Anna Parr-Modrzejewska joins Harry and Will in an episode that digs deep into how grammar is taught in a whole variety of circumstances, from L1 to L2, from implicit to explicit instruction, and from younger to more mature learners.

What's your opinion on how grammar should be taught?
Do you look forward to teaching it, or avoid it wherever possible?

This episode is generously brought you by Academy Stars 2nd edition. Learn more about this 7-level British English primary course from Macmillan Education at https://www.macmillanenglish.com/catalogue/courses/young-learners/academy-stars-second-edition/course-information

Pere Cortiella Ibàñez and Will Rixon pull apart the true purpose of assessment why it's regarded in the way it is by all its players: the teacher, the student, the parent, the institution and the government.

What is the true purpose of assessment?
How does it help the student?
How might the process of assessing be improved from all the aforementioned perspectives?

The third episode of the Advancing Learning Pod brings Claudia Rey into the fray (rhyming intended). Claudia sets Harry and Will on the straight and narrow with what's important when preparing learners for exams.

I'll give you a clue...it's not repeatedly offering exam practice tasks. It starts with 'fee' and ends with 'dback'.

This episode is brought to you by Macmillan Education's course for young learners, Learning Well. Learn all about it here:

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