Send us a textToday's podcast guests are Santiago Ruiz de Velasco, Managing Director of OUP’s English Language Teaching division Benjamin Joseph, CEO and Co-founder of Learnlight.Higher education institutions (HEIs) face the challenge of supporting non-native English speakers, including students and researchers, by providing courses that effectively and flexibly enhance their skills in a way that aligns with academic demands. A recent study indicates that the higher education sector may miss ...

Send us a textIn 2015, Harrison moved from the U.S. to Spain for a life-changing gap year teaching abroad. During that first year, he met his wife, and not long after, he founded RVF International in Madrid. Since then, RVF has helped nearly 2,000 people make the move to Spain, and its mission is to continue supporting and empowering even more adventurers on their journey abroad.RVF Website Link: https://rvfinternational.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rvfinternational/?hl=enTikTok: ...

Send us a textLaura Wilkes is a video and podcast producer who helps educators record content to grow their community. Before becoming a producer and setting up Communicating for Impact, Laura taught English, trained teachers, and led academic teams across the world for fifteen years. Laura is also the producer for the TESOL Pop podcast, which provides bite-sized episodes on teaching, trends, and careers for educators.website: https://communicating-for-impact.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi...

Send us a textRyan Hagglund is the owner of MY English School , which operates nine locations in Yamagata and Hyogo prefectures, serving over 1,200 students, as well as Yamagata’s only English immersion kindergarten. MY also organizes conferences and teacher training events through Independent Owners and Teachers and manages orders for the English Teachers’ Book Service , which gives a 20% discount to all schools and independent teachers.Originally from Oregon, Ryan holds a BA in Sociology an...

Send us a textFrank Foley has lived and worked in Japan for 33 years, with 22 as Japan Country Manager. His career in Japan began at News Corporation, where he spent 17 years. Initially, he worked in publishing at HarperCollins Publishers, leading sales for trade and educational books across Asia for six years. He later shifted to News Corp's cable and satellite division, where he played a pivotal role in launching and managing Fox Channel Japan and the National Geographic Channel. While at N...

Send us a textAdam Kardos, owner of EA Kids and founder of AAS Press, is a teacher trainer and curriculum writer based in Hyogo. He has published textbooks and readers for young learners including Spring Country and Here Come the Unicorns, winners of the Language Learner Literature award. He has also produced the Gamerize Dictionary, a gamified learner dictionary appLinks:Opening and Running and English GakudoGamerize DictionaryAAS Press Music MedleyAwesome Adventure Series CourseIntroduction...

Barry O'Callaghan is an accomplished Irish business executive and financier. Currently serving as the Chairman and CEO of Rise Global, he has left an indelible mark on the corporate landscape. Prior to his role at Rise Global, Barry held the position of CEO at Riverdeep, where he orchestrated a remarkable transformation. Under Barry's leadership, Riverdeep, initially a modest educational software company, underwent a remarkable evolution, culminating in its ascent to become the largest K-12...

Ben Shearon is a retired university English teacher based in Sendai. He was born in Germany and grew up in Spain but claims to be British. After living in Spain, the UK, and China, he moved to Japan in 2000 and has been here ever since. In 2013 Ben started the RetireJapan website to share information in English about personal finance, investing, and retirement for people living in Japan. It has since grown into an online community with a forum, newsletter, YouTube channel, and a number of...

Marek Kiczkowiak has been in ELT since 2009. He has CELTA, DELTA and a PhD. He currently runs an educational company, Academic English Now, where he helps PhD students and researchers write research papers. He grew the company from 0 to 70k/month and now shares his insights with English teachers who want to start a widely profitable teaching English business. Alex Hormozi Blue Ocean Strategy Crossing the Chasm Jim Collins Sign up to our mailing list...

Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1966, Basil moved to Canada in 1969. After graduating from the University of Toronto, he pursued Asian Studies at the Graduate School of the University of British Columbia. Since coming to Japan in 1992, Basil has been extensively involved in education, serving as principal of an English language school, materials developer, teacher trainer, radio host, educational consultant, and more. Currently, he is Founder and CEO at two companies, the Educational Venture...

Originally from the UK, Founder Zoe Smith created Mexico City based BE School when she saw a gap in the market for English Programs that were based specifically on growing Business Skills and Confidence for Mexican Professionals. BE School works with dozens of International corporations with customized courses tailored for individual and industry needs; the ethos is to enhance confidence through effective communication, thereby creating global ambassadors for the companies it...

In 2007,  Sakurako Oshima set up her own company specialising in English education for adults. Her mission is to provide powerful support to as many people as possible through lessons, consulting, coaching, and books in order to achieve the respective goals of various people who need English, such as those who use English for work, those who want to be stationed abroad, those who want to study overseas' universities and graduate schools, and those who dream of moving abroad. Since 2006, she...

After nearly 30 years of intensive experience in every aspect of test preparation, Mike Bergin knows what works in tutoring and what doesn’t. A nationally recognized leader in education, Mike founded Chariot Learning in 2009 to deliver on the promise of what truly transformative individualized education can and should be. Besides overseeing Chariot Learning’s national programs, Mike is an ACT Certified Educator who trains teachers across the country to implement critical skills and college...

Jarrad Merlo is the principal consultant of Nouns n' Verbs.com where he helps schools, publishers and companies digitise their language learning and testing products, content, assessment, media, marketing, teaching and strategy.  He co-founded and spent the last ten years building an EdTech company called E2 that specialises in B2C and B2B high-stakes English exam prep that has registered over 1.5 million users. He is also the face of E2's YouTube channels that have over 2.5 million...

Nicola Prentis started off in ELT as a teacher, bouncing around the world wherever she most wanted to go at the time: Czech Republic, Turkey, Australia, Spain, Thailand. She started writing EFL materials as a way to transition into working from her sofa and settled in Spain around 2012. Once she realised she could sell ideas to magazines, she branched out into writing about travel, food, parenting, even Brxit and Love Island for publications including Cosmo, The Independent and the Wall...

Jeff Johnson made the break into online teaching almost 2 years years ago and hasn't looked back since. By using his experience in education and aptitude for strategic planning, Jeff has carved out a thriving business within 2 years by being focused, measured, patient and on message with his offering. Jeff has hired a teacher recently, and is seeing his business continue to grow and expand its offerings. From Jeff: "I'm passionate about helping students remove what may be their biggest...

John Hayes is the creator of MyCoolClass Co-operative, a UK based learning platform cooperative owned collectively by its members. He is former private detective from California and has been living in Poland for the past 6 years teaching English online and at language schools. John has traveled to 32 countries and has a background in activism, community organizing, and project management. As an advocate for democracy in the workplace, John started MyCoolClass to give power back to online...

Jane Dancaster is currently Managing Director of Wimbledon School of English (one of the UK’s top English language schools). She started her EFL career as a teacher 35 years ago and has worked in English language teaching and management both overseas and in the UK in a variety of organisations ranging from a co-operative school to a well-known group.  Jane was Chair of English UK London for 15 years and has recently retired from the board of English UK where she had been a Trustee since 2004....

Today's guest is Dorothy Zemach. Dorothy and I chat about her career, self-publishing, and running a successful publishing company. She also, give tips, advice, and encouragement to those who might want to write and publish an ELT book Dorothy Zemach taught ESL and other foreign languages for over 20 years, in Asia, Africa, and the US. She holds an MA in TESL from SIT in Vermont, USA. Now she concentrates on writing, editing, and publishing ELT materials and textbooks and conducting teacher...

Alex Asher is the CEO of Learncube. Originally from New Zealand and now living in London, Alex has successfully steered learn cube to the successful company it is today. We chat about Alex's life as an entrepreneur. In the chat he reflects on an initial business failure and the lessons he has learned from the experience. We also cover the important skills you need to master to succeed in business and the history and future of Learncube About Learncube We provide two key solutions: 1. An...

Rob Lally helps B2B consultants and service providers get more leads through LinkedIn. We sat down and had a chat about Rob's business and how best to use LinkedIn to improve your profile, build your brand, and ultimately bring in more business. "If you are looking to grow your business with great quality leads, Rob is the man to go." - Syed Saiful Islam "Rob is a master at driving business and thinking outside the box when devising ways of increasing sales revenue. He is someone who you...

Jason R Levine an English language specialist for young learners and adults He runs workshops for teachers and shows for students worldwide. Best know as Fluency MC Jason has clocked up millions of views worldwide for his YouTube videos that help English learners tackle the often-tedious parts of learning the language through rap. A non-exhaustive list of Jason's Skills: - Creates original songs and videos for English language practice - Conducts Rhyme On Time workshops with students and...

Lindsay is an education technology (Edtech) entrepreneur in the field of ESL (English as a Second Language) as well as a teacher who strives to help clients reach their communication goals in order to achieve their dreams. As the producer and co-host of the award-winning All Ears English Podcast, Lindsay has built a digital brand that inspires students worldwide and has acquired more than 200 million downloads since launch. Lindsay is the CEO of All Ears English, a fast-growing ESL brand...

Rachel Baker is the founder and owner of Merciful Mornings, LLC, a wife, mom of two kids, and lifelong teacher. She has persevered through many difficult struggles, and it fills her cup to help others who are working through similar situations. Her BA and M.Ed. in early childhood special education have allowed her to work as a developmental therapist, student services programmer, early intervention specialist, 3rd grade teacher, and ESL teacher. She made the jump to teaching online in 2017,...