Word Hunters: Left, Right and Off-Center

# 9 Neil McCuthcheon

October 31, 2022 Season 1 Episode 9
Word Hunters: Left, Right and Off-Center
# 9 Neil McCuthcheon
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In this episode, we talk with Neil McCutcheon. Neil  is an author, teacher trainer, and ELT consultant with more than 30 years of experience. He has worked on teacher training courses around the world, including in Ghana, Hungary, France, and the UK. He co-wrote Activities For Task-Based Learning  in 2019 and has an excellent blog for teachers at https://fluencyfirstelt.blog/.  He's also an amateur musician and vinyl collector. You can find the references mentioned in the episode on our blog:

https://wordhunters.com/9-neil-mccutcheon/


Introduction and Neils background
A story from Ghana
Do learners learn what we teach them?
Task-based learning and focus on form
Views on SLA theory and TBL
why does the 'course book' method persist
Neil & Neil's writing process
Just in time teaching
Reactive teaching on CELTA
Implementing a Tasked-based syllabus
Neils typical day
Neil's book
Fluency First Blog