Conversations about Language Teaching

Send us Fan Mail Episode 50: Summer break Show Notes Several language teaching conferences were mentioned: CI Reboot: June 20, 25-27 online https://fluencyfast.com/cireboot/ Comprehensible Iowa: June 12 & 13, 2026 in Iowa  https://comprehensibleiowa.wordpress.com/registration/ CI Summit: July 15-17, 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio -- Use code TEAM for $100 off registration  https://cisummit.live/regi...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Karen Rowan and the online language teacher conference, CI Reboot 2026 https://fluencyfast.com/cireboot/ for bringing us together with a favorite podcast, SLAyyy!  Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversations about Language Teachi...

Send us Fan Mail Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "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...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 47 - Teacher evaluations Bryce Hedstrom’s observation checklist: https://www.brycehedstrom.com/wp-content/uploads/Checklist-for-Observing-a-WL-Classroom-2.pdf   Reed mentioned two books about use of translation in language teaching: Kerr, P. (2014). Translation and own-language activities. Cambridge University Press. https://a.co/d/0b4fjY57 Cook, G. (2010). Translation in...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 46: Word Repetition -- Show Notes We discussed TCI Oregon, June 29-July 1, 2026: https://cocc.edu/departments/community-ed/tci Diane mentioned several "button using" animal accounts on social media: ElsieWants, Flounder_Meatloaf, What about Bunny, and Pixel and Friends Diane also mentioned:  Glisan, E. W., & Donato, R. (2017). Enacting the Work of Language In...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 45: Impactful Teacher Training Show notes: Diane mentioned this article: Neubauer, D., & Wesely, P. (2023). K-12 world language teachers’ use of conferences as professional development. Teaching and Teacher Education, 124, 104042. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X23000306   The ACTFL Past President who spoke at ACTFL Convention 2025 is Mil...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 44: Fools Rush In: Individual Pathways Reed started the conversation with a quote from the book  The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Rich Harris  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nurture-Assumption/Judith-Rich-Harris/9781439101650 Diane mentioned the book Quiet by Susan Cain https://susancain.net/book/quiet/ Intro & outro m...

Send us Fan Mail Show notes: The video clip we watched & discussed is on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/VlZESXSvi-Q Adriana Ramírez's website: https://www.adrianaramirez.ca/ Adriana has a podcast co-hosted with Margarita Pérez García, in Spanish: Armando Bochinche  Diane mentioned Paul Seedhouse's work, & paraphrased from his book The Interactional Architecture of the Language Cl...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 42: Do different levels of language learners need different things? Show Notes Mitten CI language teaching conference April 17 & 18, 2026: https://mittenci.weebly.com/ Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversations about Language...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 41 Show Notes: Diane mentioned this episode of the Mel Robbins podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpFwHYDnKE  Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions o...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you to our guest, Dan Call, who joined us for this episode! Information about Dan's award as Pacific Northwest Regional Teacher of the Year: https://www.actfl.org/career-development/actfl-awards/teacher-of-the-year-program/hall-of-fame-2026/dan-call Dan's LinkedIn Profile is here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-call-377256179 Show notes:  Funds of knowledge is a...

Send us Fan Mail Show Notes:  Diane mentioned studies that have found children process language more slowly than adults. One such study is here:  Nip, I. S. B., & Green, J. R. (2013). Increases in Cognitive and Linguistic Processing Primarily Account for Increases in Speaking Rate With Age. Child Development , 84 (4), 1324–1337. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23469381   Intro & outro music se...

Send us Fan Mail 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/1529238...

Send us Fan Mail Show Notes: Episode 37: "Listen & Do" in language teaching Reed mentioned:  Ellis, R., & He, X. (1999). The roles of modified input and output in the incidental acquisition of word meanings. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 285-301. https://www.scribd.com/document/359925425/10-0000-www-cambridge-org-3B026C16F7E59E3458121D43E055741D We also mentioned:  Shin...

Send us Fan Mail Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "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...

Send us Fan Mail Menken & Garcia, 2010 ch. 16  Johnson, 2013 ACTFL 90%+ TL use position statement Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both res...

Send us Fan Mail Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "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...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 33: Introducing Vocabulary Show Notes  Diane mentioned the book Vocabulary Myths by Keith Folse. Here is the publisher's site about it: https://press.umich.edu/Books/V/Vocabulary-Myths2 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversati...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 32 Show notes - Focus on Form  Michael Long’s thinking about “focus on meaning,” “focus on form,’ and “focus on forms” in language teaching, for example:  Long, M. (2008). Focus on form in task-based language teaching. In Language policy and pedagogy (pp. 179-192). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/82ddd5f2-...

Send us Fan Mail Show Notes:  Episode 31 (season 4) show notes: Child language development & implications for teachers Conversations about Language Teaching Episode 7 was about Conversation Analysis:  YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zny0LLUh3TM Audio-only podcast episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2325378/episodes/15229325-episode-7-learning-about-language-classroom-interac...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 30 Show Notes -- Purposes for Picture Talk  Link to Cheng & Tsui webinar (mentioned by Diane as included Picture Talk): https://youtu.be/HinXS0n762g   eBook (includes both ‘levels’ of Picture Talk Diane described) https://cheng-tsui.publishercart.com/product/comprehension-based-chinese-ebook/   Hawaii Department of Education https://learningdesign.hawaiipublicschools.o...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 29 Show Notes - Rethinking Authenticity  Hasegawa, A. (2018). Understanding task‐in‐process through the lens of laughter: Activity designs, instructional materials, learner orientations, and interpersonal relationships. The Modern Language Journal , 102 (1), 142-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12448 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo S...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is in Mandarin Chinese. Reed & Diane talk about their experiences as non-native learners, users, and teachers of Mandarin Chinese.  Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of...

Send us Fan Mail No show notes this time!  Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Language Teaching Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD "Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 26: Children’s Books & Reading for Vocabulary Growth  Show Notes The Mandarin Companion blog has concise & helpful information about Extensive reading (ER) and 98% known language. This post also describes why children’s books are not necessarily suitable for second language learners:  https://mandarincompanion.com/7-mistakes-about-extensive-reading/   Intensive rea...