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Language Educators Exchange

The Language Educators" Exchange is a podcast for language enthusiasts and learners of all levels, hosted by Drs. Sarah Albrecht and Aniqa Shah. Every month, we dive into the fascinating world of language teaching and learning, offering expert insights and practical tips from language educators and researchers. Our episodes are packed with the latest techniques in language teaching and ideas for turning research into practice. We invite you to tune in on the 15th of every month to join us for

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Strategies: Four-square Strategy for Vocabulary...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/11/15

Send us a text In this episode, classroom teacher and teacher educator Colleen Hill shares how she helps students develop vocabulary across all content areas through the four-square template. Episode notes: Four-box Strategy Steps by Colleen Hill

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22:29

Strategies: Bridging Bilingual and Special Education...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/10/15

Send us a text In this episode, we talk with bilingual specialist Gloria Sevilla about how we can better support multilingual learners with disabilities. Gloria shares how her own journey informs her work, and we discuss practical ways to bridge bilingual and special education using tools like UDL, translanguaging, and bilingual resources that give students more voice and choice. Show notes: Gloria's Edutopia profile with downloadable resources: https://www.edutopia.org/profile/gloria...

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18:54

Strategies: Gamified Learning for ELL Students

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/09/15

Send us a text How can you turn a small pull-out group into the most exciting part of the school day for English language learners? In this episode of the Language Educator’s Exchange, ELD specialist Eliana Belle shares how she transformed her newcomer sessions with gamified learning strategies. From buzzers to Kahoot! quizzes, Eliana walks us through her step-by-step process of bringing energy, engagement, and laughter into language development lessons. Listeners will hear how trial and erro...

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18:46

Strategies: Content-area Vocabulary Teaching for ELL...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/08/15

Send us a text In this episode, Eliana Belle, a passionate elementary school educator, shares strategies for intentional multiple exposures to content-area vocabulary in all four domains Resources: Strategies for Intentional Multiple Exposure for Content-area Vocabulary: Click here

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Episode 12: Weaving the threads from past 11 months -...

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2025/07/15

Send us a text In this special anniversary episode of the Language Educator’s Exchange, hosts Dr. Aniqa Shah and Dr. Sarah Albrecht are joined by returning guest Dr. Jill Castek and first-time guest Dr. Kathy Harris for a reflective conversation on language, literacy, and education. Together, they revisit major themes from the past year—multimodal literacy, translanguaging, and community engagement—while exploring how evolving definitions of literacy and technology shape teaching practices. D...

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Episode 11: Language Teachers as Solvers of Systems

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/06/15

Send us a text In this episode, we talk with Dr. Alma Montemayor-Sándigo about bilingual teacher professional identity and the influence their professional identity can have on their students' acquisition of academic identity. Ultimately, a strong professional identity can put them in the position of becoming solvers not just of situations, but of systems.

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Episode 10: Language Ideologies in the Language...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/05/15

Send us a text In this episode Dr. Leon speaks about language ideologies and how to address them in the classroom Episode Resources: English Listening Lesson Library Online (ELLLO): over 3,000 free listening lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. The lessons include audios or videos, vocabulary, grammar, and even practice quizzes. Wonderful resource to expose students to fluent users of English from all over the world.English with an Accent Language, Ideology and Discr...

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Episode 9: Multimodality in Language Teaching

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/04/16

Send us a text In this conversation, we discussed multimodal language teaching, its relevance in the K-12 classroom, and how teachers can adapt despite curricular and technological limitations.

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Episode 8: Bilingual Literacy through Digital Reading...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/03/16

Send us a text In this conversation, we speak with Dr. Maria Bhattacharjee about the use of digital resources to enhance the reading experience of bilingual children and their families. Show notes: Link to the bilingual e-library: E-library Video introduction to the e-library: Video Aldine ISD student showcase: Showcase

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36:36

Episode 7: Asset-Based Approaches to Teaching...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/02/15

Send us a text Dr. Ali Yaylali talks with us about turning misconceptions about multilingual learners into asset-based teaching approaches.

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Episode 6: Using Translation for Language and...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2025/01/15

Send us a textIn this episode, Sarah, one of our co-hosts, takes a deep dive into using pedagogical translation for language and literacy teaching. Pedagogical translation can be used across ages, language-learning stages, and content-area contexts, so tune in to see how you might use it in your teaching environment.Show notes:For more information on topics discussed in this episode, please see the following:OER teacher's guide using translation in the world language classroom (these activiti...

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34:45

Episode 5: Teaching Adult Language Learners: Making...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2024/12/15

Send us a textIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Jennifer Daltzell about designing and implementing effective educational programs for adult language learners. Jennifer is a dynamic educator, researcher, and school leader with over 15 years of experience in leadership roles within educational and community organizations. She has also taught extensively in community colleges and adult public charter schools. Throughout her career, she has held several key leadership positions, including being a...

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Episode 4: Language Teaching in a Super Diverse Society

Language Educators Exchange ·

2024/11/15

Send us a textIn this episode, we talk with Maryam Aslam, an English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher in Dubai. As an EAL and Inclusion Specialist, she focuses on linguistic acquisition and coordinates fast track EAL strategies for diverse learners. She supports students with dyslexia and additional learning needs, ensuring an inclusive environment that promotes engagement. Maryam has expertise in multi-sensory teaching which allows her to create differentiated lessons tailored to indi...

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43:25

Episode 3: Conversation with a Bilingual Dyslexia...

Language Educators Exchange ·

2024/10/15

This episode features Catalina Lugo, lecturer in bilingual education with the University of Houston-Downtown in Texas. She is a former classroom teacher in Mexico and the US and a bilingual dyslexia specialist. Ms. Lugo shares multiple tips to identify and help multilingual students with dyslexia and to distinguish between students dealing with language vs. dyslexia challenges.Episode Resources:As mentioned in the podcast episode, the second language acquisition theories of both Stephen Krash...

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Episode 2: Translanguaging

Language Educators Exchange ·

2024/09/15

Join Dr. Nahal Rodieck as she talks about the importance of drawing upon students' linguistic, cultural and experiential resources when teaching language and discusses a few strategies for doing so. Dr. Rodieck has been a language educator for almost 25 years. She holds bachelors of arts and masters of arts degrees in English and a PhD in Rhetoric, Composition and the teaching of English. Quite impressively, she also holds a degree in legal studies, specializing in juvenile law. Dr. Rodi...

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37:46

Episode 1: Language Learning and Literacy

Language Educators Exchange ·

2024/08/15

Join guest Dr. Jill Castek as she discusses the connection between language learning and literacy. Dr. Castek is Professor of Literacy, Technology, Bi & multilingual Learners & STEM Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education at the University of Arizona. She is also a part of the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) program at the University of Arizona. A former teacher and literacy specialist, Dr. Ca...

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Pilot Episode

Language Educators Exchange ·

2024/08/15

Welcome to the Language Teachers’ Exchange, the ultimate podcast for second language teaching enthusiasts and learners of all levels! We are Drs. Sarah Albrecht and Aniqa Shah, your hosts.Every two weeks, we dive into the fascinating world of language teaching and learning, offering expert insights, practical tips, and engaging stories from polyglots and language researchers and educators. Our episodes are packed with the latest techniques in additional language teaching, ideas for turn...

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