Your lesson, should you choose to accept it, is to connect Second Language Acquisition theories with practical classroom applications. The special agents assigned to help you with this task are Florencia Henshaw and Maris Hawkins, authors of "Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom".

In our conversation we discuss:

1️⃣ Some SLA theories that refuse to die

2️⃣ Their favorite activities to use

3️⃣ The importance of both content and purpose

Click here for links and resources mentioned in the episode or more information about the podcast. Click here for Lesson: Impossible’s language teaching blog.

If you liked this episode you might want to check out:

• Ep. 18: Agent Rebecca Blouwolff (Teaching Language Authentically)
• Ep. 27: Agent Laurent Porosoff (Meaningful Curriculum)
• Ep. 72: Agent Julia Spiegelman (Challenging Language Textbooks)

Your lesson, should you choose to accept it, is to debate which three characteristics are the ingredients for a great teacher. The special agents assigned to help you with this task are Nick Zaveri, Christopher Tudisco, Jack Scanlan, William Mealey & Aviva Levin.

Prior to Edupodlooza 2022, teachers on Twitter responded to the question of what top three traits they though made a great teacher, which led to some interesting and contradicting responses! Thus, this episode involves the five participants (me, Nick from the popular news communication podcast “Can We Please Talk?”, Tudisco and Mealey from the humorous interview podcast “Unprofessional Development”, and Jack from the satirical podcast “EduChaos”) reacting to that thread, with some in-depth discussions about cultural awareness, humor, content knowledge, vulnerability, boundaries, and the concept of love for students.

Click here for links and resources mentioned in the episode or more information about the podcast. Click here for Lesson: Impossible’s blog about teaching world languages.

Your lesson, should you choose to accept it, is to personalize your professional development to the unique needs of your teaching practice. The special agent assigned to help you with this task is Agent Darcy Bakkegard.

In our conversation we discuss:

1️⃣ Teachers taking agency over their own professional development

2️⃣ Using the design process as a model for innovating your practice

3️⃣ Removing the barriers and hypocrisy of traditional PD

Click here for links and resources mentioned in the episode or more information about the podcast. Click here for Lesson: Impossible’s blog.