Shows
The SLB PodcastTalking Tasks with Peter SkehanThe full interview with Peter Skehan will be available to participants on our TBLT course. The next course begins on October 22nd 2021 - please visit the course page for more information!
Peter Skehan has written extensively on tasks and the relationship between task conditions, task types and learner output. Some of his key publications include:
Ellis, R., Skehan, P., Li, S., Shintani, N., and Lambert, C. (2019). Task-based language teaching: Theory and practice. Cambridge University Press
Skehan, P. (1998). A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning. Oxford University Press.
Skehan, P. (2003). Task-based instruction. Language Teaching, 36, 1–14. (Links to downloadable PDF)
Sk...2021-10-0849 min
The SLB PodcastIn Memoriam Mike LongMany thanks to Roger Gilabert, Marta González-Lloret, Carme Muñoz and Geoff Jordan for their contributions to this podcast.
The tribute website to Mike, with many memories and photos, can be found here.
Mike's publications are too many to mention but there is perhaps no better starting point than his 2015 Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching. There is also a detailed CV on his University of Maryland homepage here.
You should also look out for the forthcoming Cambridge Handbook of TBLT, co-edited by Mike and Mohammad Ahmadian, not least because it feat...2021-04-291h 17The SLB PodcastSLB Origin StoriesThis episode deals with the origins of SLB and some of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of forming a cooperative of language services. In order of appearance:
Neil McMillan (president who believes he's president)
Richard D Wolff (listen here to his entire interview on Zero Squared)
George Chilton (father and husband he supposes, ex-secretary of SLB)
Alan Ritchie (vice president who believes he's vice president)
James Venner (current SLB secretary)
Matthew Evans (current SLB socio)
Simon Courtney (current SLB socio)
Main Source - Live at the Barbeque
Irene Almazán García (ex-SLB auditor and admin jedi)
The Ne...2021-03-091h 21The SLB PodcastRacism and whiteness in ELTFor full show notes, please visit https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-10-racism-whiteness-in-elt/
2020-11-101h 07The SLB PodcastThe coursebook "debate" pt. 2For full show notes, please see https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-9-the-coursebook-debate-pt-2/
2020-08-191h 39The SLB Podcast"We need to talk about coursebooks", with Geoff Jordan, Nick White and Matthew EllmanPlease see the full show notes here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-8-we-need-to-talk-about-coursebooks-show-notes/
2020-07-0357 minThe SLB Podcast7: Finnish Dreams (and Nightmares) with Myles Klynhout & Elina PaatsilaThis episode covers the SLB response to the Coronavirus crisis, a chat with Myles Klynhout about life living, working and studying in Finland, and an interview between Myles and Elina Paatsila of Positive Learning.
Full show notes can be found here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-7-finnish-dreams-and-nightmares-show-notes/
2020-04-261h 09
Teacher Talking Time: The Learn YOUR English PodcastEpisode 21: Neil McMillanIn episode 21, Leo chats with Neil McMillan. Neil is an experienced teacher, teacher-trainer, writer, and translator. He holds a Diploma in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as well as a Ph.D in literature from the University of Glasgow, and has over 15 years’ classroom experience working with adults, teenagers, and children from all over the world. Neil is also the president of the Cooperative de Serveis Linguistics de Barcelona, a forward-thinking language cooperative based in Barcelona, Spain, and is an active advocate of Task-based Language Teaching.
In this episode, Neil talks about:
the gap b...2020-02-111h 30The SLB Podcast6: Things of 2019 with Neil, Geoff, Simon, Anita & ElenFull show notes can be found here.
2019-12-311h 16The SLB Podcast5: Vicious Circles around 'The Great Toad' with Scott Thornbury and Geoff JordanFull show notes can be read here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-5-vicious-circles-and-the-great-toad-of-elt-with-scott-thornbury-and-geoff-jordan-show-notes/
2019-11-2854 minThe SLB Podcast4: Precarity (Know the Ledge) with Paul Walsh, James Venner & Alice CopelloFull show notes here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-4-precarity-know-the-ledge-show-notes
2019-11-131h 20The SLB Podcast3: Mike Long on TBLT, Focus on Form & Philosophy of EducationFull show notes are here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-3-with-mike-long-show-notes/
2019-10-221h 04The SLB Podcast2: On SLA, 1960s student protest, the Angry Brigade & exileFull show notes can be found here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-2-show-notes/
2019-10-091h 13The SLB Podcast1: Neil & Geoff on the ELT Hydra, TBLT, SLA & EmergentismMore on our TBLT course here.
Geoff's blog is here.
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2019-09-2359 min