Teachers ask: burnout, wellbeing and supporting every learner – Episode 34
We’re back at King’s College in Cambridge to bring you another very special Q&A episode.
Host, Luísa Geão is joined by Helen Kenyon, Product Manager at Cambridge and Dr Kate Brierton, a Chartered Clinical Psychologist.
Covering topics from wellbeing and burnout to simple emotional phrases to support young learners, our experts answer real questions submitted by English language teachers around the world – collected at the IATEFL conference in Brighton.
Teachers ask: AI, mixed-ability classes & multilingual learners – Episode 33
Welcome back! To kick off the new season of Grow, we’re bringing you a very special Q&A episode directly from the beautiful and sunny King’s College in Cambridge.
Host, Luísa Geão is joined by English language teaching specialists Cecília Lemos Harmer and Olha Madylus, along with co-host Rebecca Rios from Brazil.
From mixed ability classes and multilingualism to AI use in the classroom, our experts answer real questions submitted by English language teachers around the world from Austria, Poland and Georgia - collected at the IATEFL conference in Brighton.
Making space for everyone in the classroom with Sarah-Ann Elizabeth Brown - Episode 32
Today we’re bringing you another episode from the city of Vũng Tàu in Vietnam.
Host, Uyen Pham sits down with Sarah-Ann Elizabeth Brown, to explore what it really takes to help every child feel seen, valued and confident in the English classroom.
After moving from South Africa to Vietnam, Sarah-Ann shares how teaching abroad has reshaped her career, her classroom and even how she sees the world. She explains how resilience, patience and compassion guides her work with young learners.
Building confidence lesson by lesson with Douglas Deer - Episode 31
Welcome back to another episode of Grow: A podcast from Cambridge where today Joel Cutting sits down with Douglas Deer, a newly qualified teacher in London. Douglas shares the tools and techniques that are already making a difference in his practice - from pre-teaching vocabulary and effective Concept Checking Questions, to managing work-life balance and drawing on colleague support. You’ll also hear from Cecília Lemos Harmer & Matt Ellman from the Professional Learning and Development team at Cambridge with a top tip on how to bring the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework into the language classroom.