Transatlantic Teacher Talk

In the final episode of this season, we're subverting traditional classroom roles by putting the students at the front of the class. Join me and two bright young madrileño students as we learn a thing or two about the experience of second language learning... from our students' perspectives. La versión española comienza a 13:18.

Two American auxiliars with prior teaching experience share their perspectives on what it is like to be a teacher in both the Spanish and the US, and the challenges and opportunities that the auxiliar position in particular affords young educators. Listen to words of wisdom from Bridget Grew and Michael Berg in both English and Spanish as they unpack all of the lessons they've learned from the...

In this episode we explore how bilingual teachers choose the topics they try to teach students in their second language. Joined by Sheri King (US) and Juan Ramón (Spain), we unpack the unique interdisciplinary bilingual education system in Spain and the complexities that come with teaching higher level content in students' (and teachers') second languages. La versión en español comienza a...

Hello (y hola!) TTT's inaugural episode focuses on the use of "pragmatics" in the second language classroom and how practical skills are incorporated into high school curriculums in the US and Spain. Listen and learn from instructors Jen Law (US) and Diana Labajos Miguel (Spain) as they discuss how they prepare their students in the classroom to speak another language outside of it....