Russ Mayne is an author, blogger, teacher and teacher trainer based in Japan. His book, An Introduction to Evidence-Based Teaching in the English Language Classroom: Theory and Practice, has been well received in the teacher training community and the larger ELT field and is a great reference for examining common teaching practices. His popular blog is also filled with interesting critical writings on popular teaching techniques. In this episode, we talk to Russ about his background, his experience teaching, his book, his current interests, and other topics. Links for some of these topics are below. You can find the episode HERE or on your favorite podcast platform.
GEOS Languages Plus – https://www.geos.net/tw/home.htm
Presentation-Practice-Production (PPP) – Language Link
English for Academic Purposes – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_English
University of Leicester – https://le.ac.uk/
JET Programme – https://jetprogramme.org/en/
International University of Japan – https://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Leicester – https://www.visitleicester.info/
CELTA – https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/celta/
DELTA – https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/delta/
Evidence-Based EFL Blog – http://malingual.blogspot.com/
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Teaching in the English Language Classroom: Theory and Practice –
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Introduction-Evidence-Based-Teaching-Language-Classroom/dp/1913414892
Philip Kerr – https://adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/about/
Scott Thornbury – http://www.scottthornbury.com/
Evidence-Based Medicine (National Library of Medicine) – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789163/
Learning Styles – www.educationnext.org/stubborn-myth-learning-styles-state-teacher-license-prep-materials-debunked-theory/
Chess.com – https://www.chess.com/
Lichess – https://lichess.org/
Correspondence chess – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess
Jujitsu – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujutsu
Taekwondo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo
Mike Swan – https://mikeswan.net/