TESOL with Micky & Ide
Welcome to TESOL with Micky & Ide. With a PhD in Education, a PhD in Applied Linguistics, and years of classroom and research experience between us, we bring you theory-informed TESOL development and academic English language strategies in a warm, conversational style.
What You’ll Learn:
Applying Theory to Practice: Translate educational concepts into engaging lesson designs, activities, and assessments.
Academic Literacies & EAP: Support for academic writing, reading scholarly texts, & developing oral skills.
Classroom Management & Engagement: Foster autonomy and inclusive practices.
Critical Pedagogy & Inclusive Teaching: Address diversity, promote social justice, & build culturally responsive classrooms.
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TESOL with Micky & Ide
Read our blog post We Need to Name This: Why We Don’t Have the Language to Understand Today’s Politics
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How do you mainly think about TPR in your teaching or studies?
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Total Physical Response is often remembered as a method for beginners or young learners, but there is more going on here than commands and movement.
In this episode, we unpack what TPR is actually trying to do pedagogically, why listening comes before speaking, and how the method connects to ideas about memory, affect, and low-anxiety learning. We also talk about where TPR works well and where its limits start to show.
If you have studied or used TPR before, we are curious:
👉 Do you see TPR as a complete method, or mainly as a technique that can be integrated into other approaches?
👉 Have you used it with adult or higher-level learners, and if so, how?
Let me know your thoughts below.
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Task-Based Language Teaching is often recommended, but not always clearly explained.
In this episode, we break down what TBLT is, how a task-based lesson works, and when this approach is most effective.
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📚 Part of the TESOL Methods Explained series
#teachingenglish #tblt #tesol
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What do you find most interesting about the Audiolingual Method?
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Many TESOL teachers encounter audiolingual techniques without fully understanding their origins or limitations. This video explains where drills came from, why they dominated mid-20th-century classrooms, and how they can be used carefully and selectively today.
#tesol #teachingenglish #tesolmethods #audiolingualism
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Wishing all of our followers and friends a very merry Christmas. We'll take a short break and will be back with some new content just before the new year. Lots of love and best wishes from Micky and Ide.
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Today we reached a big milestone... we did our first live session on YouTube. It was a bit scary but we did it! We talked about our backgrounds as academics and teachers, what drove us to make this channel, our content so far and what we want to explore in future content. Support us by following this link to the live session and giving a like.
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How do you mainly use Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)?
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Communicative Language Teaching is one of the most influential approaches in TESOL, and it still shapes classrooms around the world today.
In this video, we break down:
• Why CLT emerged
• What “communication” means in CLT
• Key classroom principles and practices
• How CLT changed teacher and learner roles
💬 Question for you: How do you use CLT in your own teaching or learning context? What works well, and what do you find challenging?
Share your experiences below. We would especially love to hear from MA/MSc TESOL students and early-career teachers.
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