Episodes
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Talking Tasks with Peter Skehan
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
The 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)
- Skehan, P., & Foster, P. (2001). Cognition and tasks. In P. Robinson (Ed.), Cognition and Second Language Instruction (1st ed., pp. 183–205). Cambridge University Press.
We also recommend the following volume in honour of Skehan:
- Wen, Z. and Ahmadian, M., Eds. (2019). Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan. John Benjamins.
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
In Memoriam Mike Long
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Many 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 features contributions from our guests, including a chapter from Neil and Geoff about the TBLT course which Mike, Marta and Roger have all tutored on.
All our guests have published extensively. Roger and Carme are both members of the GRAL Language Acquisition Research Group based at the University of Barcelona; follow the links for publication lists there.
Marta is, with Lourdes Ortega, a pioneer in the field of technology-mediated TBLT. You can delve into her work here.
And finally, for more information on our cooperative, please see www.slb.coop or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
SLB Origin Stories
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
This 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 New Day Co-op
- The Treacherous Three - Yes We Can Can
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Racism and whiteness in ELT
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
For full show notes, please visit https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-10-racism-whiteness-in-elt/
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
The coursebook "debate" pt. 2
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
For full show notes, please see https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-9-the-coursebook-debate-pt-2/
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Please see the full show notes here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-8-we-need-to-talk-about-coursebooks-show-notes/
Monday Apr 27, 2020
7: Finnish Dreams (and Nightmares) with Myles Klynhout & Elina Paatsila
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
This 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/
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
6: Things of 2019 with Neil, Geoff, Simon, Anita & Elen
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Full show notes can be found here.
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
5: Vicious Circles around 'The Great Toad' with Scott Thornbury and Geoff Jordan
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Full 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/
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
4: Precarity (Know the Ledge) with Paul Walsh, James Venner & Alice Copello
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Full show notes here: https://www.slb.coop/the-slb-podcast-ep-4-precarity-know-the-ledge-show-notes