{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 72: Richard Schmidt, Conferences, and PhDs","description":"Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters.&amp;nbsp; In this episode, Matthew reflects on the life and work of pioneer Richard Schmidt, Matt speaks to Anna Loseva about some recent conferences she attended, and Rob leads a discussion on doing a PhD in ELT and Applied Linguistics. Enjoy this episode! More about Richard Schmidt can be found here. Anna Loseva's blog is here.&amp;nbsp; Buy our e-book - Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers  here. To find other great titles, visit The Round.&amp;nbsp; Email&amp;nbsp;- Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website&amp;nbsp;- Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.&amp;nbsp;  iTunes&amp;nbsp;- Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast.&amp;nbsp;  YouTube - Stream all of our episodes.&amp;nbsp; Facebook&amp;nbsp;- Like and share our page with your colleagues or friends. Twitter&amp;nbsp;- Follow us and retweet us.&amp;nbsp; ","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\/6363109\/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\/19593184"}