A Zoom with a View #2

In this episode, I’m talking to Eoin MacCarthaigh. This is the second in what we hope will be a long line of episodes focused on issues in and around English teaching. For anyone who hasn’t listened before, we bring forth 3 unknown issues to be discussed each, relating to things that we’ve thought, learnt or considered lately.

We discuss:

1. Uncertainty around the purpose of grammar and language teaching

2. Giving students ‘choice’ x Organising English concepts

3. The role of modelling in English

4. The stratification of English skills x research and reflection

5. SEND students’ or routines in class

6. Authenticity and oracy in English

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Links:

Essential Grammar by Jenny Webb and Marcello Giovanelli

Crafting Brilliant Sentences by Lindsay Skinner

Ausubel's Meaningful Learning in Action by Sarah Cottingham

Explicit English Teaching by Tom Needham

The Complete Guide to Service Learning by Cathryn Berger Kaye