Cambridge Life Competencies for Teens
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCambridge Life Competencies for Teens is a seven-part podcast series for English language teachers that helps you develop your students' life competencies to prepare them for early adulthood. In each episode we'll be chatting to English language teaching experts who'll be sharing their practical tips and techniques that you can use with your teenage learners.
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The Primary Pod
January 18, 2021 14:00The Primary Pod is a five-part podcast series for for English language teachers that explores trends in young learner education. In each episode, we'll be talking to English language teaching experts who'll be sharing their practical tips and techniques that you can use with your primary learners.
Episode 7: Starting from Scratch
January 10, 2020 10:37 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this final episode, we chat to someone who has built a set of life skills from scratch, and found international success as a result. Seong-Jay, or Korean Billy as you may know him, tells us about how he learnt English and what skills he needed to stand out in the competitive world of online teaching.
Episode 5: Learning to Learn
December 17, 2019 11:49 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MBThis time on Cambridge Life Competencies for Teens, we're talking about learning how to learn. So how can we help our teenage learners develop these skills? We chat to author and teacher Dan Vincent who joins Olivia Goodman from our Language Research Team to exchange ideas.
Episode 6: Social Responsibilities
December 17, 2019 11:42 - 40 minutes - 56.7 MBOffering their expert advice on how we can educate our teenage learners to become responsible global citizens, professor, teacher trainer and writer Herbert Puchta, joins Ben Knight from our Language Research Team to share ideas.
Episode 4: Critical Thinking
December 04, 2019 09:49 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBWith the help of teacher trainer and materials writer, Chris Sowton, and Jasmin Silver from our Language Research Team, this fourth episode aims to clear up any confusion around critical thinking, and offers you tips on how it can be easily incorporated into your lessons.
Episode 3: Creative Thinking
November 19, 2019 10:43 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this third episode, we discuss creativity with teacher trainer and author, Ben Goldstein, and Ben Knight from our Language Research Team, who share their tips on helping bring your students' ideas to life in the classroom.
Episode 2: Communication
November 05, 2019 14:10 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBIn this second episode, we hear from freelance teacher trainer and materials writer Ceri Jones and Niall Curry from our Language Research Team about what we mean by communication and what constitutes 'a good communicator'.
What is the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework?
October 21, 2019 13:13 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, we chat to Roxana Herescu and Ben Knight from our Language Research Team, who provide a helpful overview of what the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework is and how it can help you and your students.
Episode 1: Collaboration
October 21, 2019 09:48 - 35 minutes - 49 MBIn this opening episode, we hear from author and teacher Dan Vincent, and Delia Kidd from our Language Research Team about how to develop your students’ collaborative skills and create a positive classroom environment.
An introduction to Cambridge Life Competencies for Teens
September 16, 2019 11:57 - 1 minute - 3.11 MBCambridge Life Competencies for Teens is a seven-part podcast series for English language teachers that helps you develop your students' life competencies to prepare them for early adulthood. In each episode we'll be chatting to English language teaching experts who'll be sharing their practical tips and techniques that you can use with your teenage learners.