SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Keeping Up with Grading Planning Ahead Class Size! Don’t Rush Gatekeep TPR, Circumlocution, and Synonym Stacking Brain Breaks - Heads or Tails? Girlboss Classroom Management Having Just a Lil’ Structure References Social Accounts: Facebook Bluesky Instagram CI Reboot - fully online conference for CCLT - use affiliate code SLAYY2026...

Please enjoy this minimally edited crossover episode with one of our favorite podcasts, Conversations About Language Teaching ! Listen in as we discuss how best to help others understand fundamental SLA findings, and what those might be...! We recorded this as a livestream as part of the CI Reboot 2026 online conference. Interested in learning more? Register now with the discount code SLAYY2026 !!...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Please Don’t Burn Yourself Out! Know Your Context Gatekeep - Wadas, M., Goetze, J., & Jackson, C. (2024). Going above and beyond: Motivations of L2 German learners to (dis)continue language study. Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 57, 87–102. Girlboss Meditating on the Ideal Self Don’t Waste Your Own Time! Love Culture, and...

Artists: Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley Main Points SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Strategies Are Not Top of Mind How to Balance Test Prep and Real World Use Target Language Usage vs. L1 Talk About Metacognition Gatekeep - Sarafianou, Anna & Gavriilidou, Zoe. (2015). The effect of strategy-based instruction on strategy use by upper-secondary Greek student...

Gaslight Lack of Communicative Purpose Bad Input! Bad! Need for Scaffolding We Teach Much More Than Language Gatekeep - Sadri, E. & Tahririan, M.H.. (2018). Teacher-assisted vs. peer-assisted performances and L2 development: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics. 9. 3-27. When Do Students Get the Most Gains from Peer Assistance? Feedback Amount and Quality What T...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Overview of Can Do Statements Proficiency, Performance, Can Do! What is Intercultural Communication? Function, Context, Text Type Changes from 2017 Cultural Self-Knowledge Minor Semantic Changes Girlboss Use Them For Planning! References Social Accounts: Facebook Bluesky Instagram Avant ADVANCE - Proficiency Level Training Language Functions...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight What is school supposed to look like? Misalignment of Objectives Holistic Thinking vs. Right/Wrong Answers Gatekeep - Kürüm, E. Y. (2025). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Comprehension-Based Language Teaching: A Large-Scale Pretest-Posttest Study. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, (47), 140-155. Want to learn about C...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Talking Yourself Out of Them Brain Breaks vs. Games Focus vs. Energize Perception of Brain Breaks Gatekeep Sharpe, B. T., Trotter, M. G., & Hale, B. J. (2025). Sustaining student concentration: The effectiveness of micro-breaks in a classroom setting. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1589411. Do students perform better on quizzes an...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Overreliance on Translation The Need for TL Usage No Translation Ever! …Or? Gatekeep Does Translation Contribute to SLA? How Do Students Perceive Translation in SLA? Choral Translation Girlboss Use Judiciously! Keep Proficiency Level in Mind References Social Accounts: Facebook Bluesky Instagram Bryce Hedstrom - Stuff for Spanish Cl...

Artists: Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley Main Points SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Where’s the consistency? How to Deal with Reluctant or Resistant Students Hesitate! Slow Down! Gatekeep Principles of TPR: Not Just Commands Connecting Language to the Body Lowering Anxiety Girlboss TPR, or Gestures? Model - Hesitate - Stop Left-Brain “School” Processing Activi...

Gaslight The Class That Just Won’t Talk Planning and Grading Struggle Bus Accountable Reading Explicitly Talking About Why We Do What We Do Gatekeep Book Study Takeaways Synonym Stacking Pronunciation Fun Girlboss Having a Unit Framework Slays! Kicking Butt and Taking Names References Social Accounts: Facebook Bluesky Instagram The Partner Speaking / Q+A Game Bill’s Unit Planning Framework Indepen...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Grammar as a Concept Do ACTFL levels describe language development? Use of the L2 in Grammar Explanations Balancing Authentic/Found Resources and Created Resources Gatekeep - Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency by Ritz and Travers Teaching Grammar? Start with Input! Referential and Affective Tasks in Stru...

Artists: Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley Main Points SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Parking on New Vocabulary Allowing for Negotiating Meaning Talking Ourselves Out of Using the TL Gatekeep - Adu, Michael & Abunya, Levina & Owusu, Edward & Budu, Gifty. (2025). THE IMPACT OF INTERACTION ON SECOND-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LISTENING. 31-42. Input + In...

Gaslight What is it that we want to / have to teach? There Is No Faking a Storyteller’s Intention “One Day, You Will Have a Real Conversation” Gatekeep - Jim Wooldridge What does the life of a kid look like? The Novelty Disappears - What is the Driving Reason? Start With Your Problem and Communicative Purpose Girlboss Know Your Context and Know Your Students Bring Diverse Stories to the Classroom...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Challenge and Accommodation The Neverending Rubric Time Investment Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place Gatekeep - Tajik, O., Noor, S. & Golzar, J. Investigating differentiated instruction and the contributing factors to cater EFL students’ needs at the collegial level. Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ. 9, 74 (2024). Unive...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Everything Will Work Out in the End (Maybe?) The Critical Period Relationship to One’s Own Accent Gatekeep - Vijay A Ramjattan, Imagining an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy, ELT Journal , Volume 78, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages 318–325 Webinar on the Same Topic Refusal - Relational - Activist Girlboss Parking on the Language to Enjo...

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Missing Out on Kindergarten Day Kids Books Are For the Adults Bored During Shared Reading Gatekeep - Reading Children’s Books Rule How many repetitions do they need? Use of L1 to Get Back to the L2 Program Length, Abstraction, Home Language Girlboss Park and Pause Comprehension-Based Reader Storybooks Picture Talk Story Listening Ju...

Gaslight New Technology! Goals? Overreliance Aligning Classroom with Values Gatekeep - Ivenz, P., & Polakova, P. (2024). Gen Z students and their perceptions of technology in the process of second language acquisition based on the language proficiency level. Arab World English Journal, 15 (3), 3-17. Girlboss Nuanced Discussion with Students References Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Gr...

Gaslight We explore the common challenges of using TV series in class: the major investment of time and prep, the difficulty of finding content that is both engaging and linguistically appropriate, and the eternal struggle over which subtitles to use. Gatekeep We unpack research showing how to make video work for listening proficiency, based on Zakar & Zippo (2023). The Study: Researchers had...

Housekeeping Book Study: Join us on social media (Blue Sky, Threads, Facebook) to read Proficiency Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency by Ritz & Travers. The discussion starts the week of August 18th. Get the book from ACTFL . Support the Podcast: Help us cover costs by contributing at slayyypod.com . Review: Please leave a rating and review to help others find the show! Gaslig...

References The Motivated Classroom Podcast Carrie Toth and the Huellas curriculum Voces Digital Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors

Gaslight Defining Dynamic AssessmentExamples from Language TeachingFormative Assessment in the ClassroomHow are we responsive in our assessments? Gatekeep - Najjarpour and Salimi: “Navigating Mindset Trajectories: Exploring EFL Teachers’ Evolution in Embracing Dynamic and Summative Assessment in the Language Classroom” Dynamic Assessment Girlboss Successfully and Accountably Collecting Assessment...

Gaslight Isolated VocabularyUseful Vocabulary ListsIdioms and Stock PhrasesUse Language in Context Gatekeep - Takizawa, K., & Suzuki, S. (2025). The role of multiword sequences in fluent speech: The case of listener-based judgment in L2 argumentative speech.  Studies in Second Language Acquisition , 1–21. Perceived Fluency and Proficiency RatingsIt’s Giving LibrarySpeaking to the HeartWha...

Gaslight Course-End ExamsVertical Alignment - To University and BeyondUnderstanding Ordered DevelopmentSetting Realistic Goals Gatekeep - Gombert, W., Keijzer, M., & Verspoor, M. (2024). Long-term effects of structure-based versus dynamic usage-based instructional programs for French. Journal of the European Second Language Association, 8(1), 18–33. Dynamic Usage-Based Programs vs. Structure-B...

Gaslight Judge, Jury, ExecutionerWhat Are Our Goals? Time Investment Gatekeep - Amanda Beck, Central States Languages for All Regional TOY 2024How We Invest Our TimeGuessing GamesGames as Scaffolds for Learning and Social InteractionGames Provide Structure for Listening and ReadingHave Backups Girlboss Level Your GamesUse TemplatesNovelty Makes People CuriousPredictionsWinning! B I N G O Reference...