{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"108: L.G. Alexander, Bottom-up Vs Top-down Organisation, and Critical Language Learning","description":"Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast \u2013 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 ","author_name":"The TEFLology Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/teflology-podcast.com","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/96120368"}