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The JALT Listening Podcast: Hear Us Out!

JALT Listening SIG

Dive into the world of second language acquisition with "Hear Us Out!" - a monthly podcast hosted by Ash, Andrej, and Cooper, English language lecturers in Japan. Produced in conjunction with the JALT Listening SIG, we explore cutting-edge listening research through engaging interviews with SLA researchers. Our smaller "Research Bites" episodes offer concise summaries of intriguing studies. From innovative methodologies to social perspectives in higher education, from the teaching of listening to

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00:14:39

The TOEIC is a Lie: Why English Tests Fail...

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2025/10/15

What if the way we test English is fundamentally broken? In this Research Bites episode, Cooper leads a provocative discussion of Suresh Canagarajah's 2006 paper "Changing Communicative Needs, Revised Assessment Objectives: Testing English as an International Language."The TOEIC claims to test "international" communication—so why does it only include American, Canadian, British, and Australian speakers? Where's Indian English, Nigerian English, Singaporean English

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00:45:49

Student-Driven Listening: How to Build Engagement...

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2025/09/03

Join Michael Rost for Part 2 of our deep dive into student-driven listening instruction that prioritizes meaningful engagement over traditional comprehension testing. Discover his complete 7-step framework that transforms passive listeners into active participants who shape their own learning experience.Building on his Peace Corps teaching experience in West Africa - where he had no textbooks and created oral narratives with student-written "textbooks" - Michael shares practical strategies

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00:44:22

Teaching Listening Skills: Michael Rost on Engagement...

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2025/07/28

Teaching listening skills effectively requires understanding both language learning research and practical classroom listening activities. In this first part of our two-part JALT podcast series, we interview Michael Rost, the leading expert in second language listening comprehension and author of the newly released fourth edition of "Teaching and Researching Listening."Join Ash and Naheen (JALT Listening SIG President) as they explore Rost's key insights on engagement as the

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00:18:26

Music + AI = Better Listening? Research on Lyrics...

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2025/07/08

AI and music technology are transforming language learning listening practice. In this Research Bites episode, Ash explores groundbreaking research on using artificial intelligence to improve second language listening comprehension through music-based applications.Discover how the Lyricstraining Application uses AI to help students fill in missing lyrics while listening to music videos, creating an engaging alternative to traditional listening exercises. Research shows 44% of students improved one

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00:49:26

Listening Anxiety, AI Tools, and Leading Change: Dr....

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2025/06/23

In this packed episode, Cooper sits down with Dr. Hayo Reinders to explore cutting-edge listening research and teacher leadership. From pronunciation struggles to profound insights, this conversation covers AI-powered listening tools, engagement measurement, and how teachers can become collaborative leaders.Key Timestamps:[04:37] Listening anxiety and its surprising impact on language learning[06:40] AI tools revolutionizing personalized listening practice (Google Studio, 11 Labs)[09:20] Creating AI

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00:16:38

8 Studies Per Year: The Listening Research Crisis...

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2025/05/31

Ever wondered why finding good listening research feels like searching for a needle in a haystack? This Research Bites episode delivers the shocking academic proof you've been waiting for!Andrej takes us through a groundbreaking bibliometric study by Lei, Deng, & Liu that finally quantifies just how overlooked listening research really is in second language education. The numbers will surprise you—and explain why we keep saying listening is the "most overlooked" language skill.Our hosts explore

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00:44:36

World Englishes in Language Learning: Dr. Ryuko...

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2025/02/01

In this episode of Hear Us Out, Cooper interviews Dr. Ryuko Kubota, a renowned researcher from the University of British Columbia, who challenges us to rethink what 'good English' really means. The team explores the fascinating world of World Englishes and why exposing students to diverse varieties of English isn't just beneficial—it's essential. Dr. Kubota shares insights from her latest projects, including a compelling documentary and animated series that bring scholarly research

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00:14:37

Research Bites - Teaching Segmentals Is Pretty Super,...

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2024/12/24

Got limited time to teach listening skills? This Research Bites episode dives into Yenkimaleki and Van Heuven’s 2016 study, revealing why segmentals may matter more than suprasegmentals for boosting listening comprehension. Join Andrej, Ash, and Cooper to discover how these findings could shape your listening classes.

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00:39:20

Hear Us Out with Alastair Graham-Marr - What's So...

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2024/12/09

In this episode of Hear Us Out, Ash interviews Alistair Grant Marr, co-founder of ABAX textbooks and a passionate advocate for teaching suprasegmentals in language classrooms. The team dives into the often-overlooked "Cinderella skill" of listening, exploring practical strategies for incorporating stress, rhythm, and intonation into lessons. Discover why repetition and "little islands of perfection" can transform how students approach listening and build their language proficiency. Whether you're an

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00:17:56

Research Bites 6 - The Five Biggest Challenges in...

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2024/11/25

In this episode of Research Bites, Ash takes the lead to share key findings from a 2021 study by Kao and Kuo on diagnosing listening difficulties in second-language learners. Andrej and Cooper join Ash to discuss the five biggest struggles students face during listening tasks, including quickly forgetting what they’ve heard, not recognizing familiar words, and struggling to grasp meaning. The trio explores practical ways to help students, such as replaying key sections, highlighting keywords, and

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00:39:38

Episode 2: Creative Listening and Pronunciation with...

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2024/11/11

In this episode of Hear Us Out, we try something new! Andrej shares a recorded interview with Alex Sheffrin, an English instructor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, who discusses innovative listening and pronunciation activities from his classes, like dubbing video clips, creating ads, and understanding sarcasm in English. Back in the studio, Andrej, Ash, and Cooper listen in, chiming in with their own thoughts—and Cooper’s surprised to find out they have an interview to react to!Across this

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00:10:19

Research Bites 5 - Michael Alan Essex

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2024/10/28

Does reading before listening boost comprehension and enjoyment? In this episode, we dive into Dr. Michael Alan Essex's study exploring how reading before listening affects student comprehension, difficulty perception, and engagement with beginner-level texts. In their discussion about this article, Cooper, Ash, and Andrej examine how pre-listening reading might reduce anxiety and make listening tasks less stressful and more enjoyable for language learners. Tune in for research-backed insights and

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00:35:43

Reboot!

The JALT Listening Podcast: Hear Us Out! ·

2024/10/14

The JALT Listening Podcast reboots as the new hosts interview one another about their backgrounds in education, audio production, and listening research. Cooper, Ash, and Andrej discuss their shared passion for using podcasts as tools for extensive listening practice and language learning. They explore intriguing topics like predictive language processing, teaching students how to make podcasts, and why learners should listen to content beyond their current comprehension level.

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00:27:14

Hear Us Out! - Episode 4: Diep Tran

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2024/03/14

In this episode, Diep Tran describes her storytelling on her podcast "The Sun and the Moon". Diep talks to us about the aims of the podcast, using bilingual story-telling, and how the resource can help children in language learning.

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00:17:59

Episode 3 - Stuart McLean

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2022/05/13

In this episode, Stuart McLean describes how to research listening using different vocabulary methods and provides us with some ideas to help measure learners' listening comprehension in our own classrooms.Stuart McLean is interested in vocabulary and comprehension (reading or listening) research. He is currently making online self-marking form-recall and meaning-recall (orthographic and phonological) vocabulary levels tests. Teachers can download automatically marked responses actually typed

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00:06:11

Research Bites 4 - Marc Jones talks about Miki Satori...

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2022/01/31

Marc Jones reviews the latest article written by Satori (2021) on the Effects of working memory on L2 linguistic knowledge and L2 listening comprehension https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/applied-psycholinguistics/article/abs/effects-of-working-memory-on-l2-linguistic-knowledge-and-l2-listening-comprehension/0A43B75106FDED1C311C68F797BBB6AC Marc currently work teaching English courses at Toyo University's Faculty of Global Studies in the Department of Global Innovation Studies. He holds a MA

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00:09:37

Research Bites 3: Marc Jones talks about Wallace and Lee

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2021/11/15

Marc Jones reviews the latest article written by Wallace & Lee 2020 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01122/full#h3 Marc currently work teaching English courses at Toyo University's Faculty of Global Studies in the Department of Global Innovation Studies. He holds a MA and MRes from University of Portsmouth. His interests are teaching listening and task-based language teaching. He uses quasi-experiments, questionnaires, and interviews, duoethnography and narrative enquiry

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00:11:43

Research Bites 2: Top-Down Listening with Marc Jones

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2021/10/15

Marc Jones talks about the ins and outs of top-down listening. Marc currently work teaching English courses at Toyo University's Faculty of Global Studies in the Department of Global Innovation Studies. He holds a MA and MRes from University of Portsmouth. His interests are teaching listening and task-based language teaching. He uses quasi-experiments, questionnaires, and interviews, duoethnography and narrative enquiry. His current project is on vowel perception and acquisition for Listening in a

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00:19:46

Episode 2 - Richard Ingham

The JALT Listening Podcast: Hear Us Out! ·

2021/10/02

In this episode, Richard Ingham describes how he made his own Podcast for learners to listen to in the classroom and provides us with some helpful hints of how to make your own Biography: Richard Thomas Ingham is a Cambridge DELTA-qualified teacher working for the British Council at a private university in Japan. His research interests include extensive listening, podcasting, and academic writing. He has published papers related to podcasting in The Language Teacher (JALT) and ELT Journal (Oxford

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00:10:36

Research Bites 1: Bottom-Up Listening with Marc Jones

The JALT Listening Podcast: Hear Us Out! ·

2021/09/13

Marc Jones talks about the ins and outs of bottom-up listening. Marc currently work teaching English courses at Toyo University's Faculty of Global Studies in the Department of Global Innovation Studies. He holds a MA and MRes from University of Portsmouth. His interests are teaching listening and task-based language teaching. He uses quasi-experiments, questionnaires, and interviews, duoethnography and narrative enquiry. His current project is on vowel perception and acquisition for Listening in a

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