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Observing Through Your Lens: This podcast highlights the lessons learned and experiences of one college student, preparing to be an elementary teacher in the US, participating in cultural exchange with a student in Spain. 

Our podcast Embracing Linguistic Differences introduces some of the ways in which Spanish and English languages differ linguistically. Then, we discuss the ways in which these differences can be built upon and embraced to encourage learning in a multilingual classroom. Our podcast goes over our experiences in the virtual exchange program, and tips like online resources and scaffolding are shared a...

Diverse Discussions is about our experiences with getting to know our virtual exchange partners from Tenerife and some lessons we learned from those experiences. We discuss activities we planned to do with them using knowledge we learned from our class to make these activities fun and an opportunity for cultural exchange. There is a special guest featured in our podcast showcasing, one of the podc...

Our podcast A S.T.E.P Towards a Better Future explores the numerous concepts that we learned in this course throughout the semester. We discussed our main takeaways from the class, our experience with the virtual exchange, talked about the importance of creating an inclusive classroom environment that promotes/celebrates diversity, examined the ways in which we could create such an environment, an...

A Tango with Tenerife: We speak on our experiences with our virtual exchange this semester with high school students from Tenerife, an island of Spain. We speak on the relations formed, the different forms of communication we used, and the language barriers we got past. We also share some advice and encourage others to have their own virtual exchanges around the world whether it be in our outside...

Multilingualism in the Classroom: In this podcast we discuss how to embrace multilingualism in the classroom in many different subject areas and how to show students that their culture and language will never be diminished or belittled. We will use our strengths in the disciplines we teach to provide strategies to integrate multilingualism in Science, ELA, and History classes.

Speaking to the World: This podcast will discuss how to incorporate multilingualism into the classroom and help students to feel more accepted. Questions we discuss include our opinions and experiences on: What are some specific activities to promote multilingualism in the classroom? What are the benefits of multilingualism  in the classroom? How does it impact the student? How does it impact the...

Linguistics: What Do? Our podcast focuses on the importance and need for linguistics courses in the curriculum of schools across the nation. We touched on the principles of linguistics, ranging from morphology, syntax, phonology, and more to the isolation and fear a multilingual student might feel in the classroom. We also offered many different tools of support and ways to utilize linguistics in...

The Logistics of Linguistics: We discuss the similarities and differences between English, Spanish, and Italian linguistics. We each assigned ourselves a language and then took time to research and learn about the linguistics of the language, including phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse and pragmatics. During our podcast, we discuss our findings and discover many similarities and differences...

The benefits of Translanguaging: This podcast talks about the benefits of translanguaging. For the viewers who do not know what that is, we included a definition with an explanation so that people will understand. After we defined what it was, we discussed how teachers should embrace this skill rather than get angry at it. We showed how the teachers can do this as well. To end it, we gave a little...

Dialect of English: In our podcast we will be discussing different dialects across the world. We will also focus on different dialects in the U.S., looking at both English and non-English dialects. We will also dig into how these dialects affect students and the classroom in the us. Standard language ideologies are also challenges in the process.

Our podcast explores what it means to be a bilingual student in the United States. It includes the good and the bad and shares real experiences of bilingual students, current as well as graduated. Our podcast talks about real life experiences people have faced when using slang, AAVE, or another language in schools. We want to show the discrimination these people face and how they might be put at a...

Language Love: Fighting Prejudice for Future Progress. Multilingual students make up a large percentage of students in the United States. These students are often judged and assumed to be less than what they are. Many schools believe that their students should only be speaking English. What are the consequences to that ideology? How can teachers help their English-language learners? Join in for a...

Gendered Language and the LGBTQ+ Community: An honest conversation about the intersections between gender identities, inclusive language and teaching. Pre-service teachers engage in a dialogue and discuss questions such as what terms should be used to address a group of students or refer to individual students in schools, how can a teacher become more aware of gender neutral or gender inclusive la...

On this episode: College students from different parts of the world and Long Island, New York talk about college life, focusing on the international students' perspectives and experiences. What is different? What is similar? What about the food? What do you miss? Students critically think about the individual trajectories and opportunities for different multilingual students. Join in for our last...

On this episode: In November 2019, our freshman class on multilingualism in schools and society read the book "The Far Away Brothers" by Lauren Markham. This book sparked many discussions about immigration and our role, as multilingual youth, in projecting and fostering more positive views and constructive ideologies about the linguistic and cultural assets immigrants bring to our society. This tw...

On this episode: In November 2019, our freshman class on multilingualism in schools and society read the book "The Far Away Brothers" by Lauren Markham. This book sparked many discussions about immigration and our role, as multilingual youth, in projecting and fostering more positive views and constructive ideologies about the linguistic and cultural assets immigrants bring to our society. This tw...

On this episode: In November 2019, our freshman class on multilingualism in schools and society read the book "The Far Away Brothers" by Lauren Markham. This book sparked many discussions about immigration and our role, as multilingual youth, in projecting and fostering more positive views and constructive ideologies about the linguistic and cultural assets immigrants bring to our society. This ep...

On this episode: In November 2019, our freshman class on multilingualism in schools and society read the book "The Far Away Brothers" by Lauren Markham. This book sparked many discussions about immigration and our role, as multilingual youth, in projecting and fostering more positive views and constructive ideologies about the linguistic and cultural assets immigrants bring to our society. This ep...

On this episode: As incoming freshmen, we were prepared to not live a typical college life. With late nights on Tik Tok, bad sleeping schedules, Zoom University, and even more work piled on us, Fall 2020 was a rough success. Fortunately, a class at Adelphi called First Year Seminar: Multilingualism in Schools in Society allowed students to feel the college experience with a combination of interact...