Ep199. ft. Jane Maria Harding - From Exposure to Ownership: The MMM Framework (Part 1)

What if exposure to language is not enough? What if the real breakthrough happens when learners stop repeating English… and start owning it? In Episode 199 Part 1 of the Languages Pedagogy Podcast , Mike Llerena sits down with Jane Maria Harding Da Rosa to unpack a powerful idea that challenges how many classrooms still operate: the MMM Framework — Meet, Manipulate, Make It Your Own . This conversation goes far beyond methodology buzzwords. Jane shares how her 30+ years in English language teaching, teacher training, young learners, CLIL, CELTA, DELTA, and curriculum development led her to embrace a framework that helps learners move from passive exposure to real language ownership. In this first part, we explore what the MMM Framework actually is, why it matters, what “ownership” really looks like in a real classroom, and why so many learners stay stuck in the cycle of “covering content” without ever becoming truly fluent or confident users of language. This episode is especially valuable for: language teachers young learner teachers CLIL educators teacher trainers EAL and multilingual classroom professionals educators tired of rigid, content-heavy teaching that does not lead t...