TEFL Commute
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
Episodes
Jan 16, 2026
Jan 16, 2026
16 min
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
Dec 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2025
14 min
.....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
Nov 28, 2025
Nov 28, 2025
15 min
.......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!
Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025
12 min
....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.
Oct 31, 2025
Oct 31, 2025
12 min
....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.
Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
16 min
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.....
Jan 23, 2024
Jan 23, 2024
36 min
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.
Dec 26, 2023
Dec 26, 2023
36 min
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!
Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2023
39 min
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!
Nov 27, 2023
Nov 27, 2023
30 min
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!