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May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 140: Heritage Language Maintenance with Angelica Amezcua

In ep 140, Stacey interviews Angélica Amezcua, a PhD candidate at Arizona State University and the author of a recent paper on how classroom instruction affects heritage language learners' motivation to maintain their language. Angélica discusses why some language communities in the US have low ethnolinguistic vitality and how state policies create conditions that prevent bilingual students from maintaining their home language. Angélica also shares her research on classroom strategies that heritage language teachers can adopt to promote language maintenance and community connection.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-6k4

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April 26, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 139: Teaching Linguistic Variation such as Voseo in Spanish with Matthew Griffin

In ep 139, Stacey interviews Matthew Griffin, an applied linguist and instructor of Spanish who recently published a paper analyzing textbooks for how they present "voseo" to novice learners. "Vos" is a pronoun used widely in Latin America, and not used in European varieties of Spanish. Matthew goes on to talk about the concept of linguistic variation, as well as how and why we should point out and celebrate different varieties of the languages we teach. For those interested in teaching voseo, this interview and the accompanying open-access article provide a practical and research-based exploration of this topic.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-6ia

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 138: IPAs, A Review of the Literature, and Steps to Move Forward with Stephanie Madison

In ep 138, Stacey interviews Dr. Stephanie Madison, author of the recently published article entitled "Integrated Performance Assessments: A Review of the Literature and Steps to Move Forward". If you have ever wanted to dig deeper into why IPAs work and how to make them even more practical in your language classroom, this interview and the accompanying open-access article provide a wealth of practical and research-based advice.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-6gE

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 137: Emotional Labor with Elizabeth Miller

In ep 137, Stacey shares an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Miller, whom she met in February at Duke University's inaugural language symposium event. After hearing her talk about her research on emotional labor among language teachers, Stacey sat down with Liz to discuss emotional labor, emotional management, and what language teachers need to know about emotions at work.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-6dT

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 39 (rerun): The GLCA Shared Languages Program with Gabriele Dillmann

In ep 39, Stacey interviews Gabriele Dillmann, an associate professor of German at Denison University, a liberal arts college in Ohio. Gabriele is the director of the Great Lakes Colleges Association's Shared Languages Program, a project that aims to address issues facing upper-level under-enrolled language courses as well as broadening the course offerings for lesser-taught languages. Gabriele uses Zoom and Google Drive to house her online courses, and describes how technology makes her innovative work possible.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-6cvn

March 20, 2020March 21, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 9 (rerun): Performance Assessment in a Fully Online College Spanish Course with Claire Knowles

In this rerun of episode 9 of We Teach Languages, Stacey talks with Claire Knowles about teaching college Spanish in a fully online, asynchronous format. Claire tells us about how she uses performance assessments instead of tests to assess learning and how she elicits feedback and reflection from students in every unit. For links and show notes, visit https://weteachlang.com/2020/03/20/we-teach-languages-episode-9-rerun-performance-assessment-in-a-fully-online-college-spanish-course-with-claire-knowles We welcome feedback, resources, and diverse perspectives on this topic! To contribute to the conversation started here, leave us a voicemail or send a text message to (629)888-3398. Or you can follow us on Twitter @weteachlang or use this contact form to send us an email.

March 3, 2020July 3, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 136: Speaking Blackness in Brazil, Identity, and Investment with Uju Anya

In ep 136, Dorie Conlon Perugini interviews Dr. Uju Anya on a range of topics related to the experiences of African-American language learners both in classrooms and in study abroad contexts. The two scholars discuss Uju's award-winning book, bias and inclusion in the language classroom, and why the concept of investment is more useful than motivation for analyzing student engagement.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-67Y

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 135: Indigenous Language Revitalization, Teacher Development, and NILI with Robert Elliott

In ep 135, Stacey continues her interview with Robert Elliott, a conversation they started on episode 73 of the Leading Lines podcast. In this episode, Robert describes the work of the Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI), how teachers of any language can support indigenous language revitalization, and how Native American language teachers can take advantage of the summer offerings at NILI.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-63A

February 14, 2020February 13, 2020 staceymargarita WTL Podcast Episodes

We Teach Languages Episode 134: One Year of Biblical Hebrew with Jesse Scheumann

In ep 134, Stacey interviews Professor Jesse Scheumann about how he teaches Biblical Hebrew. Despite preconceptions about what it is like to learn a Biblical language, Jesse's classroom has no desks or grammar textbook and also involves movement, stories, and other techniques from communicative language teaching approaches. By the end of their first year of Hebrew, Jesse's students are reading the book of Jonah from cover to cover in the original Hebrew Bible.

For links and show notes, visit https://wp.me/p88mlO-63g