We Teach Languages Episode 108: Less Burnout and More Input with Lance Piantaggini

In ep 108, Stacey interviews Lance Piantaggini, known as Magister P to his students and blog readers, about how language teachers can keep school work at school, avoid burnout, and provide as much input as possible for their students. Lance teaches in a way that is consistent with his principled approach to language acquisition and writes comprehensible readers in Latin while also keeping his workload manageable and enjoying his life outside of work.

For links and show notes, visit https://weteachlang.com/2019/06/13/ep-108-with-lance-piantaggini/

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We Teach Languages Episode 107: We Teach _______ Languages with Shannon Mason

In ep 107, Stacey discusses the terminology we use to describe the languages we teach. Terms like foreign, world, second, modern, community, classical, and others all came up in a recent poll we ran on Twitter. Stacey discusses the results of that poll, shares insights from past guests Amy Andersen, Mandy Manning, and Ellen Toubman. Then we hear from Dr. Shannon Mason about her research on how the media discusses language education in Australia.

For links and show notes, visit https://weteachlang.com/2019/06/07/ep-107-with-shannon-mason/

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