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Conversations about Language Teaching

Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD

"Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you like thinking deeply about issues of classroom language teaching and how those relate to research and theory, this podcast might be for you.Reed & Diane, the hosts, base our knowledge of language teaching on research we"ve read & done, theoretical views of language acquisition, our experiences as language teachers

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Episode 39: Target Language for Young Learners

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2025/12/18

Send us a text Show Notes: Diane mentioned studies that have found children process language more slowly than adults. One such study is here: Nip, I. S. B., & Green, J. R. (2013). Increases in Cognitive and Linguistic Processing Primarily Account for Increases in Speaking Rate With Age. Child Development, 84(4), 1324–1337. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23469381 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Conversations about Lang...

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Episode 38: ACTFL Teacher Awards as Professional...

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2025/12/04

Send us a text Episode 38: ACTFL Language Teacher Awards as Professional Development Show Notes Guest: Ngan-Ha Ta, PhD Ngan's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nganhata ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo information: https://www.actfl.org/convention-and-expo Our previous episode with Ngan: Episode 9: Teacher Training https://www.buzzsprout.com/2325378/episodes/15292383 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the s...

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Episode 37: "Listen & Do"

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2025/11/20

Send us a text Show Notes: Episode 37: "Listen & Do" in language teaching Reed mentioned: Ellis, R., & He, X. (1999). The roles of modified input and output in the incidental acquisition of word meanings. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 285-301. https://www.scribd.com/document/359925425/10-0000-www-cambridge-org-3B026C16F7E59E3458121D43E055741D We also mentioned: Shintani, N. (2012). Input-based tasks and the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar: A process-produc...

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Episode 36: Research & Assessment

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2025/11/06

Send us a text Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on YouTube where episodes are captioned: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage We welcome support for the podcasting costs. See "Support" here: https://conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/supporters/new

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Episode 35: Language Policy in Classrooms

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2025/10/23

Send us a text Menken & Garcia, 2010 ch. 16 Johnson, 2013 ACTFL 90%+ TL use position statement Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on YouTube where episodes are captioned: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage We welcome support for the podcasting costs. See "Support" here: https://conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/supporters/new

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Episode 34: Trying New Teaching Strategies

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2025/10/09

Send us a text Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on YouTube where episodes are captioned: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage We welcome support for the podcasting costs. See "Support" here: https://conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/supporters/new

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Episode 33: Introducing Vocabulary

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2025/09/25

Send us a text Episode 33: Introducing Vocabulary Show Notes Diane mentioned the book Vocabulary Myths by Keith Folse. Here is the publisher's site about it: https://press.umich.edu/Books/V/Vocabulary-Myths2 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on YouTube where episodes are captioned: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage We welcome support for the...

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Episode 32: Focus on Form

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2025/09/11

Send us a text Episode 32 Show notes - Focus on Form Michael Long’s thinking about “focus on meaning,” “focus on form,’ and “focus on forms” in language teaching, for example: Long, M. (2008). Focus on form in task-based language teaching. In Language policy and pedagogy (pp. 179-192). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/82ddd5f2-57ca-4d9e-91ed-5b65b5483395/content Diane mentioned Patsy Lightbown related to de...

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Episode 31: Child Language Development & Implications...

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/08/28

Send us a text Show Notes: Episode 31 (season 4) show notes: Child language development & implications for teachers Conversations about Language Teaching Episode 7 was about Conversation Analysis: YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zny0LLUh3TM Audio-only podcast episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2325378/episodes/15229325-episode-7-learning-about-language-classroom-interaction-through-conversation-analysis Reed mentioned this presentation by Lourdes O...

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Episode 30: Purposes for Picture Talk

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/05/15

Send us a text Episode 30 Show Notes -- Purposes for Picture Talk Link to Cheng & Tsui webinar (mentioned by Diane as included Picture Talk): https://youtu.be/HinXS0n762g eBook (includes both ‘levels’ of Picture Talk Diane described) https://cheng-tsui.publishercart.com/product/comprehension-based-chinese-ebook/ Hawaii Department of Education https://learningdesign.hawaiipublicschools.org/standards-based-content/world-languages Scroll down to find Session 2 from ...

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Episode 29: Rethinking Authenticity

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2025/05/01

Send us a text Episode 29 Show Notes - Rethinking Authenticity Hasegawa, A. (2018). Understanding task‐in‐process through the lens of laughter: Activity designs, instructional materials, learner orientations, and interpersonal relationships. The Modern Language Journal, 102(1), 142-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12448 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on You...

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Bonus Episode 28: 当非母语中文老师

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/04/17

Send us a text This episode is in Mandarin Chinese. Reed & Diane talk about their experiences as non-native learners, users, and teachers of Mandarin Chinese. Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on YouTube where episodes are captioned: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage We welcome support for the podcasting costs. See "Support" here: https:...

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Episode 27: A Story about Student Production

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2025/04/03

Send us a text No show notes this time! Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the show Thanks for listening to Conversations about Language Teaching. Watch on YouTube where episodes are captioned: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage We welcome support for the podcasting costs. See "Support" here: https://conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/supporters/new

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Episode 26: Children’s Books & Reading for Vocabulary...

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2025/03/20

Send us a text Episode 26: Children’s Books & Reading for Vocabulary Growth Show Notes The Mandarin Companion blog has concise & helpful information about Extensive reading (ER) and 98% known language. This post also describes why children’s books are not necessarily suitable for second language learners: https://mandarincompanion.com/7-mistakes-about-extensive-reading/ Intensive reading & extensive reading compared in a concise post by Mandarin Companion: http...

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Episode 25: There Is No Best Method--Why?

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2025/03/06

Send us a text Episode 25: There Is No Best Method–Why? Discussing Prabhu (1990) Show Notes We discussed this article: Prabhu, N. S. (1990). There is no best method—Why?. TESOL Quarterly, 24(2), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.2307/3586897 It is freely available online at the link above. Diane missed the number of times it has been cited – “only” 1666 citations as of Feb. 28, 2025. That is still quite a lot in the field of applied linguistics/language teaching and learning. Needs ...

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Episode 24: Pronunciation Development

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/02/20

Send us a text Episode 24 - Pronunciation development Reed’s grad school classmate's study: https://www.hawaii.edu/sls/phd-student-wenyi-ling-2018-research-award/ The full dissertation: Ling, W. (2021). The Perception, Processing and Learning of Mandarin Lexical Tone by Second Language Speakers. University of Hawai'i at Manoa. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/4e749171-1747-4236-b40e-5430a912d442/content Here's Schmidt info, including a mention ...

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Episode 23: AI Chatbots

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/02/06

Send us a text Episode 23: AI Chatbots Show Notes Dr. Rachel Mamiya Hernandez-relevant link about using AI chatbots for language learning: https://clt.manoa.hawaii.edu/blog/event/ai-chatbots-2/ Billie Eilish AI interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0c94ghBS4A Magic School AI tool, where Reed & Diane have both prompted chatbots to work with Chinese language learners: https://www.magicschool.ai/ There are many other AI-generated options within the app. Diane’s recently tes...

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Episode 22: Issues with Frequency Lists

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/01/23

Send us a textEpisode 22 Show NotesMichael Long quote is on pp. 6-7 of the following, available freely online at the link: Long, M. H. (2016). In defense of tasks and TBLT: Nonissues and real issues. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 36, 5-33. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/ED5590DB727AE82E0A98AC05264B83E1/S0267190515000057a.pdf/div-class-title-in-defense-of-tasks-and-tblt-nonissues-and-real-issues-div.pdf Intro & outro music selected...

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Episode 21: Viewers' Questions & Answers

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2025/01/09

Send us a textShow Notes: Video examples of comprehension-based communicative language teaching:Hawai`i Association of Language Teacher (HALT) conference presentation recording: Overview of CCLT (descriptive rather than a demo): https://youtu.be/h0Xd6zVSlxU?si=dIdenoWArOmYlW-q Teachers from Hawai`i developed a website including descriptions of different teaching strategies, including video clips in many language classrooms: https://kawairesources.com/Strategies Reed led a ...

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Episode 20: The Silent Period

Conversations about Language Teaching ·

2024/12/26

Send us a textConversations about Language Teaching Episode 20: The Silent Period Show NotesSearch results on Google Scholar for “silent period second language acquisition” https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C15&q=silent+period+second+language+acquisition&oq=%22silent+period%22+Diane quoted from this document: Krashen, S. (1981). Second language acquisition. Second Language Learning, 3(7), 19-39. https://www.academia.edu/download/35238869/second...

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