Live and Learn Podcast: Recent Episodes

Inna Koblents, Yuliya Shtaltovna

Passionate teachers and learners - Inna and Yuliya - talk about how they live and learn, encourage and teach, move countries, adapt to change and mentalities, motivate and let live.

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You can find and contact us: Inna at innakoblenz.wixsite.com/website Yuliya at linkedin.com/in/yuliyashtaltovna

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A new social contract for education (UNESCO report)

Reimagining educational practices

Agile approach to education

Lifelong learning as a new norm

Cooperation, collaboration, solidarity vs teacher-driven education

Synergy vs individual effort

Human skills

Intercultural and interdisciplinary learning

Bonus: etymology of "attract, contract, abstract, extract"


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Jobs vs hobbies vs other meaningful activities

Professional transformation as a choice and a challenge

A need for a professional tribe

What makes people happy? - advice from a cOntEnt person (Marina's life philosophy)


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Prioritizing and preferences (origin and meaning)

Resolution lists vs agile planning

Time and goal revision

Ownership in pursuing goals

Choosing not to do something

The importance of prioritizing for academic performance


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Exclusive nature of language

Self-correction: reasons and effects

Language acquisition: making language your own

Criticism towards one's language use

Voice recording as a tool for exam preparation / presentation performance

Taking the courage to speak: content vs shape

English as a language of international communication (who is the icon of correct speech?)

Coming out: how Live and Learn Podcast's hosts feel about their voices


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Taste for curiosity/ curiosity for taste

Turning a hobby into profession

Certification in the world of beer

Vocabulary of flavours

Lingo of beer professionals: is it another language?

Beer running as a combination of a hobby and a job

Representing and communicating a brand

Lana's motto and advice: "Do what you love, love what you do"


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New trends towards human-centered work

AI taking over humans' jobs

Specifically human skills

Synergy of human collaboration

Employability and transformation in the future of work

Resilience and being ready for change

A shift from business-centered to human-centered leadership

Agile methodology


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Trends in corporate and freelance work: a four-day week

A shorter working week to improve productivity (WEF report)

Less is more: fewer hours, higher efficiency

Scheduling and prioritizing oneself 

Working from home during lockdown as a resource to realize when and how a professional is more productive

Knowing oneself as a key to being a more efficient professional 


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With our guest, Edoardo Binda Zane, today we are discussing:

  • more energy needed to do things remotely;
  • emotional intelligence for managers;
  • a need for a different type of leadership in the modern world of uncertainty;
  • soft skills in demand for leadership jobs;
  • AI taking over some managerial tasks;
  • work-life balance, leaders as trendsetters;
  • growth mindset and leadership;
  • learning from various sources

Feel free to test yourself "emotional intelligence test" here: https://ebz-coaching.com/tests/emotional-intelligence-test/

His book is available on Amazon 😉 https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09GZHK8JN


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Starting Season 6 with a warm discussion of:

creating a flow of conversation with friends/colleagues/podcast guests;

the importance of in-person communication;

coming back to online/offline/hybrid classrooms;

relevance of a physical contact and/or perception in educational environment;

creating a meaningful teaching portfolio;

working four days a week;

freedom, responsibility, awareness and choice

Join our community of growth mindsetters, listen to our previous seasons, follow us on social media, live and learn!


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  • Soft skills: hard to measure?
  • Teaching soft skills for employability: Yuliya is sharing her experience of evaluating students' projects
  • Methodology of research
  • Exam design
  • How are soft skill levels going to change the employability of today's students?

Mentioned references:

  1. Yuliya's guest appearance on The eLearning Podcast With Stephen Ladek featuring Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna -Teaching Digitally-Ready Soft Skills
  2. GILE Conference - The Development of Competencies for Employability
  3. Shtaltovna, Yuliya & Muzzu, Christina (2021). Enhancing students’ digital competencies within the Employability module of the University of Europe’s skills-based curricula. G4Y International Conference ‘21, The Development of Competencies for Employability Proceedings, GILE Journal of Skills Development, p.70-89.
  4. Podcast playlist on soft skills by Live and Learn Podcast
  5. Read this LinkedIn post summarizing all the appearances connected with this article, including MURAL blog, BESIG and GILE Conference for Employability

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We are trying to answer the question "Is "deserving" a vacation harmful?", as well as discussing some of our favourite topics:

work-life-sleep balance;

mental health days/weeks in the world of corporate work;

working hard and earning your living vs enjoying the career of your choice;

Maslow pyramid and being aware of your real needs;

the need to detox and the need to (dis)connect;

digital detox practices across traditions and cultures


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Happy to welcome our guest and dear friend and colleague Marina Yalanska to discuss:

  • podcasts and reading as ways of perceiving information;
  • reading for pleasure;
  • happy endings in books and how relevant they are to life and interpersonal communication;
  • intercultural differences: good or evil of romance and partnership;
  • neuroscience as a way to understand the other (and what for?);
  • translation and interpreting of prose and poetry.

Stay tuned, subscribe not to miss the second part of our conversation with Marina, a beauty and knowledge sharer, about professional reinvention and career change.

Check out Marina's Blog about the world of books and books of the world - https://bookmarin.com/en/

Welcome to join!


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Reaching advanced levels on a language learning journey

What does it take?

How is it checked?

Which aims does it serve?

Inna's personal experience of taking a C1 exam in German

Yuliya's view on exam taking skills and strategies

Analyzing exam formats for advanced levels

Other relevant episodes:

https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-language-certificates-and-skipping-levels-emh49e

https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-improving-exam-skills-ek74kg


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Negotiation: definition and etymology

Negotiation as a skill

Teaching negotiation skills in an intercultural environment

Traditional negotiation and the culture of bargaining

Manipulative techniques vs ethical negotiation


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Knowledge, skills, competencies: etymology and definition

Being good enough

The curve of competence

The curve of self-confidence

Impostor's syndrome

Links to the articles mentioned in the episode:

Enhancing students’ digital competencies within the Employability module of the University of Europe’s skills-based curricula by Yuliya Shtaltovna and Christina Muzzu

Can a Skill be Measured or Assessed? 6-Level Skills Development Approach to Skill Assessment by Yuliya Shtaltovna


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Live and learn philosophy during vacation

Workation: what is there behind the brand new concept?

Teachers on vacation: self-care and continuous professional development

Vacanza studio: learning during vacation

Summer camp experience for kids and counselors

Links to previous episodes: 

On improving work-life balance https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-improving-work-life-balance-eq1i7u

On learning during vacation https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-learning-during-vacation-egjqkh


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Learning from native speakers vs avoiding typical mistakes

To err is human

How to treat mistakes

Development language errors (child development issues in native speakers)

Psychology behind the fear of making mistakes

Creating a comfortable learning environment

Intentional mistakes for fun

Self-awareness and control in treating mistakes in L2


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Is any linguistic input good enough for language learners?

Choosing the language environment

Native speakers as an example of desired linguistic input (or not?)

Correlation between linguistic input and language production

Democratisation and destandatisation of modern languages

Personal cases by podcast hosts

Top tip by Live and Learn podcast


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Coming back home: what does it mean and what does it take?

Pains and lessons of repatriating

Useful models behind "culture shock" and "reverse culture shock"

Awareness: can it help?

Takeaways for further expat life


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After discussing general points concerning feedback (check them out in our previous episode), we move on to discussing giving and receiving feedback in education

Kirkpatrick's model of feedback

Feedback vs takeaway in the process of education

Feedback on communication, collaboration, learning, person


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Feedback: definition and perception

A year of podcasting: thanks for the feedback to our listeners

Stages of communication: coding, decoding, reacting to messages

Neurophysiology behind reacting to feedback

Growth mindset as a prerequisite for receiving feedback and improving performance 


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After a year of #podcasting efforts and an analysis of the 50 episodes aired, we have come up with The Four Pillars of Live and Learn philosophy:  growth mindset, expat life, language acquisition and skills development.

In this bonus episode, we are rebroadcasting "Measuring soft skills".

Life as a precious gift and the world of opportunities

Measuring soft skills for assessment and making progress

Building a bridge between the actors of the "new" world of education and employment

A teaser of Yuliya's academic article!

Check out our digital business card for the links to all our social media and podcasting platforms if what to leave us feedback or recommend to your friends and colleagues!


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The four pillars of Live and learn philosophy: growth mindset, expat life, language acquisition and skills development.

In this bonus episode we are rebroadcasting "How to hack a language".

Remotely from Israel, Inna's son Michael Koblenz is sharing his experience of learning languages without learning Grammar.

What does it mean to "own" a language?

What does it mean to be a good teacher?

What does it take to be a good student?

Do you need talent to learn a language?

What is the sunk cost of success?

We mention: a NAALE program for getting a high school diploma in Israel https://www.naale-elite-academy.com/en/

Michael's teacher of English Iryna Vintserska-Demchenko https://web.facebook.com/irene.winzerskademchenko


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In this bonus episode we are rebroadcasting "Learning to live as an expat".

Being an expat as a life situation and a skill

Relocation

Taking yourself with you

Finding the essential stuff that makes you feel at home

Sticking to your routines

Starting first simple connections

Mutual help in expat communities

Building trust

Staying connected to your own needs


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The four pillars of Live and learn philosophy: growth mindset, expat life, language acquisition and skills development.

In this bonus episode we are rebroadcasting "Growth mindset vs fixed mindset"

Basic characteristics of fixed mindset vs growth mindset

Our attitude and feelings as regards the continuum from fixed to growth mindset

Some tips on leaving the comfort zone in search of development and self-improvement


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A year of podcasting: our lessons and takeaways

Ownership, consistency, content creation, promotion, partnership in podcasting

Growth mindset in developing an educational podcast: learning by doing

Education as a process of intimate communication

Revealing your authentic Self in a podcast

Finding your ideal Teacher or Student with the help of podcasting

  • Want to start your own educational podcast? We are ready to share our experience, support and accompany

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What do "espresso", "press", "printing" and "branding" have in common?

Brand and branding in professional self-presentation

Continuous professional development and rebranding

Rebranding vs reassembling one's professional Self

Personal branding and finding the niche

Smart communication of one's professional brand 


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Yuliya's article: from idea to publication

Skill measurement and digital communication skills measurement through the CEFR paradigm

Useful skills vs outdated skills

Needs behind the skills to be developed

Bloom's taxonomy

Bloom's digital taxonomy

Dante's journey in "La Divina Commedia" and skill development framework

Link to Yuliya's article:


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Etymology of "digital" and "collaboration" 

Digital collaboration tools in school and University environment

Does "digital native" mean "ready for digital collaboration"?

Real life examples of applying digital collaboration tools in teaching

What did 2020 teach us/ What did we learn from shifting online?


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Verbal abuse and how to avoid it

Language and national mentality as regards set abusive phrases in schools and families

Communication awareness

Cultural and intercultural awareness

Fragility and protection

Cultural and social shift towards less abusive communication

Non-verbal abuse and how to avoid it

Bringing unconscious non-verbal signs to light


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Concepts behind words and meanings

Understanding of cultural connotations

Concept mapping in language teaching and learning

Culture and communication: the importance of cultural awareness

Language and thought: philosophy, psychology, linguistics and neuroscience on how we think and speak

How do vocabulary and grammar shape national mentalities?

Promising trends in communication science

Bonus: why aren't beer and milk drinks?


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Teaching philosophy: leading by example and encouraging curiosity

Learnability as a skill: learning to learn and teaching to learn

Learning styles: myth or reality

Diversity and inclusion in a classroom


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Audio content trends: radio, podcasts, Clubhouse

Infobubbles

Social psychology: we vs them

Early adopters and trendsetters in social networks

Audio and visual content

Web 4.0: being a commentor and a creator

Influencers vs experts

The luxury of silence


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Language acquisition: learning skills, soft skills, transferrable skills

Bilinguals vs monolinguals in terms of communicative efficiency

Added value for a CV

Improved employability skills

Language educators as providers of necessary methodology for acquiring soft skills

Further employment prospectives for ELT experts


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Learning and leisure

Accessibility of language input abroad

How to choose an app

Choosing the right level: challenging yet enjoyable language input

Neuroscience to help language acquisition app creators

AI to help language teachers with drilling practice

Human teachers vs apps


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Work-life balance and how to measure it

Work-life-sleep balance (tribute to IKEA for bringing in this important notion)

Free time vs work time

Calculating extra working hours for teachers and freelancers

Continuous professional development

A model of an "iceberg" in measuring working hours

Diagnosing overload

Work-life balance during lockdown

A recipe of well-balanced life 

Being connected to your needs


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We are starting Season 4 with the discussion on:

How we make the conversation flow

How we are part of international discourse concerning education, soft skills, 21st century skills

The importance of AI in recommending content picked for you

The need for curated content for better connection, growth, and leisure time

Bonus art-related discussion: The Four Seasons around pizza and music


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The last episode of Season 3 makes us think about: 

Reflecting and projecting, looking back and forward

The importance of consistency and routine

E-gifts, relevant content as a way to connect

The need for support and feedback

New release: Inna's solo podcast in Italian. La tua voce all'estero, un podcast che vi accompagna mentre imparate le lingue straniere

https://anchor.fm/inna-koblents0


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In an exciting conversation with our guest Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten we discuss

sustainable living

growth mindset

inspiration and leadership

personal responsibility and cultural awareness

consistency and results

Bonus: Erlijn's online course http://www.SustainableDecisions.eu


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  • Expressing emotions vs wearing masks
  • Being successful during an exam, a presentation, a job interview: prerequisites
  • Steps of job interview preparation
  • Ways of standing out and fitting in
  • Hard skills, soft skills and social roles in a company

Bonus reading: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-you-still-need-cover-letter-well-really-depends-shtaltovna-phd


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Our guest Gleb Kondrashevsky, a program coordinator at DAAD, Moscow, and a person of multiple interests is here with us discussing

Freedom and responsibility while studying in Germany

Curiosity, learning and science

Tracking roots back as a source of knowledge

Mentality differences (if any) between German and foreign students

Cultural and language differences (if any) between small towns and big cities in Germany

Useful advice: 

how to choose a University, 

how to apply for exchange programs on time, 

how to choose your curriculum, 

what to be aware of in terms of studying abroad


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Entering the New year: life as a precious gift and the world of opportunities

Measuring soft skills for assessment and making progress

Building a bridge between the actors of the "new" world of education and employment

Bonus: a teaser of Yuliya's academic article (the link will be added as soon as it's available)


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Happy New Year, growth mindsetters! Join our discussion on:

reflecting on the year 

making New year resolutions

planning ahead

wishlist vs to-do list

neuroscience behind making affirmative wishes

Bonus: scientific basis of second-language fluency under small amount of alcohol


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Pills of comparative linguistics for nerds to begin with: history and curious facts behind words, numbers and verb tense structures. 

AI for intertranslation between multiple languages: benefits and risks. 

No need for language learning and translation any more?

Social dilemma, digital presence and absence, digital dieting and detox


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A talk with David Rosson, speech scientist by training, software engineer by trade, regular character in the Berlin language tech meetup scene

From linguistics to software development

Prominent scientists as role models

Science and effort behind achieving certain language levels

Behaviour of producing words VS ability to produce language

AI VS human speech and thinking


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To begin with, we are discussing podcasts as a final project in education.

We talk about how informative language certificates are;

argue skipping levels vs continuous learning;

give examples of fluency vs mastering a language.

Bonus: Inna is boasting of her exam results and explaining the reasons for confidence


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Survival kit for Advent time 2020

Bringing light and brightness into your living and learning process

Advent time across cultures: celebrating diversity

Bonus: gift ideas from your podcast hosts


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Being an expat as a life situation and a skill. Here are some key issues we are discussing this week:

Relocation

Taking yourself with you

Finding the essential stuff that makes you feel at home

Sticking to your routines

Starting first simple connections

Mutual help in expat communities

Building trust

Staying connected to your own needs


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21 century skills for employability

Transferable skills

Awareness of knowledge and skills we get

World Economic Forum 2020 on skills and characteristics for the future of jobs

Bonus: useful and curious linguistic discoveries 


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Autumn vibes for learners and educators:

routines for productivity;

teacher and student self-care;

neuroscience tips to boost your productivity and stay efficient in autumn;

scientific support for healthy and successful living and learning


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Let's discuss:

  • responsibility for choosing and following the curriculum;
  • being completely present in class;
  • creating and encouraging educational environment;
  • going green and digital in an offline classroom

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In this episode we share our ideas and experience concerning dangers and benefits of education, including

Fears of novelty and embracing change

Planning a course in times of uncertainty 

Seeing a bigger picture

Dangers of learning

Critical thinking 


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In this episode we discuss a skill of taking and passing exams. We talk about 

a continuum from rules to freedom,

improving an exam score vs improving language skills,

tips on getting ready for an exam,

helpful routines on the exam's eve and the day of the test


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In this episode we talk about 

Non-violent communication in business correspondence across cultures 

Playing the same game

Proactive VS reactive strategy of business communication

Tips for efficient business writing


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In today's special episode we celebrate World Teachers' Day and discuss 

  • what it means to be a teacher,
  • to meet modern as well as eternal challenges of teaching and learning,
  • to be proud of being a teacher,
  • to be satisfied with your work as an educator.

We mention World Teachers' Day 2020 Web Conference https://www.iatefl.org/world-teachers-day-2020-web-conference


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Remotely from Israel, Inna's son Michael Koblenz is sharing his experience of learning languages without learning Grammar.

What does it mean to "own" a language?

What does it mean to be a good teacher? 

What does it take to be a good student?

Do you need talent to learn a language?

What is the sunk cost of success?

We mention: a NAALE program for getting a high school diploma in Israel https://www.naale-elite-academy.com/en/

Michael's teacher of English Iryna Vintserska-Demchenko https://web.facebook.com/irene.winzerskademchenko


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Our guest is Elizabeth Peterson, a teacher, author, host of retreats for teachers and founder of the Inspired classroom specializing in arts integration through SEAL (social-emotional artistic learning).

On this episode we discuss:

  • teacher self-care
  • the importance of a professional tribe
  • teacher networking, offline and online

Check out the links to get to know more about what Elizabeth is doing:

Theinspiredclassroom.com

TeachSEAL.com

Free workshop: theinspiredclassroom.com/workshop

Facebook group Inspiring Teachers https://web.facebook.com/groups/inspiringteachers


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Join us and discover the role of alertness, collaboration, support and self-actualization for the development of resilience.

Resilience in education and beyond;

Intercultural differences in reacting and adapting to stress;

Creativity and resilience as reactions to stressful environment.

Bonus: a resilience mantra (absolutely not to miss!)


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How does one get cultural awareness?

Who needs to adapt to another culture?

What does teaching sensitive cultural content mean?

Which competence does it require?

Bonus content: the hosts' personal experience of learning a culture from locals in the environment


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You can translate words but you can't translate cultures. In this episode we discuss 

  • when it's best to start learning cultural contexts in a second language course

  • which course books are optimal for raising culture awareness

  • how not to stick to a language-first or a language-only approach and 

  • why teaching and learning cultures is essential


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Back to normal (and not), planning, being resourceful and agile during a new academic year are some of the topics we discuss.

Tips for starting a school year for learners and teachers, setting SMART goals and completing educational tasks.


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In this episode we keep  on discussing: 

  • more on the skills for the 21st century as regards school and University management,
  • assessment and feedback based on students' needs,
  • student-centred curriculum,
  • getting back to normal (should we?)

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We discuss innovators, early adopters and laggards when it comes to the 21st-century skills. As part of these skills for teachers and learners, we talk about going digital, paperless and green; bringing technology to the classroom, being efficient and staying minimalistic.  


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We discuss basic characteristics of fixed mindset vs growth mindset, share our attitude and feelings as regards the continuum from fixed to growth mindset and give some tips on leaving the comfort zone in search of development and self-improvement.


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Being inspired by William Shakespeare in this midsummer season, we are talking about the art of learning and the art in learning.

What is a language acquisition device?

How can comparative linguistics help to "crack" the words of a new language?

Why is it important to read the task before even starting to do it?

Bonus: a useful hometask for our listeners


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We discuss teachers' well-being, mindfulness, challenges and victories. as well as the need for supervision, intervision or belonging to a professional "tribe". 

We are proud of the first fruit of our podcast in terms of intercultural networking and collaboration. 

Please, join the discussion at https://web.facebook.com/liveandlearnpodcast

Follow our updates at  https://t.me/liveandlearnpodcast and https://twitter.com/LiveandLearnPo1


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Take yourself on holiday! 

And we will share some tips on how to spend vacation time while doing some useful yet enjoyable learning stuff. 

In this episode we give advice on how to practice reading, listening, writing and speaking skills on holiday without self-shaming for not doing enough. 

Please, join the discussion at https://web.facebook.com/liveandlearnpodcast

Follow our updates at  https://t.me/liveandlearnpodcast 


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We continue the conversation about soft skills essential for living and working in the upcoming decade. We move on to discussing emotional intelligence, critical thinking, cultural awareness and focus mastery

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Do you still believe curiosity killed the cat?

We don't... For us in Live and Learn curiosity is one of the key soft skills alongside growth mindset and communication. In this episode we mention the research by udemy.com concerning the most required soft skills for 2020 and discuss storytelling and meta-learning skills, virtual collaboration and presenting skills.

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Wonder what procrastibaking is? In this episode we start with word formation and neologisms and take you for a journey to discover brand-new ways of procrastinating, discuss prioritizing and responsibility in learning and teaching. We talk about setting boundaries and avoiding distractions, being in the flow and dealing with planning, emergency and cancellations. We mention and thank calendly.com, our virtual scheduling assistant

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What is online education and what is it not? How can we tell the difference between online education and online teaching in emergency? What is digital collaboration? Which digital tools for class management do we use and find efficient?

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Live and learn how to travel, move and adapt to new countries and cultures. Tips: how to find a friendly environment for language acquisition. Bonus: how to be a better local and help foreigners master your language

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Yulia and Inna are self-presenting, saying what they are and not less importantly what they are not as passionate language learners and teachers.

We mentioned the Universities 

  • PCASEA, Dnipro, Ukraine https://pgasa.dp.ua/en/

  • L'Università per StranieriDante Alighieri” Reggio Calabria, Italy http://www.unistrada.it/   

  • Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv University Kyiv, Ukraine https://kubg.edu.ua/

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