# 9 Neil McCuthcheon

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/

Chapters

• 5:36 Introduction and Neils background
• 5:36 A story from Ghana
• 10:20 Do learners learn what we teach them?
• 11:50 Task-based learning and focus on form
• 13:03 Views on SLA theory and TBL
• 14:45 why does the 'course book' method persist
• 22:00 Neil & Neil's writing process
• 28:24 Just in time teaching
• 30:00 Reactive teaching on CELTA
• 32:48 Implementing a Tasked-based syllabus
• 35:00 Neils typical day
• 41:00 Neil's book
• 42:45 Fluency First Blog