Eva Kartchava, is a comprehensive volume that discusses current issues and perspectives on corrective feedback and their applications to second language teaching and learning.
Specifically in this episode, Dr. Nassaji tells us about:
the roles corrective feedback plays in language learning
how culture impacts feedback effectiveness
the debate between immediate and delayed feedback
written vs oral feedback and the efficacy of written feedback
the what, when, why, and if of explicit & implicit feedback
how teachers can learn about and implement corrective feedback in their classes
*This interview was conducted by Kelsey Ulrich-Verslycken and Lana Haj Hamid
Partnership with Carleton University:
Throughout the series, MA students from Dr. Kartchava's class will interview leading experts in the field of corrective feedback. We thank Dr. Kartchava for joining this episode and for spearheading this initiative.
For more information on this episode, this project, and those involved:
view Carleton and Dr. Kartchava's website on Corrective Feedback
view the LYE blog post on this episode
More from Dr. Nassaji:
His website
Some of his prominent books:
Corrective Feedback in Second Language Teaching and Learning: Research, Theory, Applications, Implication
The Interactional Feedback Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning: Linking Theory, Research, and Practice
Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in Communicative Context
The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Podcast Creation:
This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves.
As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.
If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com
For more info on what we do at LYE, check out:
Our Teacher Development Membership
Join Our Mailing List
Our Online CPD Courses for Teachers
Follow Learn YOUR English
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