As requested by listeners, this episode of The Teachers Podcast focuses on Adult Learning and particularly approaching professional development for teachers through the philosophy and practices developed by the Adult Learning community. As always, we present a raft of news articles (this week covering stories from Alabama to Japan, Britain, and beyond). Listeners respond and we share the wealth with...

Guest:Martha Abbott, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

In today's podcast, we'll talk with Josh Waitzkin, an eight-time National Chess Champion in his youth, and the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. After dominating the scholastic chess world for ten years, Waitzkin expanded his horizons, taking on the martial art Tai Chi Chuan and ultimately earning the title of World Champion. In his enlightening new...

Learn a new Language on audio with Seth and Dave! Here the guys give you an overview of the major language learning programs available on audio, and even take a crack at learning a few phrases on the air! Publisher covered are Pimsleur, Penton Overses and Berlitz, among others.

You have to hear this episode! Resources, classroom ideas and inspiration all in one neat little package from Mark and Kathy to you! Live from the gaming capital of the world. Now would that be Virtual Shanghai? or Virtual Denmark? A bevy of items on Gaming, Gaming and ESL, etc. Also, a GREAT resource that gives a startling model of game-inspired learning in the area of science and citizenship. No...