Recording date: April 25, 2021

Guest: Melanie Johnson, Los Angeles and Amy Swanson, Chicago

Synopsis: Oh boy! What a season! We decided to wrap up our first season of Talk to Us @BounceEnglish with another two part episode. In Part 2, we reflect on the amazing discussions we had during season 1. We talk about what surprised us, cool things we learned and discuss some of Melanie’s techniques for teaching online. We discuss equity in ELT and get candid about salaries and compensation, career paths, and why being “replaceable” can sometimes be a good thing. We chat a bit more about Covid-19 and what’s next for BounceEnglish and for Season 2 of Talk to Us @BounceEnglish. We hope you enjoy and we’ll see you next season! 

Miss us already? Check out some of our YouTube content!

5 Tips for Online Teaching: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMnxcmnJ-pt5fo2RlzCV7xw

BounceEnglish Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMnxcmnJ-pt5fo2RlzCV7xw/featured

Need some summer reading? Check out Jeffrey Miller’s book: The Day the Earth Swallowed Louis Available at Amazon

Check out our Talk to Us @BounceEnglish Season 1 playlist in Spotify!

Here is the link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xdjadUVmcLkonmYikLy55?si=614dfd7c5b3a48d5

Or you can search Spotify for BounceEnglish (one word) and you should see the Talk to Us @BounceEnglish Season 1 playlist.

We hope you enjoy and will have a new episode next week.

Recording date: April 1, 2021

Guest: Melanie Johnson, Los Angeles and Amy Swanson, Chicago

Synopsis: Oh boy! What a season! We decided to wrap up our first season of Talk to Us @BounceEnglish with another two part episode. In Part 1, we share our origin stories! As Mel says, “What’s our deal?” Well, we have been friends for almost 30 years. We talk about how we met, the highs and lows of the past 30 years and how each of our lives intersected with English Language Teaching. There are a lot of laughs and memories that we are so happy to share. AND Amy finally learns the word “Precacity”. 

Also - we had so much fun naming the episodes with song titles and lyrics, we made a Spotify playlist!

Check it out at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xdjadUVmcLkonmYikLy55?si=614dfd7c5b3a48d5