Episode 21: Neil McMillan
In episode 21, Leo chats with Neil McMillan. Neil is an experienced teacher, teacher-trainer, writer, and translator. He holds a Diploma in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as well as a Ph.D in literature from the University of Glasgow, and has over 15 years’ classroom experience working with adults, teenagers, and children from all over the world. Neil is also the president of the Cooperative de Serveis Linguistics de Barcelona, a forward-thinking language cooperative based in Barcelona, Spain, and is an active advocate of Task-based Language Teaching.
In this episode, Neil talks about:
the gap between standardized tests and necessary performative tasks, especially in the case of immigration;
what SLB is, how it works, and how teachers elsewhere can form a cooperative;
if ELT is a genuine career given the lack of regulation in the industry;
TBLT myths, SLB's TBLT course, and how teachers can implement tasks from coursebooks;
EAP contexts and how understanding a professor's expectations is integral before creating language curriculum.
Contact Neil or SLB:
Twitter: @neil_mcm; @SLBCoop
Website: Cooperative de Serveis Linguistics de Barcelona
Follow "The SLB Podcast" in any podcast app, or stream on their website.
Read Neil's blog "Animalising ELT"
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