Advertise on podcast: TEFL Commute

Rating

★★★★★

4.7

from

6 reviews

Description

TEFL commute is a podcast for language teachers. It is not about language teaching though inevitably it might crop up. All three of us are avid podcast listeners and like playing around making our own. TEFL commute is meant to be a light-hearted listen aimed at brightening your daily commute to class. Each episode is built a round a topic that you could use in your teaching and the podcast will have page on this site that will link you to articles, questions and resources you can use with your students. You can even get involved by recording your snippet of mp3 for inclusion on a future episode or leaving us a suggestion on this site.We had fun making and developing the idea so we hope you enjoy the listen.Lindsay, Shaun and James

Unlock TEFL Commute podcast Email contact info,
Listeners & Audience details

Email contact information

Direct podcast contact details

Listeners

Audience numbers & engagement insights

Audience details

Podcast Insights

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from TEFL Commute podcast

TEFL Commute S17 ep6

2026/01/16

It's the last one of this run, we reflect on our AI influenced season experiment and play a game of AI inspired 'would you rather'. See you for season 18

TEFL Commute S17 ep 5

2025/12/12

.....in which we change the AI asking us questions and as a result find out what would be in a staffroom vending machine, as well as talk far too long about board markers. We also discuss which model verbs, and rename the present perfect…..towards the end we go bananas

TEFL Commute S17 ep 4

2025/11/28

.......in which the chatbot combines two of our favourite things - board gaming and teaching English. Among other things, we answer what game mechanics might work best in the classroom, and whether teachers are dungeon masters!

TEFL Commute S17 ep 3

2025/11/14

....in which the chatbot makes us consider irregular verbs, what our teacher face looks like, and what phrases we over use. We also find out why water and toilets play part of our teaching routines and if we correct our friends grammar.

TEFL Commute S17 ep 2

2025/10/31

....in which the chatbot throws up questions about ELT as a reality show and a fictional novel. It also asks how we'd explain ELT to an alien using only mine and gets us to explore our stick figure board work.

TEFL Commute S17 ep 1

2025/10/17

It's been a while but we're back. Welcome to season 17 of the TEFL commute in which a chatbot decides the content. In this episode amongst other things it asks us about a new language we'd like to learn, if we could speak in passive for a whole day, the rise of edutainment, what our whiteboard writing reveals, and what we'd befriend on a desert island.....

TEFL Commute S16E04 - Snow

2024/01/23

In the deep mid-winter it’s time for the TEFL commute to talk about snow. Lindsay, Sandy Shaun bring you a snow-filled this episode, considering what has happened to Snow days, discussing words for snow as well as brining you staple commute fair such as quizzes and jokes.

TEFL Commute S16E03 - Gifts

2023/12/26

Given its holiday time we thought it was apt to give you all a gift - a new episode on the topic of gifts and gift giving. In this episode Ceri, Lindsay and Sandy discuss the ethics and their experiences of gift giving for educators, before discuss and rating various types of gift. Happy Holidays listeners!

TEFL Commute S16E02 - Sports

2023/12/12

Despite 15 seasons talking of all things ELT, the podcast has never tackled the ELT staple of sport so this episode rectifies that. Ceri, Lindsay and Shaun tackle (see what I did there😉) the topic deciding how sporty they are, and what they love and hate about teaching sports. They also talk about sports words and idioms before unbelievably letting shaun talk about cricket!

TEFL commute S1601 - Commute revisited

2023/11/27

It's time for season 16 and the 108th episode of the TEFL commute. We kick off the new season by revisiting our very first episode - commute. Lindsay, Shaun and Ceri talk about what has changed since then, and what the commute to work looks like now. We examine some of the things we said in episode 1 and wonder why we aren't now commuting by jetpack!

TEFL commute season 15 ep7

2023/03/28

Greetings commuters, here’s an another episode in our eclectic look at things related to English teaching. In this episode Lindsay wants to discuss military language, which leads Shaun to go all woke and discuss something he found on violent language before the resident tefl commute nerd, Ceri, gives us a lesson on portmanteaus.

TEFL Commute season 15 ep6

2023/03/06

Our latest episode is a bit like the old days - just Shaun and Lindsay both with something to get off their chests. Shaun gets all sweary by considering if certain words are still taboo or not, and Lindsay's turns part film reviewer with his overview of the film the whale. Listen to find out what he thought of the portrayal the English teacher within that.

TEFL Commute Season 15 ep5

2023/02/14

We'll call this one the lost episode, it was recorded in December last year but for various reasons it got forgotten about and never got uploaded. In it Sandy, Ceri and Lindsay talk continue our eclectic topic for this season bringing you chat about AI, wonky English and erm Taylor Swift.

TEFL Commute Season 15 ep4

2022/12/14

In episode 4, Lindsay provokes memories of first resource books, and reintroduces us to a profound dictation about guns. Ceri, avoids world cup fever by talking about dominant grammar and teaching us some Welsh, and Shaun explores the different chosen words of the year. NB this episode was recorded before one dictionary announced their choice.

TEFL Commute season 15 ep 3

2022/11/22

It’s episode 3 and in it you’ll find Lindsay talking about vegetables, in particular vegetable metaphors. We’ll also discover Ceri spends a lot of time on Tik Tok allegedly researching quiet quitting, and Shaun has more than a small bone to pick about the prefix micro. Enjoy our latest eclectic gathering.