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Conversations about Language Teaching

Conversations about Language Teaching

By: Diane Neubauer PhD & Reed Riggs PhD
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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

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Episodes
  • Episode 30: Purposes for Picture Talk

    Episode 30: Purposes for Picture Talk
    May 15 2025

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    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 2023 (with Diane Neubauer, trainer): Designing Units and Lessons. There is a link to unit and lesson examples there – the elementary example is a unit based around an animal, like Diane talked about pandas.


    Picture Talk episode of Growing with Proficiency (Claudia Elliott’s podcast; no guest, Diane misremembered in the recording) Episode 143: Picture Talk Reimagined – 5 Ways to Make It Sustainable and Student-Led https://growingwithproficiencythepodcast.buzzsprout.com/2051875/episodes/16986398-episode-143-picture-talk-reimagined-5-ways-to-make-it-sustainable-and-student-led

    Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo

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    37 mins
  • Episode 29: Rethinking Authenticity

    Episode 29: Rethinking Authenticity
    May 1 2025

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    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 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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    39 mins
  • Bonus Episode 28: 当非母语中文老师

    Bonus Episode 28: 当非母语中文老师
    Apr 17 2025

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    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://conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/supporters/new
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    39 mins

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