IATEFL Global Issues SIG podcasts
IATEFL Global Issues SIG podcasts
In each episode if this series, former GISIG Joint Coordinator Rose Aylett is joined by a different guest to discuss the issues affecting the lives of many teachers and learners around the world – themes so often side-lined from our coursebooks and classrooms, but that we think should be brought to our students’ attention, so that they can challenge, amplify and act upon them.
In each episode if this series, former GISIG Joint Coordinator Rose Aylett is joined by a different guest to discuss the issues affecting the lives of many teachers and learners around the world – themes so often side-lined from our coursebooks and classrooms, but that we think should be brought to our students’ attention, so that they can challenge, amplify and act upon them.
SERIES 1 (2020)
SERIES 1 (2020)
Episode 1 – Criticality
Emma Halliday discusses what it means to be critical in ELT.
Episode 2 – Taboos
Adrian Wallwork discusses the inclusion of ‘controversial’ topics in our teaching materials.
Episode 3 – Racism
Harry Kuchah Kuchah unpacks racism, discrimination and unconscious bias in ELT.
Episode 4 – Extinction Rebellion
Julietta Schoenmann tells us about her ongoing teacher-activism in response to the climate emergency.
Episode 5 – Indigenous Communities
Elizabeth Bekes describes her experiences working with the Achuar in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Episode 6 – Critical Pedagogy
Steve Brown invites us to challenge the neoliberal hegemony in ELT.