ABOUT THIS EPISODE
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Talking Yourself Out of Them
Brain Breaks vs. Games
Focus vs. Energize
Perception of Brain Breaks
Gatekeep
Do students perform better on quizzes and tests if they get regularly microbreaks during class time?
Girlboss
Meditation and Box Breaths
Games with Patterns
Simpler!
References
Social Accounts:
Headspace - meditation app, free for educators!
Calm - Breathe Bubble (for quick mindfulness in class)
Say the Word to the Beat Examples - Spanish, German
English
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Gaslight
What is school supposed to look like?
Misalignment of Objectives
Holistic Thinking vs. Right/Wrong Answers
Gatekeep - Kürüm, E. Y. (2025). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Comprehension-Based Language Teaching: A Large-Scale Pretest…
Artists:
Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley
Main Points
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Strategies Are Not Top of Mind
How to Balance Test Prep and Real World Use
Target Language Usage vs. L1 Talk About Metacognition
Gatekeep - Sarafianou, Anna & Gavriilidou, Z…
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Overview of Can Do Statements
Proficiency, Performance, Can Do!
What is Intercultural Communication?
Function, Context, Text Type
Changes from 2017
Cultural Self-Knowledge
Minor Semantic Changes
Girlboss
Use Them For Planning!
References
Soci…
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Please Don’t Burn Yourself Out!
Know Your Context
Gatekeep - Wadas, M., Goetze, J., & Jackson, C. (2024). Going above and beyond: Motivations of L2 German learners to (dis)continue language study. Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching G…
Gaslight
Lack of Communicative Purpose
Bad Input! Bad!
Need for Scaffolding
We Teach Much More Than Language
Gatekeep - Sadri, E. & Tahririan, M.H.. (2018). Teacher-assisted vs. peer-assisted performances and L2 development: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics.…
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