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We Teach Languages Episode 30: Fear of Failure, Twitter, and Virtual Reality with Patrick Murphy Dec 01, 2017

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In ep 30, Jose Luis de Ramon Ruiz interviews Patrick Murphy about how his teaching has changed during his nearly 20 year career teaching language courses at the university level. In their conversation, they touch on how Patrick uses Twitter to connect students to real-time culture as well as his future plans for virtual reality as a learning tool. Patrick also discusses how being afraid to fail can keep teachers from taking important risks in their classrooms.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/12/01/ep-30-virtual-reality-with-patrick-murphy

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We Teach Languages Episode 29: Teaching Vocabulary for Acquisition with Joe Barcroft, Part II Nov 24, 2017

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In ep 29, Stacey interviews Joe Barcroft, a professor and researcher specializing in vocabulary acquisition. His articles appear in journals such as Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, and others. In this interview, we discuss his ten principles for vocabulary acquisition from his book Input-Based Incremental Vocabulary Instruction (2012, TESOL International Association).

This episode contains Part II of our conversation. Part I can be found in episode 28.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/11/24/episode-29-vocabulary-with-joe-barcroft-part-ii

We Teach Languages Episode 28: Teaching Vocabulary for Acquisition with Joe Barcroft, Part I Nov 17, 2017

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In ep 28, Stacey interviews Joe Barcroft, a professor and researcher specializing in vocabulary acquisition. His articles appear in journals such as Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, and others. In this interview, we discuss his ten principles for vocabulary acquisition from his book Input-Based Incremental Vocabulary (2012, TESOL International Association).

This episode contains Part I of our conversation, and next week, episode 29 will be Part II.

http://weteachlang.com/2017/11/17/ep-2-vocabulary-with-joe-barcroft-part-i

We Teach Languages Episode 27: Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence Across the Age Range with Manuela Wagner Nov 10, 2017

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In ep 26, Stacey talks with Manuela Wagner all about her new book, Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (Multilingual Matters, 2017) co-edited with Michael Byram and Dorie Conlon Perugini. Manuela describes how this collaborative, practice-oriented work came to be and how it might be useful for teachers.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/11/10/ep-27-teaching-intercultural-communicative-competence-with-manuela-wagner

We Teach Languages Episode 26: Teaching Communicative Latin and Maintaining your own Language with Justin Slocum Bailey Nov 03, 2017

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In ep 26, Stacey talks with Justin Slocum Bailey about his work as a teacher, consultant, and teacher developer. Justin discusses teaching Latin communicatively, and then answers a listener question about how how teachers can maintain their own proficiency in the language they teach.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/11/03/episode-26-teaching-communicative-latin-and-maintaining-your-own-language-with-justin-slocum-bailey

We Teach Languages Episode 25: Responding to a Listener Comment on Tests Oct 27, 2017

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In ep 25, Stacey responds to a comment from a listener about whether tests have any place in the language classroom. Stacey recalls some previous interviews in which tests were discussed, and gives two examples of how tests might be applied effectively to help students interpret and retrieve language.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/10/27/ep-25-listener-comment-on-tests

We Teach Languages Episode 24: Advocacy, the Seal of Biliteracy, and Steps We Can All Take with Amanda Seewald Oct 20, 2017

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In ep 24, Caleb Howard interviews Amanda Seewald, a teacher, coach, and curriculum developer in New Jersey, about her experiences advocating for world languages and for her students, including how her advocacy work led to the signing of the Seal of Biliteracy into law in 2016.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/10/20/episode-24-advocacy-with-Amanda-Seewald

We Teach Languages Episode 23: Performance Assessment, Can Dos, and ACTFL resources with Paul Sandrock Oct 13, 2017

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In ep 23, Stacey asks Paul Sandrock, Director of Education at ACTFL, about performance assessment. Why should teachers use performance assessment, how does it work, and what resources does ACTFL have to help?

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/10/13/episode-23-performance-assessment-with-paul-sandrock

We Teach Languages Episode 22: Teaching College Arabic with Kari Neely Oct 06, 2017

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In ep 22, Sarah Arvidson interviews Kari Neely, an associate professor of Arabic, about some of the challenges associated with maintaining a college Arabic program through the third year. They discuss how Kari integrates native and heritage speakers into her third year course, which varieties of Arabic to teach and when, and how technology can help students acquire vocabulary.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/10/07/episode-22-teaching-college-arabic-with-kari-neely

We Teach Languages Episode 21: Cross-curricular Innovations in a Liberal Arts Language Department with Sebastiaan Faber Sep 22, 2017

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In ep 21, Stacey interviews Sebastiaan Faber, Professor and Chair of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College, about the some of the cross-curricular innovations in his department including languages across the curriculum, team teaching with faculty from other departments, and incorporating campus resources into the classroom experience.

For links and show notes, visit http://weteachlang.com/2017/09/22/episode-21-cross-curricular-innovations-with-sebastiaan-faber

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