Advancing Learning Podcast

ADHD expert, Vicky Allan, joins Will and Harry on an episode getting into depth on ADHD, how teachers can identify it, what is actually is (and isn't), and how you can create a learning environment that includes all students present. This is the final part of 3 episodes where we'll be focusing on neurodiversity and the burning questions you had during the festival we just didn't have time for! Check out Macmillan Education's Advancing Learning for Everyone website that offers a wide range of ...

The wonderfully talented and experienced Claire Hart joins Will and Harry to answer some of the questions you all asked throughout the Global Teachers' Festival around neurodiversity, more specifically, about supporting learners with autism. This is part 1 of 3 episodes where we'll be focusing on neurodiversity and the burning questions you had during the festival we just didn't have time for! Check out Macmillan Education's Advancing Learning for Everyone website that offers a wide range of ...

Mindful learning and mindful practices are gradually becoming a staple of an effective and efficient learning environment. Why has it become so important? Where did it's journey to education start? And why should all teachers be aware of ways to use it to their pedagogical advantage in the classroom? Emma Reynolds tells Harry and Will all in this episode about the history, both ancient and modern, of mindfulness, and how it's landed in our classrooms.

Alicja Gałązka picks apart your responses to questions we posed to you in a recent survey aiming to find out more about your experience of teenagers' emotions when they reach teenagehood and how they manifest during learning. What are the most common 'big emotions' your notice in your classroom? What strategies do you use to ensure all students feel included and valued in your classroom? This episode is generously brought you by Find Your Voice. Learn more about this 4-level British English s...

Anna Parr-Modrzejewska joins Harry and Will in an episode that digs deep into how grammar is taught in a whole variety of circumstances, from L1 to L2, from implicit to explicit instruction, and from younger to more mature learners. What's your opinion on how grammar should be taught? Do you look forward to teaching it, or avoid it wherever possible? This episode is generously brought you by Academy Stars 2nd edition. Learn more about this 7-level British English primary course from Macmill...

The third episode of the Advancing Learning Pod brings Claudia Rey into the fray (rhyming intended). Claudia sets Harry and Will on the straight and narrow with what's important when preparing learners for exams. I'll give you a clue...it's not repeatedly offering exam practice tasks. It starts with 'fee' and ends with 'dback'. This episode is brought to you by Macmillan Education's course for young learners, Learning Well. Learn all about it here: https://www.macmillanenglish.com/learning...

To kick-off the second season of Macmillan Education's Advancing Learning Podcast, Will and Harry are joined by the Eltonix pair, Sea Steele and Sarah Smith to discuss what curiosity is, how brains work when they're curious and how it can be leveraged as one of the most crucial elements to make learning productive. Learn more about Curious Kids here: https://www.macmillanenglish.com/catalogue/courses/young-learners/curious-kids/course-information

Claire Bowes, with more than 1.5 million followers across her Instagram and Tik-tok profiles, Englii, joins Will and Harry (not the Princes, the other two) discussing some best practices for getting heard amongst the social media din! They take a closer look at how teachers can get started if your thinking about creating more student-facing English language content for social media, specifically Instagram and Tik-tok.

Ethan Mansur, author of the recently published Ready For C2 joins Harry and Will on the metaphoric sofa, to discuss how he got into authoring (and others might do so) from being a teacher and teacher trainer. Hear from 3 differing perspectives on how a coursebook is written as well as some advice on how you might enter the world of publishing as an author! This episode is brought to you by the Ready For series, which has just released the aforementioned C2 level, which you can c...

Elspeth Pollock (teacher training, assessment and exams extraordinaire) joins Will and Harry for a brilliant discussion about C2 proficiency. They look at the student that has ambitions to achieve a C2 level on paper, and also what it takes to be a teacher preparing students for that paper. This episode is brought to you by Ready For, a course that has been helping students prepare for their exams for over twenty years! The brand-new READY FOR C2 Proficiency level is the latest in the series...

From their relatively unique perspectives within the wild world of ELT, Harry and Will discuss the life of a teacher outside the day-to-day of the language learning classroom. This episode looks at some ways teachers might explore to diversify where they take their career outside of the teaching profession itself. Looking at various roles within publishing, teacher training and also a few curve balls. Enjoy ;)

This episode takes us right back to the origins of learning, with our special guests from Eltonix.com, Sea Steel and Sarah Smith. How can a teacher make the best of those natural urges we all had when we first tried to understand the world as babies? What skills can we build on that have already blossomed before they even set foot in a classroom? This session is sponsored by Curious Kids, a dynamic six-level primary course that sets ablaze children’s passion for learning. Check it ou...