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Episode 6: Planning: "Communication for language" versus "language for communication"

Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD Season 2 Episode 6

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Episode 6: Planning: "Communication for language" versus "language for communication" Show Notes:
 

Reed mentioned a research study we did related to language play at the Agen Workshop. That is here:

Neubauer, D., & Riggs, R. (2024). Chapter 5 Pedagogical language play in a beginning L2 Chinese classroom. In L. Darren & T. Elaine (Eds.), Heteroglossia and Language Play in Multilingual Speech (pp. 91-116). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 

(Did you know you can ask researchers directly for a copy of their published research? conversationsaboutlanguage at gmail.com


Laurie Clarcq, Spanish teacher & teacher trainer: http://www.heartsforteaching.com/ 


Claudia Elliott and her podcast, Growing with Proficiency: https://growingwithproficiency.com/growing-with-proficiency-the-podcast/ 


We mentioned the Present, Practice, Produce model of instruction (we are not recommending this), Skill Acquisition Theory (Robert DeKeyser), and Behaviorism 


Season 1, Episode 4 was about Diane & Reed teacher experiences and trajectory: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2325378/episodes/14822099 


Reed’s article in Hawai`i TESOL:

Riggs, R. (2023). Natural re-use of language through open topic spaces. The Word, 32(2), 15-17. Hawai‘i TESOL. https://hawaiitesol.org/news/newsletter/newsletter-archive/​


Diane’s parents learning Mandarin Chinese (the audio quality is low, that was impromptu recording): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCaX8Z4AkGZrmMNMTNomuJiJpl8y3xB_p 


Paul Seedhouse book 2004 mentions a Form-and-accuracy context and a Meaning-and-fluency context in language classroom interaction: 

Seedhouse, P. (2004). The interactional architecture of the language classroom: A conversation analysis perspective. Language Learning.


On psychosocial & cognitive informational purposes for communication: 

VanPatten, B. (2017). While We're on the Topic: BVP on Language, Acquisition, and Classroom Practice. ACTFL. 


Ngan Ta, teacher educator and Mandarin Chinese language teacher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nganhata 



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

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