Languages Pedagogy Podcast

What if the biggest thing stopping teachers from building their own education business isn't their teaching ability—but everything that comes after it? In this edition of The Spotlight , Mike sits down with Ali from...

Why does the Australian accent sound “difficult” to so many English learners? The answer may have less to do with Australia—and far more to do with what English you've been exposed to. In Part 2 of my conversation with...

You can know every grammar rule in English and still struggle to be understood. That’s the uncomfortable truth behind this conversation with Australian accent coach Amanda Boyce , founder of Aussie English with Amanda...

You know the grammar. You remember the words. So why do you still freeze when it’s time to speak? In the first episode of The Pedagogy Spotlight , Mike welcomes Arkady Zilberman , inventor of AnyLingo , to challenge a...

What happens when a child learns that success requires hiding part of who they are? Part 2 goes deeper. Mike and Patrice Thompson move beyond classroom strategies to examine the psychological, cultural, and...

What if the language policy designed to help students learn is actually asking them to leave part of themselves at the classroom door? In Part 1 of this powerful conversation, Mike sits down with Patrice Thompson...

Being multilingual sounds impressive. Maintaining multiple languages? That’s where things get messy. You can know a word in three languages and suddenly forget it in your strongest one. Your Spanish improves while your...

What if “becoming fluent” is actually the wrong goal? For millions of language learners, fluency has become the finish line—the point where they finally feel qualified to say, “Yes, I speak this language.” But what if...

What happens when technology removes the very struggle the brain needs in order to learn? In Part 2, Dr. Paula Cushanick takes the conversation deeper into memory, rehearsal, cognitive load, psychological safety...

More screen time does not automatically mean more learning. And for multilingual students, the difference can be enormous. In Part 1 of this conversation, Dr. Paula Cushanick joins the Languages Pedagogy Podcast to...

AI can make teaching faster. But what happens when it starts making learners think less? In Part 2, Michelle Land goes deeper into the forces reshaping multilingual education—from leadership and professional identity to...

Teaching multilingual learners is never just about teaching English. It is about understanding rights, trauma, identity, belonging—and knowing when a teacher must become an advocate. In Part 1 of this powerful...

AI is changing education faster than teacher training can keep up. So what should language teachers actually be learning now? In Part 2 with teacher educator Leandro Paladino , we move beyond professional development...

What if becoming a great teacher has less to do with knowing more and more to do with knowing when to step out of the spotlight? In Part 1 of this conversation, Mike sits down with teacher educator Leandro Paladino to...

Great school culture cannot depend on one exceptional leader. Because if everything collapses when that person leaves, you never built a culture you built a dependency. In Part 2 of Mike's conversation with educational...