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"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 and learners, and our observations of language teaching in the US and elsewhere. We like to help build bridges among teachers and researchers and view ourselves as part of both communities. We collaborate on projects & like talking about language teaching & learning, and decided to have some of those conversations in a podcast format. Here it is!
A transcripted, video version of the podcast is on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsaboutLanguage
More about Diane: https://sites.google.com/view/dianen/home
More about Reed: http://www.reedriggs.com
Episode | Date |
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Episode 31: Child Language Development & Implications for Teachers
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Aug 28, 2025 |
Episode 30: Purposes for Picture Talk
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May 15, 2025 |
Episode 29: Rethinking Authenticity
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May 01, 2025 |
Bonus Episode 28: 当非母语中文老师
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Apr 17, 2025 |
Episode 27: A Story about Student Production
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Apr 03, 2025 |
Episode 26: Children’s Books & Reading for Vocabulary Growth
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Mar 20, 2025 |
Episode 25: There Is No Best Method--Why?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
Episode 24: Pronunciation Development
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Feb 20, 2025 |
Episode 23: AI Chatbots
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Feb 06, 2025 |
Episode 22: Issues with Frequency Lists
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Jan 23, 2025 |
Episode 21: Viewers' Questions & Answers
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Jan 09, 2025 |
Episode 20: The Silent Period
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Dec 26, 2024 |
Episode 19: Listening comprehension as a goal
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Dec 12, 2024 |
Episode 18: Complexity in Instructional Activities
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Nov 28, 2024 |
Episode 17: Comparing language teaching settings
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Nov 14, 2024 |
Season 3 Episode 16: Using Authentic Texts
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Oct 31, 2024 |
Episode 15: Language Learner Strategies
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Oct 17, 2024 |
Episode 14: Being a New Teacher at a School
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Oct 03, 2024 |
Episode 13: Culture and Language Teaching
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Sep 19, 2024 |
Episode 12: Communicative Purpose
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Sep 05, 2024 |
Episode 11: Growing from Tough Teaching Situations
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Aug 22, 2024 |
Episode 10: Instructional Language Play
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Aug 08, 2024 |
Episode 9: Teacher training
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Jul 25, 2024 |
Episode 8: Reducing workload by establishing classroom routines
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Jul 11, 2024 |
Episode 7: Learning about language classroom interaction through Conversation Analysis
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Jun 27, 2024 |
Episode 6: Planning: "Communication for language" versus "language for communication"
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Jun 13, 2024 |
Episode 5: What can language teachers get from research?
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May 30, 2024 |
Episode 4: Personal teaching histories from Diane & Reed
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May 16, 2024 |
Episode 3: Seating and physical classroom set up
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May 02, 2024 |
Episode 2: Planning lessons for beginning language learners
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Apr 18, 2024 |
Episode 0: Bonus episode deciding the podcast scope & title
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Episode 1: Comprehensive Comprehensible Input
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Apr 04, 2024 |