SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone
Join Ben (he/him), and Bill (he/him) as they Gaslight (reflect), Gatekeep (read research), and Girlboss (share successes) language teaching!
Episodes
Artists:
Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley
Main Points
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Where’s the consistency?
How to Deal with Reluctant or Resistant Students
Hesitate! Slow Down!
Gatekeep
Principles of TPR: Not Just Commands
Connecting Language to the Body
Lowering Anxiety
Girlboss
TPR, or Gestures?
Model - Hesitate - Stop
Left-Brain “School” Processing Activities
TPR for Upper Levels
References
Social Account...
Gaslight
The Class That Just Won’t Talk
Planning and Grading Struggle Bus
Accountable Reading
Explicitly Talking About Why We Do What We Do
Gatekeep
Book Study Takeaways
Synonym Stacking
Pronunciation Fun
Girlboss
Having a Unit Framework Slays!
Kicking Butt and Taking Names
References
Social Accounts:
The Partner Speaking / Q+A Game
Bill’s Unit Planning Framework
Independent Textivities from the Comprehensible Classroom
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Grammar as a Concept
Do ACTFL levels describe language development?
Use of the L2 in Grammar Explanations
Balancing Authentic/Found Resources and Created Resources
Gatekeep - Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency by Ritz and Travers
Teaching Grammar? Start with Input!
Referential and Affective Tasks in Structured Input
Bill Talks about SI and Eats It...
Artists:
Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley
Main Points
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Parking on New Vocabulary
Allowing for Negotiating Meaning
Talking Ourselves Out of Using the TL
Input + Interaction
Quantity + Redundancy + Complexit...
Gaslight
What is it that we want to / have to teach?
There Is No Faking a Storyteller’s Intention
“One Day, You Will Have a Real Conversation”
Gatekeep - Jim Wooldridge
What does the life of a kid look like?
The Novelty Disappears - What is the Driving Reason?
Start With Your Problem and Communicative Purpose
Girlboss
Know Your Context and Know Your Students
Bring Diverse Stories to the Classroom
Tell Your Stories, Explore How to Make Other...
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Challenge and Accommodation
The Neverending Rubric
Time Investment
Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Gatekeep - Tajik, O., Noor, S. & Golzar, J. Investigating differentiated instruction and the contributing factors to cater EFL students’ needs at the collegial level. Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ. 9, 74 (2024).
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Content, Pr...
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Everything Will Work Out in the End (Maybe?)
The Critical Period
Relationship to One’s Own Accent
Refusal - Relational - Activist
Girlboss
Parking on the Language to Enjoy It!
How do we frame pronunciation to our st...
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Missing Out on Kindergarten Day
Kids Books Are For the Adults
Bored During Shared Reading
Gatekeep -
Reading Children’s Books Rule
How many repetitions do they need?
Use of L1 to Get Back to the L2
Program Length, Abstraction, Home Language
Girlboss
Park and Pause
Comprehension-Based Reader Storybooks
Picture Talk
Story Listening
Justice for Kindergarten Day
References
Gaslight
New Technology! Goals?
Overreliance
Aligning Classroom with Values
Girlboss
Nuanced Discussion with Students
References
Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency by Ritz and Travers
Gaslight
We explore the common challenges of using TV series in class: the major investment of time and prep, the difficulty of finding content that is both engaging and linguistically appropriate, and the eternal struggle over which subtitles to use.
Gatekeep
We unpack research showing how to make video work for listening proficiency, based on Zakar & Zippo (2023).
- The Study: Researchers had third-semester German students watc...
Housekeeping
- Book Study: Join us on social media (Blue Sky, Threads, Facebook) to read Proficiency Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency by Ritz & Travers. The discussion starts the week of August 18th. Get the book from ACTFL.
- Support the Podcast: Help us cover costs by contributing at slayyypod.com.
- Review: Please leave a rating and review to help others find the show!
Gaslight: Rethinking the Traditional W...
Gaslight
Defining Dynamic Assessment
Examples from Language Teaching
Formative Assessment in the Classroom
How are we responsive in our assessments?
Dynamic Assessment
Girlboss
Successfully and Accountably Collecting Assessment Data
Taking Advantage of Opportunities to...
Gaslight
Isolated Vocabulary
Useful Vocabulary Lists
Idioms and Stock Phrases
Use Language in Context
Perceived Fluency and Proficiency Ratings
It’s Giving Library
Speaking to the Heart
What Even Is Fluency?
Lowering Cognitive Load for Spe...
Gaslight
Course-End Exams
Vertical Alignment - To University and Beyond
Understanding Ordered Development
Setting Realistic Goals
Gatekeep - Gombert, W., Keijzer, M., & Verspoor, M. (2024). Long-term effects of structure-based versus dynamic usage-based instructional programs for French. Journal of the European Second Language Association, 8(1), 18–33.
Dynamic Usage-Based Programs vs. Structure-Based Programs
Homework and Accountability
W...
Gaslight
Judge, Jury, Executioner
What Are Our Goals?
Time Investment
Gatekeep - Amanda Beck, Central States Languages for All Regional TOY 2024
How We Invest Our Time
Guessing Games
Games as Scaffolds for Learning and Social Interaction
Games Provide Structure for Listening and Reading
Have Backups
Girlboss
Level Your Games
Use Templates
Novelty Makes People Curious
Predictions
Winning!
B I N G O
References
Gaslight
Lack of Training and Preparation
Reading IEPs and 504s
Diagnosis - or No?
Gatekeep - Sara Lee, 2024 Southwest Conference on Language Teaching TOY
Formative Assessment to Evaluate Strengths and Needs
Teaching for Proficiency
What About Explicit Grammar Teaching?
Anxiety!
Theory: Mental-Graphemic Representation
Girlboss
Readable Fonts
Identify the “Easy” Spelling Rules
Differentiation
Alternatives to Writing
Pro Tip!
Equality and Equity: Ar...
Bertha Delgadillo, Southern Conference On Language Teaching (SCOLT) Regional Teacher of the Year 2024
Bertha’s Story
Staying Informed and Incorporating Authentic Voices
Abundance Mindset and Belonging
Engaging Students With Local Communities
Connecting Students to Needed Resources
Joy
References
Bertha’s Padlet: Advocating & standing with immigrant students
“A Multilingualism-as-a-Resource Orientation in Dual Language Education” by de Jong,...
Gaslight
Humor Doesn’t Always Work
Not Being Intentional
Some Things Don’t Work In YOUR Context
Thinking Expected Behaviors Are Obvious
Gatekeep - Kei Tsukamaki, ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year 2025
Dog Training Teaches Us About Classroom Environments
The ABCs
Taking Time for Reflection
Prioritizing Relationships and Routines
Girlboss
Understanding Students’ Responses to Questions
Hallway Conversations That Honor Student Agency
Valu...
Gaslight
Gradebook Categories
What is included in a grade?
Assessments
Gatekeep - Student Perceptions on Standards-Based Grading in the World Language Classroom by our own Bryan Smith!
History of SBG
SBG in Bryan’s Classes
What Kids Like, and What They Don’t
Girlboss
Clarity, Rubrics, Consistency
Helping Get Classwork and Homework Done
Change One Thing at a Time!
References
Webinar for Tumbao Bilingual Books’ newest book - We Celebrate Junetee...
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