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Education is designed around focusing on the learner first and the teacher as a medium to support the learner. Sarah Mercer tells us why this leads to unhealthy teachers.

Sarah Mercer is a Professor of foreign language teaching at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research interests include all aspects of the psychology surrounding the foreign language learning experience. She is co-editor of Multilingual Matters’ Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching book series, currently vice-president of IAPLL, and ambassador for IATEFL.

In this episode, Sarah expounds on:

• why connecting with learners is fundamental
• cell phone addiction and what we CAN'T do about it
• re-framing what "student-led" means
• defining "engagement" and pedagogical caring
• students faking engagement out of respect for their teacher
• burnout and stress are the result of the systemic element of teacher well-being

For more from Sarah Mercer:

1. Visit her website

2. Read her publications

3. Her handbook "Teacher Wellbeing"

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ELT is full of disasters, including the destruction of the communicative approach. Dr. Enrica Piccardo tells us why.

Dr. Piccardo is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her research spans language teaching approaches/curricula, multi/plurilingualism, creativity and complexity in language education.

She recently published The Action-oriented Approach. A Dynamic Vision of Language Education 2019) Bristol: Multilingual Matters, co-authored with Brian North.

In this episode, Dr. Piccardo discusses:

• leveraging the messiness of learning
• how Headway destroyed the communicative approach
• multiple disasters in ELT: the separation of languages, the native speaker model, organizing curriculum around grammar, and others
• how we're still teaching in a grammatical way because it's easier
• what mediation is, its role in learning, and its 3 types
• updating the CEFR to include mediation
• the link between mediation and plurilingualism
• the action-oriented approach and its benefits
• why teachers need to delegate learning

For more from Dr. Enrica Piccardo:

1. Check out her new book here.

2. Her University of Toronto profile

Thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

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4. Download our free guides for teacherpreneurs.

Book a free 1:1 to strategize your teaching business goals.

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What do toad venom, the 5 stages of grief, and precarity all have in common? Andrew, Leo, and Mike explain.

Sustainability in the ELT industry as a teacher is pretty simple:

1. It is precarious

2. We all need to earn more money

3. It's unlikely to do that by having just one job.

In this episode, we discuss strategies to earn more by creating your own offer. Specifically, we dive into:

• the 5 stages of grief pertaining to precarity
• two paths teachers have: stay in ELT or move on
• why earning more money is a requisite to stay in the industry
• how to create a compelling offer that will actually sell
• why focusing on lesson frequency is restricting
• not creating solutions to problems no one cares about
• toad venom and how you can apply it to your teaching business

Thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com

Ways we can help you right now:

1. Book a free 1:1 chat to strategize your teaching business.

2. 5in30: Get 5 clients in the next 30 days

3. Just starting your business? Get free guidance in our support group.

4. Download our free guides for teacherpreneurs.