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.
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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
📘 New video is live: The Natural Approach Explained
The Natural Approach is often associated with Krashen’s ideas about comprehensible input and the affective filter—but what does it really propose, and how practical is it for classrooms today?
In this episode, we explore the theory behind the Natural Approach, how it was meant to work in practice, and why it remains one of the most debated approaches in language teaching.
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When you use group work in your teaching, what’s the biggest challenge?
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📘 New video is live: Cooperative Language Learning Explained
Cooperative learning is often treated as “just group work”, but there’s much more going on beneath the surface.
In this episode, we unpack what Cooperative Language Learning really means, how it differs from unsystematic group work, and why it plays such a central role in contemporary language teaching and curriculum design.
If you teach English, study TESOL, or are interested in how interaction and collaboration shape language learning, this one’s for you.
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🎓 NEW TESOL LECTURE LIVE NOW
📌 Community Language Learning
One of the most radical methods in TESOL history.
Instead of drills and accuracy, CLL asked: What happens when we prioritise learners’ emotions and relationships?
In today’s episode:
✅ Where CLL came from
✅ How it works in practice
✅ Why it was influential but rarely adopted
✅ What today’s teachers can still learn
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💬 What does community mean in your classroom?
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New Episode: Competency-Based Language Teaching Explained
Many TESOL courses still organise syllabi around grammar coverage.
But what if the organising principle was not language structure, but demonstrable performance?
Competency-Based Language Teaching asks a different question:
Can the learner do the task?
In this episode, we unpack:
• What CBLT actually is
• Auerbach’s eight defining features
• Why it became mandated in adult ESL in the United States
• How needs analysis drives curriculum design
• Why it appeals strongly to policymakers
• The major criticisms, including reductionism and the “banking model” concern
If you teach adult ESL, vocational English, migrant education, or standards-based programs, CBLT thinking is already shaping your work whether you realise it or not.
Watch the full breakdown now.
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Before Communicative Language Teaching, Situational Language Teaching (SLT) shaped English classrooms for decades.
In this episode, we explain:
• What SLT is and where it came from
• What a situational lesson actually looks like
• How PPP (Presentation–Practice–Production) emerged
• Why accuracy and oral practice were so central
• Why SLT still matters today
If you have ever used drills, visuals, or PPP in your teaching, you are seeing the legacy of this method.
Watch the episode for a clear, five-minute explanation of one of the most influential TESOL approaches.
💬 Question for teachers:
Which elements of SLT do you still recognise in your own teaching?
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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
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