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The Language Lab Podcast
Smart, funny, and fiercely practical. Exploring the future of language teaching with top voices in education every Thursday.
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It’s Official! The Language Lab Podcast launches 24th April!
Ep 1: “Technology – Helping or Hindering?” with Joe Dale & John Marks.
AI, phones & the digital classroom—friend or foe?
Theme: Jump and Jive by All Good Folks via Uppbeat.
#MFL #EdTech #Languages #AIinEducation #TeachLanguages #EduTech
New Language Lab episode with Ellie Chettle Cully, a primary languages specialist. We talk culture and curriculum.

“Culture should never be an afterthought. It is the whole point.”

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3K9N...
More: www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk
Ellie Chettle Cully: Beyond Bonjour, The Real KS2 Languages Curriculum
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November 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Declan Baharini and Sarah Edgar on Our Newcastle, Our World and the Express Yourself Festival (94k pupils). “If we don’t talk outside our community, change won’t happen.” #LanguageLabPodcast #LanguagesMatter

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November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Season 4 of the Language Lab Podcast starts now —
A double drop with Maud Waret on what “progress” really costs.

“A lot of the progress we praise has a cost, and people need to know that.”
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#LanguageLabPodcast #Education #Languages #Podcast
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November 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Season 3 Finale of The Language Lab Podcast.
Carmen Santos on inclusion, Roma learners, and why “the goal is to remove barriers, not to reduce challenge.”
Listen: open.spotify.com/show/4oUsxKM...

#LanguageLabPodcast #Languages #EAL #Inclusion #TeacherVoices #ModernLanguages #EduPodcasts
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October 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
New episode of The Language Lab Podcast

This week I chat with Martin Lapworth – creator of TaskMagic, Textivate, TeachVid and SentenceBuilders.

We talk about building tools teachers actually need, why context beats word lists much more
#MFL #LanguageLearning #EdTech #Textivate
The Language Lab Podcast
The Language Lab Podcast: Explore language teaching and pedagogy. Listen to our podcast, support us on Patreon, and connect with a global community of educators
www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This week on the Language Lab Podcast: Jonathan Mumford on why formative assessment only works when we act on errors.
Audio feedback, routines that stick, and realistic workload wins.
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#MFL #LanguageTeaching #TeacherCPD #Assessment
October 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“Keep it real, keep it relevant, make it fun.”

That’s Julia Vogado’s recipe for getting kids to use language, today on the Language Lab Podcast
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#LanguageLearning #MFL #EdTech #TeacherLife
The Language Lab Podcast
The Language Lab Podcast: Explore language teaching and pedagogy. Listen to our podcast, support us on Patreon, and connect with a global community of educators
www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
S3 Episode 2 Out Now!

Ben Levi joins me to ask the question “if it’s not engaging and it’s not fun, why are we putting them off?”

We take on PPP, GCSE “reform,” and why fun isn’t optional in the classroom.

Listen: open.spotify.com/show/4oUsxKM...
#EduSky #AcademicSky #EdTech #Education #Teacher
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
🚨 Double drop!

🎙️ Jane Driver: leadership, Brexit, grassroots projects and hope for MFL.
🎙️ Ryan Smith: from learner to teacher, on music, community, and more accessible assessments.

Out Now: open.spotify.com/show/4oUsxKM...

#MFLtwitter #Edutoot #Languages #EduPodcast #ModernLanguages #Linguistics
Jane Driver: Hope for the Future of Languages
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September 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Season 2 Finale!
Esmeralda Salgado Rewriting the MFL Rulebook With Joy

Esmeralda joins me for the Season 2 finale to talk MFL reform, tech tools, uptake, and why joy belongs in the curriculum. It’s a great one!

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#MFL #MFLTeacher #SeasonFinale #LanguageLabPodcast
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July 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This week on The Language Lab Podcast, I speak with Darren Paffey MP linguist turned legislator - about AI, acronyms, and how to rescue language learning before it disappears completely.
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Darren Paffey Acronyms, Ai and Arguing for Languages
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July 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Claire Cuminatto (UEA) joins The Language Lab to talk employability, AI in teaching, study abroad, theatre, and confidence in the classroom.

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#LanguageLab #HigherEd #LanguageLearning #MFL #StudyAbroad #AIinEducation
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June 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Season 2 starts now!
Crista Hazell joins us to talk languages, wellbeing & classroom joy.
It’s honest, uplifting & practical.

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📘 For 20% off Crista’s book check the podcast description
#mfltwitterati #languages #CristaHazell #LanguagesMatter #Edchat
June 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
🎙️ Today’s ep is a two-parter:
Lara Callow on finding her voice in Spanish,
David Binns on why schools need to take languages seriously.
Insightful, passionate, and just a bit fiery.

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#MFL #EduChat #LanguagesMatter
Episode 6. Lara Callow and David Binns - Engagement, Uptake and Policy
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May 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This week we’re joined by Alasdair Harris (LingoTeach.ai) and Isla McIntosh, to explore AI, authenticity, and wellbeing.

If AI is doing the heavy lifting, what do you want to do with that time?
Smart, funny, hopeful — and very human.

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#EdTech #MFL
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May 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New on The Language Lab, Jérôme Noguès joins me to talk about AI, engagement and fun in the classroom.

“I did a pancake lesson during an inspection. It worked an absolute treat.”

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7f87...

#MFL #AIinEducation #EPI #CreativeTeaching #StudentVoice #LanguageLearning
The Language Lab Podcast
The Language Lab Podcast: Explore language teaching and pedagogy. Listen to our podcast, support us on Patreon, and connect with a global community of educators
www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Episode drop alert!
Kate Clifton (aka KateLanguages) joins me on the pod.
We talk burnout, starting over, and what the teaching world needs.

“I just wanted to make life easier for teachers.”
Catch it here: www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk
#LanguageLab #EducationPodcasts #ModernLanguages
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🎧 New Language Lab Podcast just dropped!

Dr. Gianfranco Conti joins me to talk EPI, wellbeing, rethinking language teaching, and what actually makes a curriculum work.

🎙️ Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/4oUsxKM...

#mfltwitterati #MFL #TeacherWellbeing #LanguageGym #LanguageTeaching
The Language Lab Podcast
Podcast · Will Marks · A podcast exploring the art of language teaching within the UK education system. Host Will Marks dives into the challenges of the modern MFL classroom, behaviour management, and...
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May 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New episode drops tomorrow! 🎧

Dr. Gianfranco Conti talks EPI, teacher wellbeing, rethinking language schemes of work, and why a happy teacher = a happy classroom.

🎧 Subscribe here: open.spotify.com/show/4oUsxKM...

#LanguageLabPodcast #MFL #LanguageGym #LanguageTeaching
The Language Lab Podcast
Podcast · Will Marks · A podcast exploring the art of language teaching within the UK education system. Host Will Marks dives into the challenges of the modern MFL classroom, behaviour management, and...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It’s here — Ep 1 of The Language Lab Podcast!
We’re talking tech in the MFL classroom with Joe Dale and John Marks. AI, apps, accessibility — it’s all on the table.

Listen now:
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Or on Spotify, Apple, Amazon & more.
#EdTech #MFL #LanguageTeaching #EduPod #LanguageLabPodcast
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April 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
It’s Official! The Language Lab Podcast launches 24th April!
Ep 1: “Technology – Helping or Hindering?” with Joe Dale & John Marks.
AI, phones & the digital classroom—friend or foe?
Theme: Jump and Jive by All Good Folks via Uppbeat.
#MFL #EdTech #Languages #AIinEducation #TeachLanguages #EduTech
April 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our season 1 trailer is now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and pretty much all streaming platforms! First episode with the wonderful @joedale.bsky.social dropping on the 24th! Join us every Thursday, check out the website for more: www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk

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The Language Lab Podcast
Podcast · Will Marks · A podcast exploring the art of language teaching within the UK education system. Host Will Marks dives into the challenges of the modern MFL classroom, behaviour management, and...
open.spotify.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I swear the swag alone is almost worth the price of admission! What a great Language World! Looking forward to the next one
March 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So excited for the start of ALL Language World!
March 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What a pleasure and what fun it was to be a guest judge at the Routes into Languages Spelling Bee regional final last night! Such young talent and passion! Well done to all!
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM