Tag: podcast

Introducing Our New Podcast: “SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone”

Hi all! My colleagues Bill Langley (he/him), Bryan Smith (he/they), and I have decided to start a new podcast, and that podcast is called “SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone”.

Join us for our first episode Monday, July 29, 2025 as we gaslight (reflect on our teaching successes and failures), gatekeep (read and interpret SLA research), and girlboss (share successes) in our language teaching.

I respect Bill and Bryan as teachers and leaders so so much, and am so excited to talk to them in this format about the stuff we’re thinking about all the time! We are hoping to release regular episodes throughout the school year, so wish us luck in our new endeavor. And please, send us messages about the pod! We’d be happy to hear from you.

Check us out! Click here to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Inspired Proficiency Podcast

Y’all, I’m so thrilled to have been included in the Inspired Proficiency Podcast episode about Takeaways from #ACTFL18.  Ashley is such a gem for putting this podcast together – teachers need to hear from diverse perspectives to better know themselves and more deeply know their work.  Also…she is so sweet to talk to.  Her laugh is #iconic and listening back to our conversation, I am proud to have elicited a very deep laugh from her.  Hee hee!!

Take a listen, and let me know what you think!

I name drop like a total dweeb, but here are some of the people I mentioned and where you can find their resources:

Brett Chonko – Brett is such a great guy and does cool stuff with nontargeted CI that can align with district-mandated thematic units.  His blog is on point, too.

Sarah Breckley – I am OBSESSED with Sarah Breckley.  Shh just don’t tell her or she’ll take away my potato!  But also like…watch her videos and be inspired to film some of your own teaching for your benefit and the benefit of others.

Tina Hargaden – Opened my life up to the world of CI.  Check out CI Liftoff and her books – A Natural Approach to the Year being the guiding source of inspiration for many teachers this year.

BVP – Bill Van Patten’s book While We’re On the Topic is a super thought-provoking look into principles of communicative language teaching.  Easy to read and full of food for thought – I wanna book club it in my district!!

Did you go to ACTFL 18?  What were your takeaways?  Let me know below!