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Episode 38: ACTFL Teacher Awards as Professional Development

December 04, 2025 • Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD • Season 4 • Episode 38

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Episode 38: ACTFL Language Teacher Awards as Professional Development

Show Notes

Guest: Ngan-Ha Ta, PhD
Ngan's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nganhata

ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo information: https://www.actfl.org/convention-and-expo

Our previous episode with Ngan: Episode 9: Teacher Training
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2325378/episodes/15292383

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

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