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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! Improve your English with our Self-directed Learning Portal - only $50/year Our Website Join our Mailing List Follow Learn YOUR English Follow Teacher Talking Time
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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 Follow Learn YOUR English Follow Teacher Talking Time
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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
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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 Follow Teacher Talking Time
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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
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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 Follow Teacher Talking Time
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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 Follow Teacher Talking Time
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Apr 11, 2021 • 54min

The Cult of Learning 12: What are Habits and The Science Behind Them, Part III

Want to win a free subscription to habit tracking app Habitica?  1. Review Teacher Talking Time in Apple Podcasts or on Google 2. Send us a screenshot of your review via Instagram: @learnyourenglish 3. That's it! Many thanks to our friends at Habitica for their help with today's episode. Definitely check them out if you're looking for cool ways to track your habits.  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 Our Website Join our Mailing List Follow Learn YOUR English Follow Teacher Talking Time
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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
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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 Follow Teacher Talking Time

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