January 28, 2021
Recording date: December 22, 2020
Guest: Caroline McKinnon, New York City
Synopsis: We are so excited to talk with Caroline McKinnon, an incredible person and an incredible teacher, who is universally ADORED by her students and colleagues. Caroline has travelled and worked all over the world, and put together a phenomenal career. She's currently the Director of Courses at Rennert International in New York City, and Director of FeLTNYC, an all volunteer organization founded to help asylum seekers in New York City learn English in a very challenging time for immigrants to the United States. In this episode, Caroline has lots of interesting things to say about how FeLTNYC grew during the pandemic and the future of English Language Teaching.
Links:
https://www.feltnyc.org/
https://www.rennert.com/
https://www.englishusa.org/page/2021PDC
January 21, 2021
Recording date: December 9, 2020
Guest: John Laing, Sydney
Synopsis: John Laing is a veteran English language teacher whose career has taken him from Australia, to Japan to the Middle East and back home to Oz. He has a reputation for being a source of positivity and fun in the classroom and a beloved teacher by his many students. Join us as we talk with John about life in Australia during Covid, its impact on the English Language Training industry in that country and his thoughts on the future of English Language Industry in Australia.
Produced by Melanie Johnson and Amy Swanson for BounceEnglish
Edited by Amy Swanson
Theme Song “Let’s Keep in Touched” by John Swanson (Amy’s big brother!)
January 14, 2021
Recording date: December 6, 2020.
Guest: Chris Griffiths, Dubai
Synopsis: In this episode, we talk with the wonderful Chris Griffiths about living and working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), language localization for English training materials in the Middle East and his experiences living in Dubai during the time of Covid.
Produced by Melanie Johnson and Amy Swanson for BounceEnglish
Edited by Amy Swanson
Theme Song “Let’s Keep in Touched” by John Swanson (Amy’s big brother!)
January 7, 2021
Recording date: December 2, 2020
Guest: Anne Crutchfield, Los Angeles
Synopsis: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Anne Cruchfield about her experiences starting her own English Language Teaching business based in Los Angeles. We discuss entrepreneurship in this English Language industry, the transition to teaching English online and her thoughts on the future of English Language Teaching in a post-Covid world. Oh - and how Anne is living her dream by taking the leap to start her own business!
Episode correction: the name of Anne’s business is LA English Tutor.
Links:
https://www.laenglishtutor.com/
Produced by Melanie Johnson and Amy Swanson for BounceEnglish
Edited by Amy Swanson
Theme Song “Let’s Keep in Touch” by John Swanson (Amy’s big brother!)
January 2, 2021
In this season, we talk with guests about the impact of Covid-19 and new technology on the future of teaching, education and learning. And our first season is all about ESL, Baby! That’s English as a Second Language for the uninitiated. Or third language or forth language!
