Adventures in Language
65 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Welcome to the Adventures in Language podcast series. We talk: language teaching, language learning and linguistics. From grammar learning tips and tricks to teacher hacks and the science behind language learning.
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Teaching Tips & Tricks | How to Equitably Accommodate Individual Learner Needs
October 26, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.58 MBHow do you discern effective learner accommodations from ineffective ones? In this podcast, your guide Emily (educator, PhD) will be sharing key points every teacher should know – from best practices in accessible teaching to misconceptions about what student accommodations are (and aren’t) supposed to accomplish. Interested in downloading our White Paper or Setting Good Goals PDF we mentioned in this episode? Click here to access: https://info.mangolanguages.com/glc-signup If you’d like t...
Learning Tips & Tricks | How to Overcome the 'Intermediate Plateau'
October 21, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.1 MBIs your vocabulary not growing at the rate it used to? Does your grammar feel stunted? Tired of having conversations about the weather but feel you can’t make the leap to talking about complex feelings? All of these are instantiations of the Intermediate Plateau. But they don’t all have the same underlying causes. In order to figure out how to overcome your particular case of the Intermediate Plateau Effect, your guide Emily will walk you through 6 of the most common reasons that language l...
Teaching Tips & Tricks | 5 Tips for Cultivating a Culturally Diverse Classroom
October 19, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBWith DEI initiatives reimagining how we do what we do, it’s a great time to consider how your language class can contribute to expanding the next generation’s worldview. How can you, as a language teacher, structure your class to help your students build their cultural competence skills? While there is no one right way to do it, there are some best practices to keep in mind – and we’ll cover 5 of them in this podcast! Interested in downloading our White Paper or Setting Good Goals PDF? Cli...
Learning Tips & Tricks | Not Yet as Fluent as You Want to Be?
October 14, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.72 MBNot yet where you want to be in your target language? Fret not, because in this podcast, we walk you through a guided self-reflection of 3 quick (but important) questions that are going to help you say さようなら (saYOOnara) to your fluency frustrations! Together with your language learning guide Emily, you’ll get to (1) reflect on your motivations for learning the language, (2) figure out whether you’re carving out enough time to meet your proficiency goals, and (3) discover the right learning...
Teaching Tips & Tricks | What is the Desirable Difficulty Principle?
October 12, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.89 MBDoes it make you feel uncomfortable to watch your students struggle with the target language? Don’t let it! Research into the Desirable Difficulty Principle suggests that this is often what active learning can look like, and it’s not something to shy away from. To learn what the Desirable Difficulty Principle is, and 4 fun ways you can incorporate it into your language classroom, don’t miss this episode! Interested in exploring how the Mango app has been built upon principles of Second Lan...
Learning Tips & Tricks | How to Set Good Language Learning Goals
October 07, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.01 MBAre your proficiency goals in line with your practical goals? How many hours a week can you realistically commit to your language learning? What does success look like for you a year from now? In this episode of Adventures in Language, we’re talking about how to set good goals for yourself and walk you through 6 prompts to set you up for success. Pssst - we have an awesome (and free!) worksheet version of the 6 prompts we cover in this episode, which you can access by downloading here: http...
Science Behind Language Learning | What is Second Language Acquisition (SLA)?
October 06, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 6.03 MBWant to learn more about how people learn new languages? Maybe you’re a language teacher looking for ways to better help struggling students, or a learner looking to use the power of your brain to master multiple languages. Perhaps you just can’t get enough of languages and linguistics! If any of those sound like you, get excited, because this is the first podcast in our new series on the Science Behind Language Learning. Join Kaitlyn Tagarelli (Linguist, PhD), as we take you on a tour of t...
Teaching Tips & Tricks | How to Create a Student-Driven Classroom
October 05, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MBLanguage teachers, picture this – your classroom full of totally engaged students. In this episode, you will learn how to improve student learning outcomes by creating a student-driven classroom. We'll cover what student-driven learning is, why it matters, and 2 simple principles you can use to make it happen in your classroom! Interested in exploring how the Mango app has been built upon principles of Second Language Acquisition Research, or to download our Setting Good Goals PDF? Click h...
Learning Tips & Tricks | What are the Benefits of Being Bilingual?
September 30, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.79 MBWhether you’re embarking on, continuing, or re-starting your bilingual language learning journey, this podcast will help you frame your “why.” Join your guide Emily (Spanish teacher and linguistics PhD) as she shares 6 real-life benefits to being bilingual! Did you know that globally speaking, being bilingual is actually the norm – not the exception? Listen to learn more about the real-life benefits of being bilingual! Looking for our (free) worksheet on Setting Good Language Learning Goal...
Learning Tips & Tricks | What You Need to Know About the Fluency Illusion
September 23, 2021 15:00 - 14 minutes - 9.91 MBWhat do pop quizzes, cognitive science, and Francis Bacon have in common? They’re all mentioned in this podcast! In this episode, we’re talking about the Fluency Illusion. Whether or not you’ve heard of the term, we guarantee you’re familiar with the phenomenon. Beware – its name may sound magical, but it’s unfortunately no fun trick. In short, the Fluency Illusion is the cognitive process that can make you overestimate how much of the learning material you truly understand. It leads you to...
Teaching Tips & Tricks | What is the Fluency Illusion?
September 21, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.56 MBWhat do pop quizzes, cognitive science, and Francis Bacon have in common? It's all about the Fluency Illusion! Whether or not you’ve heard of the term - we guarantee you’re familiar with the phenomenon. In short, the Fluency Illusion is the cognitive process that can lead learners to overestimate how much of the learning material they truly understand. It’s a problem for language learning because it leads students to believe they can actively produce something in the target language just b...
Learning Tips & Tricks | 5 Ways to Make the Most of Corrective Feedback
September 16, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MBKicking off our new series of Learning Tips & Tricks, we’re talking about Corrective Feedback (the feedback we receive when we make grammatical errors and vocab mistakes). Why does this matter? In order to make progress in your target language, you need to (1) get good corrective feedback and (2) know how to use it. Problem is - we don’t always get the corrective feedback we need - and even when we do get it, we don’t always make the best use of it. If any of that sounds familiar, then st...
Teaching Tips & Tricks | 8 Tips for Giving Better Corrective Feedback
September 14, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.19 MBTeachers, you care a lot about providing your students with helpful and thoughtful feedback, right? You’re also probably here because, from time to time, you get frustrated when you don’t see your students learning and growing from your feedback in the way that you’d hoped. We’ve all been there. The good news is that there are some very simple ways to make your feedback more effective. In this episode of Adventures in Language, your guide Emily (Spanish teacher and linguistics PhD), will b...
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August 02, 2021 20:00 - 57 seconds - 736 KBMango Languages Podcast: Welcome to adventures and languages. In this podcast we talk: language learner, languages teaching, and linguistics. From grammar learning tips and tricks to teacher hacks and all the science behind language learning.
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August 02, 2021 20:00 - 57 seconds - 710 KBAdventures in Language Podcast: Welcome to the Adventures in Language podcast series. We talk: language teaching, language learning and linguistics. From grammar learning tips and tricks to teacher hacks and the science behind language learning.