1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. In this episode, Matt talks about contributions of L.G. Alexander, Rob leads a discussion about top-down and bottom-up approaches to curriculum design and organisation, and Matt shares a news story about critical language learning.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy! Sign up to the&amp;nbsp;Humanising Language Research Through the Complexity Lens webinar here - https://uniliterate.com/2021/01/complexwebinar2021/&amp;nbsp; Information about L.G. Alexander here - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/collections/elt_archive/halloffame/louis_alexander/biography/&amp;nbsp; The news story that Matt referred to here - https://www.languagemagazine.com/2020/10/16/state-dept-promotes-critical-language-learning/&amp;nbsp; A source Rob use here - http://espeap.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/espeap/article/view/999?fbclid=IwAR3VvkTmgMWUufvdsEzO9oMQ64n0BYYNfOgFSvspjJZoFXva9JNBF-e2-HU&amp;nbsp; This episode was recorded remotely online via&amp;nbsp;Zencastr.&amp;nbsp; If you like our show, please consider showing your support with a small donation. Get in contact with us: Email:&amp;nbsp;teflology@gmail.com Twitter:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook:&amp;nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast The TEFLology Podcast http://teflology-podcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17980676/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/96120368