Episode 94: Season 14 Episode 1: Cheerful

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Host Francesca Amiker sits down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo, producer Angela Russo-Otstot, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, and more to uncover how family was the key to building the emotional core of The Electric State . From the Russos’ own experiences growing up in a large Italian family to the film’s central relationship between Michelle and her robot brother Kid Cosmo, family relationships both on and off of the set were the key to bringing The Electric State to life. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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We're back, it's our 14th season and we get underway by discussing reasons to be cheerful. After nearly two years of the pandemic, lockdown, online teaching and very little commuting we begin this season by looking at some of the positives we've taken from this time.

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TEFL Commute

Episode 94: Season 14 Episode 1: Cheerful

TEFL Commute

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TEFL Commute S16E04 - Snow 36:30

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In the deep mid-winter it’s time for the TEFL commute to talk about snow. Lindsay, Sandy Shaun bring you a snow-filled this episode, considering what has happened to Snow days, discussing words for snow as well as brining you staple commute fair such as quizzes and jokes.

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TEFL Commute S16E03 - Gifts 36:05

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Given its holiday time we thought it was apt to give you all a gift - a new episode on the topic of gifts and gift giving. In this episode Ceri, Lindsay and Sandy discuss the ethics and their experiences of gift giving for educators, before discuss and rating various types of gift. Happy Holidays listeners!…

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TEFL Commute S16E02 - Sports 39:08

1 year ago39:08

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Despite 15 seasons talking of all things ELT, the podcast has never tackled the ELT staple of sport so this episode rectifies that. Ceri, Lindsay and Shaun tackle (see what I did there😉) the topic deciding how sporty they are, and what they love and hate about teaching sports. They also talk about sports words and idioms before unbelievably letting shaun talk about cricket!…

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TEFL commute S1601 - Commute revisited 30:05

1 year ago30:05

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It's time for season 16 and the 108th episode of the TEFL commute. We kick off the new season by revisiting our very first episode - commute. Lindsay, Shaun and Ceri talk about what has changed since then, and what the commute to work looks like now. We examine some of the things we said in episode 1 and wonder why we aren't now commuting by jetpack!…

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TEFL commute season 15 ep7 40:04

2 years ago40:04

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Greetings commuters, here’s an another episode in our eclectic look at things related to English teaching. In this episode Lindsay wants to discuss military language, which leads Shaun to go all woke and discuss something he found on violent language before the resident tefl commute nerd, Ceri, gives us a lesson on portmanteaus.…

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TEFL Commute season 15 ep6 28:21

2 years ago28:21

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Our latest episode is a bit like the old days - just Shaun and Lindsay both with something to get off their chests. Shaun gets all sweary by considering if certain words are still taboo or not, and Lindsay's turns part film reviewer with his overview of the film the whale. Listen to find out what he thought of the portrayal the English teacher within that.…

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TEFL Commute Season 15 ep5 46:48

2 years ago46:48

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We'll call this one the lost episode, it was recorded in December last year but for various reasons it got forgotten about and never got uploaded. In it Sandy, Ceri and Lindsay talk continue our eclectic topic for this season bringing you chat about AI, wonky English and erm Taylor Swift.

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TEFL Commute Season 15 ep4 40:27

2 years ago40:27

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In episode 4, Lindsay provokes memories of first resource books, and reintroduces us to a profound dictation about guns. Ceri, avoids world cup fever by talking about dominant grammar and teaching us some Welsh, and Shaun explores the different chosen words of the year. NB this episode was recorded before one dictionary announced their choice.…

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TEFL Commute season 15 ep 3 42:01

2 years ago42:01

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It’s episode 3 and in it you’ll find Lindsay talking about vegetables, in particular vegetable metaphors. We’ll also discover Ceri spends a lot of time on Tik Tok allegedly researching quiet quitting, and Shaun has more than a small bone to pick about the prefix micro. Enjoy our latest eclectic gathering.…

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TEFL Commute season 15 ep2 41:43

2 years ago41:43

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In episode 2, Ceri, Lindsay, and Shaun once more bring an eclectic mix of topics to the table. Ceri wants to talk Literacy, while Lindsay tells us about a simulation he has been running, and Shaun shares his refound love of interactive fiction. Add into all that a quiz and some algorithm and hat’s your episode 2 sorted. Enjoy.…

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TEFL commute s15 ep1 of Queen, Elves and Cricket 41:39

2 years ago41:39

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Episode 101 of TEFL commute opens season 15 of your favourite ELT podcast. Join Lindsay, Sandy and Shaun as they chat have a somewhat eclectic chat about things that interest them, and for them has some bearing on English language teaching. This episode finds Sandy talking about the Queen, Lindsay revisiting Elves, and Shaun learning training lessons from Cricket. Enjoy.…

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Episode 100: TEFL Commute 100th Episode 53:04

3 years ago53:04

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Season 14 episode 7: Numbers is the last episode for this season and marks the 100th episode of our podcast. To celebrate the 100, we've done an episode on numbers. In this roundtable each of the team brings some numbers related to teaching to discuss. Since it is a milestone episode we also look back over some of our episodes and Shaun quizzes the team on TEFL commute related numbers. Enjoy our 100th episode and see you later in the year for season 15.…

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Episode 99: Season 14 Episode 6: Party 39:34

3 years ago39:34

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In this episode the team show they have the finger on the pulse of politics by talking about parties. Lindsay decides he wants to dissect 10 Downing street’s party invite and this leads into a discussion about the party vocabulary, the language of the parties, and ELT and parties (both political and the fun kind) in ELT. Get ready for the TEFL commute does discourse analysis!…

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Episode 98: Season 14 episode 5: Drama 45:50

3 years ago45:50

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We’re back after our mid-season break and we’re getting all dramatic. In this episode Ceri, Lindsay and Shaun discuss drama and ELT. Are they ELT thesps? Do they use drama? What are the benefits? In addition Lindsay tells us about academic drama and Shaun finds out if they other two can recognise a Shakespeare quote.…

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Episode 97: Season 14 Episode 4: Hotch Potch 33:21

3 years ago33:21