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The TEFL Horizons Podcast

Welcome to the TEFL Horizons podcast. Join your host, Shannon Felt, for a deep dive into all things related to online English language teaching. We’ll cover everything from how to make your lessons more fun and more effective, how to cut down on planning and preparation, and even how to market your teaching skills to find more success as a freelance online teacher. You’ll also get to listen in on interviews with ELT experts and “teflpreneurs” all over the world who are making big moves in our

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Episode Twenty-eight

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/12/10

"By the end of the lesson, students will be able to..." Does the phrase above look familiar? If you're a teacher, chances are you're aware of the practice of writing aims or objectives for your lesson. Maybe you learned about this in a training course, or maybe you work at a language school where your boss looks over your lesson plans. For many teachers, sitting down to write out lesson aims can feel a little like a pointless chore. If you have a sense of what you want to do in the lesson, do you

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Episode Twenty-seven

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/12/03

In this week's episode, we're doing an in-depth review of teaching skills lessons, starting with how they differ from systems (grammar and vocabulary) lessons. It's tempting to think that every lesson should involve teaching students new words and grammatical structures, but it's equally important to focus on developing students' skills: reading and listening comprehension and speaking and writing fluency. So we're discussing strategies for teaching skills in the classroom.

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Episode Twenty-six

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/11/19

How do you approach teaching writing? Do you actually give your students writing exercises in class, or do you just assign writing tasks as homework? In this episode, we look at the benefits of working on writing in the classroom, and we go through exactly how to structure an effective writing lesson. We discuss why the writing task itself is the most important piece of the whole thing, and we describe the practical process that allows you to turn your students into better writers.

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Episode Twenty-five

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/11/05

In this week's episode of Expand Your Horizons, our guest is Jackie Bolen. Jackie taught English in South Korea at private institutes and universities for over ten years. She now lives in Vancouver, Canada where she does some teaching, writing, and various online things, including running her two websites, eslactivity.org and eslspeaking.org. She is both CELTA and DELTA certified and believes in the value of communicative, interactive language learning. She’s particularly interested in using games

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Episode Twenty-four

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/10/29

We know that helping students develop their speaking fluency is important, but are students really getting better at speaking EVERY time they're talking in a lesson? In this week's episode, we look at how to devote an entire lesson to speaking fluency, including specific stages, activities, and advice.

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Episode Twenty-three

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/10/23

In this week's episode of Expand Your Horizons, our guest is Jessie Ebersole. Jessie is the Director of Academic Programs at Washington English Center, a non-profit English language school for adult immigrants in Washington, D.C., which relies on all volunteer teachers to teach 14 levels of classes. Jessie started out in the TESOL field as a volunteer, and later went on to complete a master’s degree in TESOL at American University. She previously taught at American University’s English Language

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Episode Twenty-two

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/10/15

In this episode, we're going into even more depth on how to teach effective listening lessons. First, we talk about different ways we listen in real life and how we can apply this to our classrooms. Then we go over the different listening "sub-skills," why the distinction between them matters, and examples of how you can help students practice each one. Finally, we offer some suggestions for taking listening tasks to the next level, and answer some common questions (should you give students the

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Episode Twenty-one

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/10/08

Welcome to Episode 21 of Expand Your Horizons! This week, our guest is Orlando Delgado. Orlando has been working as the Director of Teacher Training & Development Operations for IH Mexico for 7 years now, leading the 15 IH TT Department branches in the country, and he is also a member of the executive board of directors. He has worked as a teacher trainer for over 10 years, in Mexico, the US, the UK, Ukraine, Italy, Canada, Tunisia and Argentina, and as a freelance coursebook writer for the

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Episode Twenty

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/10/01

In this week's episode, we're continuing our series on helping students develop their receptive skills, but today we're shifting our focus to listening! We discuss why listening comprehension needs its own targeted focus and why reading out the transcript isn't as helpful as playing an audio file. Then we walk through specific, practical tips on how to make sure your listening lessons are successful, including how to manage timing, how to deal with tech malfunctions, how to coach students through

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Episode Nineteen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/09/25

We're continuing on in our series of how to teach reading, and this week we're talking through a common issue: how do you deal with vocabulary in a reading lesson? Yes, we know the main aim of any reading lesson should be reading comprehension, but what if students start to ask questions about the vocabulary in the text? Should you offer to define unknown words for the students as you go along? How much vocab do the students really need to know in order to comprehend what they’re reading? We’ve got

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Episode Eighteen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/09/17

This week, we're continuing on with the topic of how to effectively teach reading lessons. We're going into more depth on how to best help students develop their comprehension without feeling bored or overwhelmed. First we talk about three reading "sub-skills" and why the distinction between them matters. Then we go through specific tips for making your reading lesson successful, including how to manage pace, how to keep students motivated, and what to do when a debate breaks out over an answer.

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Episode Seventeen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/09/10

We're switching things up this week; Lauren is hosting the show and Shannon is the interview guest. Tune in as Shannon, TEFL Horizon's other co-founder, describes what drew her into the TEFL industry, how her career progressed, her biggest professional development takeaways, and what she loves about teaching.

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Episode Sixteen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/09/03

In this episode, we respond to a commonly asked question about reading lessons: should you have your students take turns reading a text out loud? Listen in as we first break down why asking students to read aloud is NOT an effective practice, then offer practical strategies for what to do instead.

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Episode Fifteen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/08/28

This week, we welcome Stephanie Vogel as our guest on the show. Steph has had a long and successful journey through the TEFL industry. After dropping out of med school, she felt inspired to try something totally different, so she went to Istanbul to get a CELTA certification. From there, she wound up in Vietnam, where she spent six years progressing from ESL teacher to assistant academic manager to CELTA and DELTA trainer. She then moved back to the US to further advance her career, eventually

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Episode Fourteen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/08/21

This is a special episode of Expand Your Horizons, because the interview is with one of our co-founders! Shannon interviews Lauren all about her teaching experience in Romania, how she fell in love with the TEFL industry, and that one time she was invited to do a "small training" in Brazil that ended up being a massive, nationally televised presentation! Tune in for the inside scoop on Ms. Harrington herself.

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Episode Thirteen

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/08/13

Today’s guest on Expand Your Horizons is Josh Niezgoda. After he got his CELTA, Josh spent a short time teaching at a local language school in Washington, DC to hone his skills before he headed overseas to teach English in Andorra. Tune in for our conversation about how he ended up in a tiny country many people have never heard of and what it’s like to live and teach there.

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Episode Twelve

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/08/06

In this episode, we're sharing our best strategies for how to master classroom management in the adult ESL classroom.

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Episode Eleven

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/07/31

In this episode, we're talking with David, who is the founder of passthecelta.com. After completing his own CELTA back in 2012 with the very difficult to achieve PASS-A grade, David realized he wanted to help other prospective teachers succeed on the CELTA course. Since then, he has helped thousands of people pass the CELTA by providing guidance on the course and creating an incredibly comprehensive CELTA learning library full of useful resources online. In this interview, we go into more depth

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Episode Ten

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/07/23

In episode eight, we brought you six actionable tips for teaching grammar lessons. Now we’re taking it all the way back to the planning stage to help you structure a successful grammar lesson from the ground up. We’ve got six more of our best, most practical tips for you- this time focused exclusively around how to plan your lesson from start to finish and how to find and use the resources you need. We’re covering everything from effective lesson structure to our favorite reference books. And we

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Episode Nine

The TEFL Horizons Podcast ·

2019/07/16

Interview with Jocelyn Pollak: tefl pros and teaching in thailand Show NotesThis week, our special guest on the podcast is Jocelyn Pollak. Jocelyn is the co-founder of TEFL Pros, which she and her business partner, Whitney, created with the mission of offering the best online teaching certification available in the industry. In this episode, we’re talking about her teaching experience in Thailand as well as what inspired her to become a TEFL entrepreneur and help

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