{"podcast":{"title":"Teacher Talking Time","slug":"teacher-talking-time-954571","podcast_index_feed_id":954571,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/teachertalkingtime/feed.xml","website_url":"https://teachertalkingtime.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4172357/Black_Minimalist_Business_Instagram_Profile_Picture91h65.png","author":"teachertalkingtime","episode_count":100,"summary":"Teacher Talking Time is a podcast for language teachers who want more: more clarity, more autonomy, and more lasting impact, both inside and outside the classroom. Hosted by Leo and Andrew of Learn YOUR English, each episode features thoughtful, in-depth conversations with the educators, researchers, and teacherpreneurs shaping the future of language education. Guests have included Scott Thornbury, Bill VanPatten, David Little, Jennifer Jenkins, John Levis, Angelica Galante, Sarah Mercer, Enrica Piccardo, Claudia Fernández, Shawn Loewen, Paul Nation, Sheila Thorn, and many more. From the latest in second language acquisition research to honest stories of teachers building lives and businesses on their own terms, every conversation invites you to think deeper, teach more intentionally, and take charge of your professional path. We release two episodes each month - with full video versions on YouTube - to help you reflect, stay inspired, and grow as a teacher and changemaker. Subscribe, listen, and join a global community of educators leading with intention.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T18:17:59.495460+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/teacher-talking-time-954571"},"episode":{"title":"You Can’t Teach a Syllabus (And Why Accuracy-first is Killing Enrollment) - Matt Coss","slug":"you-can-t-teach-a-syllabus-and-why-accuracy-first-is-killing-enrollment-matt-coss","published_at":"2026-06-13T18:44:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/teacher-talking-time-954571/you-can-t-teach-a-syllabus-and-why-accuracy-first-is-killing-enrollment-matt-coss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/teacher-talking-time-954571","url":"https://teachertalkingtime.podbean.com/e/the-tblt-illusion-why-your-best-students-think-you-aren-t-teaching-anything-matt-coss/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yc7y9av6jjwjid5t/Matt_Coss_Spotify_Final9jxxn.mp3","summary":"\"People ask me all the time, 'Are you worried that AI's gonna take your job?' and I tell them, no, but I'm worried that you would ask me that question, because it tells me a lot about what you think my job is.\" We chat with researcher Matt Coss. Matt is a professor of applied linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages & Classics at the University of Alabama (USA). A research-practitioner who has taught Mandarin and Spanish across all proficiency levels for 13 years, his work focuses on task-based language teaching (TBLT), assessment, language program design, and student retention. He is also the Interviews Editor for TASK: Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and a founding co-editor of the Focus on Practice section of Language Awareness. In this episode, we discuss: How a childhood happenstance and an adopted aunt bypassed traditional language learning methods completely. Why tracking technical language gains as an absolute baseline sets a language program up for total institutional collapse. A direct look inside a Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) classroom where a student successfully performed a task but swore their teacher \"didn't teach them anything.\" Why language classrooms are the ultimate retention machine for universities, outperforming massive STEM cohorts by fundamentally validating student identities. How rigid vocabulary lists and zero training in meaning negotiation caused fluent clinicians to completely misdiagnose a critical patient case. Real strategies for working inside a strict curricular environment by identifying functional communication gaps rather than forcing artificial vocabulary drills. How to bypass structural paralysis by simply asking learners what they tried to say this week but couldn't. 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