Festival Special - ELT Trends: Past & Future with Pilar Capaul

Festival Special - ELT Trends: Past & Future with Pilar Capaul

From Advancing Learning Podcast by Macmillan Education

February 4, 2026 · 27 min · Season 3 · Episode 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of current educational trends on teaching practices with insights from Pilar Capaul.

For this Global Teachers' Festival Special, Harry and Will are joined by the British Council and International House's Pilar Capaul. This episode looks at the role of a trend. While exploring some of today's most talked about subjects, they explore how (and if) discussions being had at conferences and social media transfer to the reality of today's classrooms. What do you think? Are the conversations really helping the art of teaching progress, or is it contained within a separate arena that ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Harry, Will

Guest: Pilar Capaul

Topics covered

  • ELT trends
  • education
  • teaching methods
  • classroom reality
  • social media influence

Keywords

  • ELT
  • trends
  • education
  • teaching
  • classroom
  • conferences
  • social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Council, International House

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