Episode Forty-seven
Expand Your Horizons Podcast | TEFL Horizons
by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
1y ago
In this week’s episode, I’m thrilled to welcome Karen Taylor as my guest. In 1999, KAREN created an amazing teaching tool called the Color Vowel Chart when she realized there had to be a better way to help students with pronunciation. The Color Vowel Chart took off, and in 2011, she co-founded ELTS (English Language Training Solutions) in response to popular demand. Karen holds an MA in TESOL from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a BA in English Literature from Georgetown University, as well as an International Baccalaureate from the United World College (US ca ..read more
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Episode Forty-six
Expand Your Horizons Podcast | TEFL Horizons
by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
1y ago
In this episode, I'll walk you through engaging, student-centered ideas for presenting new vocabulary words in your lessons ..read more
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Episode Forty-five
Expand Your Horizons Podcast | TEFL Horizons
by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
1y ago
In this episode, I'm happy to welcome Brock Brady as my guest. Brock began his career in the ELT industry somewhat spontaneously, as you'll hear from our conversation. He started as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, West Africa and from there went on to earn a Master's degree in TESOL before gaining experience in positions such as English lecturer in South Korea and Language Center Director in Burkina Faso and Benin. He served as the co-director of American University's TESOL program in Washington DC and later returned to the Peace Corps – this time as an education sector specialist and the TEF ..read more
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Episode Forty-four
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by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
2y ago
In this episode, let's talk about what NOT to do when teaching a vocabulary lesson. I'll go through five of the most common mistakes I see teachers make when planning and teaching vocabulary lessons. We'll talk about why these aren't effective techniques... and what you can do instead ..read more
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Episode Forty-three
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by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
2y ago
Tune in to this week's episode to learn more about practice activities for the ESL lesson. Let's start with a quick refresher of the difference between controlled and freer practice as well as which types of lessons require "practice" to begin with. From there, you'll learn about how to find and acquire useful practice activities plus ideas for using them in your virtual or in-person classroom ..read more
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Episode Forty-two
Expand Your Horizons Podcast | TEFL Horizons
by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons Podcast
2y ago
Lorenzo Sclocco is an ESL teacher and education specialist based in Toronto, Canada. He has been teaching English (General English, EAP, Business English and Exam Classes) at language schools, universities, and colleges since 2009. He also teaches Italian and German.  As a language learner himself, he knows the difficulties that students encounter when learning other languages. Therefore, he uses a communicative and task-based approach in his classes. In 2018, Lorenzo was the recipient of the “Excellence in Teaching Award” at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies. H ..read more
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Episode Forty-one
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by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
2y ago
Last week, I shared my top tips for teaching reading lessons online, so this week we're talking about online listening lessons! Once again, I'll go through my five best tips for making your lesson work - this time, when there's an audio track involved ..read more
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Episode Forty
Expand Your Horizons Podcast | TEFL Horizons
by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
2y ago
Tips for Teaching Reading Lessons Online Show Notes Way back in Episodes 16, 18, and 20, we went through the fundamentals of teaching effective reading lessons. But what if you’re teaching online? In this episode, I’m sharing my top tips for teaching a reading lesson in a virtual classroom. In this Episode… Tip #1: Consider how Ss will see / access the text format on PPT or Google slide Google doc  Google forms  Jamboard  Tip #2: Put the task and text on the same slide / document  requires formatting PPT or slide so they both fit, if possible backup plan: show ..read more
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Episode Thirty-nine
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by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
2y ago
This is the second time Jackie has joined me as a guest on Expand Your Horizons, and I'm very happy to welcome her back. In this episode, we're talking about strategies for maximizing student talk time, minimizing teacher talk time, and making lessons more student-centered in general.  ..read more
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Episode Thirty-eight
Expand Your Horizons Podcast | TEFL Horizons
by Shannon Felt, Expand Your Horizons
2y ago
Troubleshooting in Online Lessons Show Notes …And we’re back! After a podcasting hiatus, I’m excited to bring you new episodes of Expand Your Horizons. In this episode, I’m reflecting on some of the most common issues I’ve seen arise in online lessons and sharing my best advice for for how to deal with them. In this Episode… Problem: students arrive late or filter in randomly  why you shouldn’t wait – creates a slippery slope! (obviously, this applies to group classes - you’ll have to wait if there’s only one student!) what you can do instead: start an activity in pairs / groups ..read more
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