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Conversations about Language Teaching

"Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you like thinking deeply about issues of classroom language teaching and how those relate to research and theory, this podcast might be for you.

Reed & Diane, the hosts, base our knowledge of language teaching on research we've read & done, theoretical views of language acquisition, our experiences as language teachers and learners, and our observations of language teaching in the US and elsewhere. We like to help build bridges among teachers and researchers and view ourselves as part of both communities. We collaborate on projects & like talking about language teaching & learning, and decided to have some of those conversations in a podcast format. Here it is!

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Episode 2: Planning lessons for beginning language learners

April 18, 2024 • Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD • Season 1 • Episode 2

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Episode 2 of Conversations about Language Teaching: Planning Lessons for Beginning Language Learners

Show Notes:
The Agen Workshop https://theagenworkshop.com/

Swanson, P. B. (2010). Teacher efficacy and attrition: Helping students at introductory levels of language instruction appears critical. Hispania, 305-321.

Read/download the article here: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=mcl_facpub

Terry Waltz - Super 7 verbs. In 2013, Haiyun Lu posted Terry’s comments about them on her former blog, with permission, here: https://tprsforchinese.blogspot.com/2013/07/super-seven.html

Robert Harrell - German teacher, teacher educator, and writer: https://robertlharrell.com/about-me

Ben Tinsley - MapTalk described by Ben here: https://comprehensibleclassroom.com/2022/08/30/use-map-talk-to-foster-interculturality/

Diane mentioned a short video clip featuring a cat, mouse, and another animal. That's at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwy4X4F3mB4

Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo

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