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SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone
by Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley-Bostick
Join Ben (he/him), and Bill (he/him) as they Gaslight (reflect), Gatekeep (read research), and Girlboss (share successes) language teaching!
Episodes
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Ep. 46: SLAyyy Mid-Semester Check-In
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Class Size Planning Ahead - Less is More! Gatekeep - Chunking! TPR! Comprehensible Definitions The Survey Quiz Game Girlboss Feedback Loops Going Slow! References Social Accounts: Facebook Bluesky Instagram Book Study: Learner...
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Ep. 45: SLAyyy Word Chunks
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Teaching Words Individually SLOW Gatekeep - Wang, S. Y., & Christiansen, M. H. (2024). Chunking in the second language: Implications for language learning and teaching. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 44, 84-106. The…
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Ep. 44: SLAyyy Whole-Class Choral Reading
Notes SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight It’ll All Work Out in the End! …Right? How Much Should We Emphasize Any Given Aspect of a Language? The Need for Massive Aural Input How to Reread Texts Many Times Gatekeep - Paige, D. D. (2011). 16 Minutes of “Eyes-on-Text”...
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Ep. 43: SLAyyy Student Leadership with Nathan Campbell
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight “Ok, Just Be a Leader Now!” Failing to Identify Strengths Lack of Definitions and Models Walking the Line Between Guidance and Control Gatekeep - Nathan Campbell, 2026 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Progressive...
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Ep. 42: SLAyyy Comprehension-Forward Grammar Instruction
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Are Students Made to Attend to Meaning? Treating Language Like Other Subjects Gatekeep - Gonzalez Bueno, Manuela. “S-PACE for Teaching L2 Grammar: Adding Structure to the PACE Model.” Applied Language Learning, vol. 31, no. 1 & 2,...
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Ep. 41: SLAyyy The Role of AI in Language Education
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Is AI for Students or for Teachers? The Humanity in Teaching You Can’t AI Your Way to Communicative Competence Gatekeep - Çelik, Ö. (2025). Evolution of foreign language education in the age of AI. ELT Research Journal, 14(1)…
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Ep. 40: Second Semester Wrap-Up
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Keeping Up with Grading Planning Ahead Class Size! Don’t Rush Gatekeep TPR, Circumlocution, and Synonym Stacking Brain Breaks - Heads or Tails? Girlboss Classroom Management Having Just a Lil’ Structure References Social Accounts:...
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Ep. 39: CI Reboot Livestream with "Conversations About Language Teaching"
Please enjoy this minimally edited crossover episode with one of our favorite podcasts, Conversations About Language Teaching! Listen in as we discuss how best to help others understand fundamental SLA findings, and what those might be...! We recorded this as a livestream as part of the CI Reboot...
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Ep. 38: SLAyyy Program Growth and Retention
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...
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Ep. 37: SLAyyy Teaching Learning-Strategies to Students
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…
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Ep. 36: SLAyyy Pair and Group Work with Timothy Chávez
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. 9....
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Ep. 35: SLAyyy The New Can-Do Statements
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...
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Ep. 34: SLAyyy Switching to CCLT
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website 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...
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Ep. 33 SLAyyy Micro-Breaks for Student Attention
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 Sharpe, B. T., Trotter, M. G., & Hale, B. J. (2025). Sustaining student concentration: The effectiveness of micro-breaks in…
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Ep. 32: SLAyyy Student Perceptions of Pedagogical Translation
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Overreliance on Translation The Need for TL Usage No Translation Ever! …Or? Gatekeep Does Translation Contribute to SLA? How Do Students Perceive Translation in SLA? Choral Translation Girlboss Use Judiciously! Keep Proficiency…
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Ep. 31 SLAyyy Total Physical Response with Jon Cowart
Artists: Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley Main Points SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Where’s the consistency? How to Deal with Reluctant or Resistant Students Hesitate! Slow Down! Gatekeep Principles of TPR: Not Just Commands Connecting Language to the Body...
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Ep. 30: SLAyyy First Semester Wrap-Up
Gaslight The Class That Just Won’t Talk Planning and Grading Struggle Bus Accountable Reading Explicitly Talking About Why We Do What We Do Gatekeep Book Study Takeaways Synonym Stacking Pronunciation Fun Girlboss Having a Unit Framework Slays! Kicking Butt and Taking Names References Social...
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Ep. 29: SLAyyy "Teaching Grammar for Proficiency" Book Study with Stacy Witkowski
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Grammar as a Concept Do ACTFL levels describe language development? Use of the L2 in Grammar Explanations Balancing Authentic/Found Resources and Created Resources Gatekeep - Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for...
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Ep. 28: SLAyyy Interaction Hypothesis
Artists: Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley Main Points SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Parking on New Vocabulary Allowing for Negotiating Meaning Talking Ourselves Out of Using the TL Gatekeep - Adu, Michael & Abunya, Levina & Owusu, Edward & Budu, Gifty.…
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Ep. 27: SLAyyy Creating Compelling Content with Señor Wooly
Gaslight What is it that we want to / have to teach? There Is No Faking a Storyteller’s Intention “One Day, You Will Have a Real Conversation” Gatekeep - Jim Wooldridge What does the life of a kid look like? The Novelty Disappears - What is the Driving Reason? Start With Your Problem and...
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Ep. 26: SLAyyy Differentiated Instruction
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Challenge and Accommodation The Neverending Rubric Time Investment Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place Gatekeep - Tajik, O., Noor, S. & Golzar, J. Investigating differentiated instruction and the contributing factors to cater EFL...
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Ep. 25: SLAyyy Pronunciation Pedagogy
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Everything Will Work Out in the End (Maybe?) The Critical Period Relationship to One’s Own Accent Gatekeep - Vijay A Ramjattan, Imagining an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy, ELT Journal, Volume 78, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages...
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Ep. 24: SLAyyy Shared Reading with Storybooks
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website Gaslight Missing Out on Kindergarten Day Kids Books Are For the Adults Bored During Shared Reading Gatekeep - Reading Children’s Books Rule How many repetitions do they need? Use of L1 to Get Back to the L2 Program Length, Abstraction, Home...
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Ep. 23: SLAyyy AI in Language Learning
Gaslight New Technology! Goals? Overreliance Aligning Classroom with Values Gatekeep - Ivenz, P., & Polakova, P. (2024). Gen Z students and their perceptions of technology in the process of second language acquisition based on the language proficiency level. Arab World English Journal, 15(3)…
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Ep. 22: SLAyyy Listening Comprehension with a Series
Gaslight We explore the common challenges of using TV series in class: the major investment of time and prep, the difficulty of finding content that is both engaging and linguistically appropriate, and the eternal struggle over which subtitles to use. Gatekeep We unpack research showing how to…
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Ep. 21: SLAyyy Collaborative Writing
Housekeeping Book Study: Join us on social media (Blue Sky, Threads, Facebook) to read Proficiency Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency by Ritz & Travers. The discussion starts the week of August 18th. Get the book from ACTFL. Support the Podcast: Help us cover costs by…
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Ep. 20: SLAyyy into Summer Break
References The Motivated Classroom Podcast Carrie Toth and the Huellas curriculum Voces Digital Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors
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Ep. 19: SLAyyy Dynamic Assessment
GaslightDefining Dynamic AssessmentExamples from Language TeachingFormative Assessment in the ClassroomHow are we responsive in our assessments? Gatekeep - Najjarpour and Salimi: “Navigating Mindset Trajectories: Exploring EFL Teachers’ Evolution in Embracing Dynamic and Summative Assessment in…
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Ep. 18: SLAyyy Multiword Sequences
Gaslight Isolated VocabularyUseful Vocabulary ListsIdioms and Stock PhrasesUse Language in Context Gatekeep - Takizawa, K., & Suzuki, S. (2025). The role of multiword sequences in fluent speech: The case of listener-based judgment in L2 argumentative speech. Studies in Second Language…
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Ep. 17: SLAyyy An Effective Long-Term Language Program
GaslightCourse-End ExamsVertical Alignment - To University and BeyondUnderstanding Ordered DevelopmentSetting Realistic Goals Gatekeep - Gombert, W., Keijzer, M., & Verspoor, M. (2024). Long-term effects of structure-based versus dynamic usage-based instructional programs for French. Journal of…
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Ep. 16: SLAyyy Playful Learning with Amanda Beck
GaslightJudge, Jury, ExecutionerWhat Are Our Goals?Time Investment Gatekeep - Amanda Beck, Central States Languages for All Regional TOY 2024How We Invest Our TimeGuessing GamesGames as Scaffolds for Learning and Social InteractionGames Provide Structure for Listening and ReadingHave Backups...
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Ep. 15: SLAyyy Supporting Students with Dyslexia with Sara Lee
GaslightLack of Training and PreparationReading IEPs and 504sDiagnosis - or No? Gatekeep - Sara Lee, 2024 Southwest Conference on Language Teaching TOYFormative Assessment to Evaluate Strengths and NeedsTeaching for ProficiencyWhat About Explicit Grammar Teaching?Anxiety!Theory: Mental-Graphemic...
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Ep. 14: Supporting Undocumented Students with Bertha Delgadillo
Bertha Delgadillo, Southern Conference On Language Teaching (SCOLT) Regional Teacher of the Year 2024 Bertha’s Story Staying Informed and Incorporating Authentic Voices Abundance Mindset and Belonging Engaging Students With Local Communities Connecting Students to Needed Resources Joy References...
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Ep. 13: SLAyyy Positive Classroom Environments with Kei Tsukamaki
GaslightHumor Doesn’t Always WorkNot Being IntentionalSome Things Don’t Work In YOUR ContextThinking Expected Behaviors Are Obvious Gatekeep - Kei Tsukamaki, ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year 2025Dog Training Teaches Us About Classroom EnvironmentsThe ABCsTaking Time for...
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Ep. 12: SLAyyy Standards-Based Grading (feat. Bryan's Research!)
GaslightGradebook CategoriesWhat is included in a grade?AssessmentsGatekeep - Student Perceptions on Standards-Based Grading in the World Language Classroom by our own Bryan Smith! History of SBGSBG in Bryan’s ClassesWhat Kids Like, and What They Don’tGirlbossClarity, Rubrics, ConsistencyHelping...
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Ep. 11 SLAyyy: Realistic Expectations
GaslightDifferences Between Language Standards and Other Content Areas Setting Expectations from a Textbook Proficiency vs. Performance Hours of Instruction Gatekeep What proficiency levels do K-16 world language learners achieve? (van Gorp and Coss) Document about AP and ACTFL Proficiency Levels...
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Ep. 10: SLAyyy Checking for Understanding
Gaslight“Do you understand?”Nobody Wants to Tell You They Don’t Get ItAdapting/Preparing QuestionsCold CallingAsk Lots of Questions!Creating a Classroom Culture of Error and Learning Gatekeep - Checking for Understanding by Peps McCrea (at Evidence Snacks)Validity and EfficiencyLoaded…
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Ep. 09 SLAyyy Sheltering Vocabulary
GaslightNot Moderating Rate of SpeechEstablishing MeaningOut of Bounds“How do you say…?”Planning for ComprehensibilityUse of #authresGatekeep - "How does lexical coverage affect the processing of L2 texts?" by Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, Stuart Webb, Andi Wang (Applied Linguistics)“How easy is...
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Ep. 08: SLAyyy Co-Creating Content
GaslightManagement of Student IdeasDealing with Inappropriate ResponsesTrue Interpersonal CommunicationWhat do we hope to get out of this?Sharing the Purpose of the ActivitiesGatekeep - "Positive emotions and intrinsic motivation: A self-determination theory perspective on using co-created…
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Ep. 07 SLAyyy Observations
Gaslight: When have observations not been ideal? Gatekeep: Bernhard, R., McDermott, T., Hasenhüttl, C., Burn, K., & Sammons, P. (2024). A focus on quality of teaching in schools increases students’ progress of attainment. Evidence from English secondary schools. School Effectiveness and School...
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Ep. 06 SLAyyy Mid-Semester Check-In
In this episode of 'SLA: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone', the hosts discuss the challenges and successes they've experienced in teaching over the current school year. Amidst the pressures of 'Devolson' and the search for suitable teaching materials, the discussion pivots from a planned...
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Ep. 05 SLAyyy Oral Corrective Feedback
Gaslight How often should we do oral corrective feedback, who is it useful to, and is it always a positive experience for students?Gatekeep Corrective Feedback and Learner Uptake: Negotiation of Form in Communicative Classrooms (Lyster, Ranta, 1997)Girlboss How can we give feedback while...
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Ep. 04 SLAyyy Language Teacher Conferences with Marta Ruiz Yedinak
Gaslight: What NOT to do when attending a conference.Gatekeep: K-12 world language teachers’ use of conferences as professionaldevelopment (Neubauer, Wesley 2023)Girlboss: First/Best conference experiences.CI Midwest Discount Code: CISLAYYYS15 Text us about how you’ve Gaslit, or Girlbossed your...
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Ep. 03 SLAyyy Extensive Reading
Gaslight: Pitfalls in Free Voluntary Reading ProgramsGatekeep: The Effects of Extensive Reading on Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate, and Vocabulary Acquisition (Suk, 2016) Girlboss: Successes in FVR and extensive in-class reading.The World Language Bookshelf 100 Book Challenge Language Learner...
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Ep. 02: SLAyyy Asking Questions in Your Language Classroom
Gaslight: Troubleshooting asking questions to support comprehension.Gatekeep: The impact of questioning strategies on target language production and learner confidence Girlboss: Successes in asking questionsReferences:Training teachers: Fluency Matters (Michelle Kindt), CI Summit (Teri Wiechart…
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Ep. 01: SLAyyy the Start of the School Year
Gaslight: What did we try last year and how did it go? Gatekeep: Reconnecting to Second Language Acquisition for Innovative Language Pedagogy Girlboss: What have we done in the classroom that we will continue to do? Key Questions in Language Teaching | Higher Education from Cambridge Alessandro...
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