In this episode of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, Shé and Anna are joined by Dr. Linh Phung, decorated language educator, researcher, innovator, and the creator of Eduling app, to explore the…

Celebrate the podcast's 5th anniversary with co-hosts Anna Ciriani-Dean and Shélynn Riel! On this special LinkedIn Live event, we draw back the curtain and give you a taste of our lessons learned and…

What’s the best way to teach grammar? The trick isn’t finding the method—it’s building a toolkit and knowing when to use each tool. Here are eight ways to approach grammar instruction.

In this episode of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, Shé and Anna are joined by ESL teacher and founder of The ESL Grammar Gallery Audrea Gold to explore a refreshingly practical and research-informed…

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we're relaunching five episodes that have profoundly shaped our thinking, and we hope, yours. These conversations represent the heart of…

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we’re revisiting some of the conversations that have most shaped our thinking—and, we hope, yours. These episodes reflect the heart of…

Professional development (PD) for ESL teachers is often an afterthought. In schools, PD days are often designed for mainstream classrooms with the expectation that the teacher of multilingual…

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we’re revisiting some of the conversations that have most shaped our thinking—and, we hope, yours. These episodes reflect the heart of…

As of today we are officially celebrating one year since the launch of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast. And as a podcast for reflective practice, we thought it was only right to pause and … reflect…

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we’re revisiting some of the conversations that have most shaped our thinking—and, we hope, yours. These episodes reflect the heart of…

Recently, we spoke with Sherry MacKay, educator and founder of Glocally Connected and ESL with TLC to try to wrap our minds around the many intricacies and considerations for engaging with learners…

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we’re revisiting some of the conversations that have most shaped our thinking—and, we hope, yours. These episodes reflect the heart of…

By virtue of what we do, ESL teachers can easily fall into the trap of believing that because we work with diverse groups of learners, we’re already fulfilling the goal of diversity, representation,…

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we’re revisiting some of the conversations that have most shaped our thinking—and, we hope, yours. These episodes reflect the heart of…

In this episode of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, co-hosts Shé and Anna sit down with Dr. Lillian Ardell—founder of Language Matters—for a timely and deeply reflective conversation about…

As we wade through world events, media literacy is crucial for navigating the vast landscape of information coming at us. English language teachers are uniquely positioned to introduce media literacy…

In this episode, Shé and Anna are joined by global educator and ESL teacher Andrea Collados for a timely and deeply reflective conversation about algorithms, echo chambers, and the urgent role of…

On this episode, co-hosts Shé and Anna take us back to the roots of the podcast: reflection. The episode integrates the voices of teachers around the world, who reflect on their teaching goals for…

In this episode of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, Shé and Anna interview Tabitha Kidwell, an esteemed teacher educator, about her research on the preparation and professional development of teacher…

In this lively episode, Shé sits down with Ben Buckwold (Founder & CEO of Ellii) and Tara Benwell (VP of Publishing at Ellii) to explore the story behind one of @ellii's most creative classroom…

In this blog post, we share our top 7 teaching methods for English language teachers.

In this episode of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, Shé and Anna discuss the importance of the Lexical Approach in teaching English, featuring insights from guest Erin O’Byrne. They explore how…

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In the fast-paced world of teaching, finding time for reflection can feel like just another task on an already overwhelming to-do list. Here are some tech tools that can make reflection more…

In Part 2 of our collaboration with the DIESOL Podcast, we reunite with Brent and Ixchell, this time with our signature Teacher Think-Aloud style, with more narrative and reflective interruptions as…

In this special crossover episode of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, Shé and Anna team up with Brent Warner and Ixchell Reyes of @diesolpod for a lively conversation about reflective practice—the…

The recent news from the U.S. Department of Education has sent a ripple of concern through the English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching community. Here are several avenues through which we can adv...

In this episode, co-hosts Shé and Anna sit down with climate activist, teacher trainer, and founder of @RenewableEnglish, Harry Waters, for an energizing conversation on integrating environmental…

How is August already here?!?! Perhaps you’re excited for the upcoming school year, or maybe you’ve been toying with the idea of transitioning into a new, education-adjacent field. Whatever the case,…

Read this list of tips and considerations to get you - a burn out teacher - on the path to a career in Instructional Design / Learning & Development.

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