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Advancing Learning Podcast

Hosted by Macmillan Education · education · EN-GB

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About this Podcast:

With your co-hosts Will Rixon and Harry Waters, the Advancing Learning Podcast is a place for conversation, debate, idea-sharing and merry-making, all in the name of Advancing Learning in the wonderful world of ELT. It accompanies the wider Advancing Learning Academic Programme from Macmillan Education, where you'll find a whole range of teacher training webinars, blog articles, resources and more at www.macmillanenglish.com/alap.

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What is Advancing Learning Podcast about?

With your co-hosts Will Rixon and Harry Waters, the Advancing Learning Podcast is a place for conversation, debate, idea-sharing and merry-making, all in the name of Advancing Learning in the wonderful world of ELT.

Who hosts Advancing Learning Podcast?

Advancing Learning Podcast is hosted by Macmillan Education. The show has published 34 episodes to date.

What has Advancing Learning Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Where's the Focus Gone? AL Podcast Special with Dr. Sophia Mavridi" (14 October 2026, 28 minutes), "Festival Special - ELT Trends: Past & Future with Pilar Capaul" (4 February 2026, 27 minutes), and "S02 E14 Critical Thinking in Language Education" (27 June 2025, 28 minutes).

How often does Advancing Learning Podcast publish?

Advancing Learning Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 34 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Advancing Learning Podcast?

Booking probability for Advancing Learning Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Advancing Learning Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Advancing Learning Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Advancing Learning Podcast?

The strongest fits for Advancing Learning Podcast are Courses, Coaching & Lessons. Advancing Learning Podcast has an education audience.

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Macmillan Education hosts Advancing Learning Podcast, an education podcast with 34 episodes published.

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  • Episode #2

    Where's the Focus Gone? AL Podcast Special with Dr. Sophia Mavridi

    Oct 14, 202628 minS3

    Dr. Sophia Mavridi, SFHEA joins Will and Harry for a Global Teachers' Festival Special where they broach the subject of Focus. Has it disappeared for good or is it on loan to the algorithms and digital devices? Dr...

  • Episode #1

    Festival Special - ELT Trends: Past & Future with Pilar Capaul

    Feb 4, 202627 minS3

    <p>For this Global Teachers' Festival Special, Harry and Will are joined by the British Council and International House's <b>Pilar Capaul</b>.</p><p>This episode looks at the role of a trend. While exploring some of...

  • Episode #14

    S02 E14 Critical Thinking in Language Education

    Jun 27, 202528 minS2

    <p>Do you teach critical thinking skills in your classroom? How do you go about it? And why do you feel the need to teach them?</p><p>The unstoppable Chia Suan Chong at long last joins the Advancing Learning Podcast to...

  • Episode #13

    S02 E13 Neurodiversity Questions Answered - ADHD

    Jun 13, 202524 minS2

    <p>ADHD expert, Vicky Allan, joins Will and Harry on an episode getting into depth on ADHD, how teachers can identify it, what is actually is (and isn't), and how you can create a learning environment that includes all...

  • Episode #12

    S02 E12 Neurodiversity Questions Answered - Dyslexia

    May 30, 202530 minS2

    <p>World-renowned dyslexia expert Boelo van der Pool joins Will and Harry to share his responses to the enormous number of questions we received about supporting students with dyslexia during the Global Teachers'...

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  • Episode #11

    S02 E11 Neurodiversity Questions Answered - Autism

    May 16, 202531 minS2

    <p>The wonderfully talented and experienced Claire Hart joins Will and Harry to answer some of the questions you all asked throughout the Global Teachers' Festival around neurodiversity, more specifically, about...

  • Episode #10

    S02 E10 Using Plays to Explore Language and Emotion

    May 2, 202528 minS2

    <p>Jody Medland joins Will to share his unique experience using manuscripts from plays to allow students to explore them linguistically and also the motivations behind the lines, and therefore, the emotions their...

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    S02 E09 Mindfulness and Its Journey to the Classroom

    Apr 4, 202527 minS0

    <p>Mindful learning and mindful practices are gradually becoming a staple of an effective and efficient learning environment. </p><p>Why has it become so important? Where did it's journey to education start? And why...

  • Episode #8

    S02 E08 The Autonomous Teenager: Key Ingredients

    Mar 21, 202526 minS2

    <p>What does it take for a teenager to be in control of their learning? Is it the subject matter? The pedagogy behind the content? Or is it a simple matter of having a good relationship with the teacher?</p><p>Karolina...

  • Episode #7

    S02 E07 Results are in!: Teen Emotions Survey Roundtable

    Mar 7, 202531 minS2

    <p>Alicja Gałązka picks apart your responses to questions we posed to you in a recent survey aiming to find out more about your experience of teenagers' emotions when they reach teenagehood and how they manifest during...

  • Episode #6

    S02 E06 Making Learning Meaningful to Engage Your Learners

    Feb 24, 202527 minS2

    <p>Monica Rodriguez Salvo joins Will and Harry to delve deep into making learning as relevant as possible to make the absolute best of the time you have with your learners.</p><p>They discuss if you tap into a student's...

  • Episode #5

    S02 E05 Learning Grammar in L1 vs. L2

    Jan 31, 202532 minS2

    <p>Anna Parr-Modrzejewska joins Harry and Will in an episode that digs deep into how grammar is taught in a whole variety of circumstances, from L1 to L2, from implicit to explicit instruction, and from younger to more...

  • Episode #4

    S02 E04 What's the Point of Assessment?

    Jan 17, 202530 minS2

    <p>Pere Cortiella Ibàñez and Will Rixon pull apart the true purpose of assessment why it's regarded in the way it is by all its players: the teacher, the student, the parent, the institution and the...

  • Episode #3

    S02 E03 Good results should reflect good learning

    Jan 3, 202529 minS2

    <p>The third episode of the Advancing Learning Pod brings Claudia Rey into the fray (rhyming intended). Claudia sets Harry and Will on the straight and narrow with what's important when preparing learners for...

  • Episode #2

    S02 E02 Inclusivity, We All Matter

    Dec 6, 202427 minS2

    <p>Do you feel your classroom is inclusive? To what extent? What does 'inclusive' mean to you?<br/><br/>Sarah Hillyard joins Will and Harry to discuss the multitude of meanings of 'inclusion' and how this might be...

  • Episode #1

    S02 E01 Curiosity, Classrooms and Beavers

    Nov 22, 202429 minS2

    <p>To kick-off the second season of Macmillan Education's Advancing Learning Podcast, Will and Harry are joined by the Eltonix pair, Sea Steele and Sarah Smith to discuss what <b>curiosity</b> is, how brains work when...

  • Episode #16

    S01 E16 SDGs: An Infinite Classroom Resource

    Aug 2, 202429 minS1

    <p>Harry is joined by Marcela Villan to explore a whole range of classroom ideas that you can use to help your learners to explore the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals in class.<br/><br/>Bookmark this...

  • Episode #15

    S01E15 Instagram, Tik-tok & Short-form Content

    Jul 19, 202431 minS1

    <p>Claire Bowes, with more than 1.5 million followers across her <b>Instagram</b> and <b>Tik-tok</b> profiles, Englii, joins Will and Harry (not the Princes, the other two) discussing some best practices for getting...

  • Episode #14

    S01 E14 Proactively Diminishing Bullying Part 2

    Jul 5, 202432 minS1

    <p>For the second part of this conversation with the wonderful Donna Lee Fields, she probes Harry and Will on their own reactions to certain behaviour in the classroom.<br/><br/>The 3 of them look at 2 scenarios and how...

  • Episode #13

    S01 E13 Becoming an ELT Author

    Jun 21, 202427 minS1

    <p>Ethan Mansur, author of the recently published Ready For C2 joins Harry and Will on the metaphoric sofa, to discuss how he got into authoring (and others might do so) from being a teacher and teacher trainer...

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