Recent Publication: “Who is at the center of our language teaching?” SLRP article

A few days ago, my most recent article was published in the journal Second Language Research and Practice. The article asks whether teachers, students, learning, the classroom itself, or communities of language speakers are at the center of our language teaching. In this blog post, I'll share a few ideas from this piece and also...

What’s the Big Idea? Part 2: Backward Design, Alignment, and Language Teaching

Backward design is one of those core teaching concepts that crops up so often that we don't often take the time to examine it closely. In this blog post, I will explore different models for course design and alignment including forward, central, and backward design.

What’s the Big Idea? Part 1: Copyright, Fair Use, Licensing, and Language Teaching

Let's think through connections between language teaching and concepts such as copyright, fair use, and licensing. If these are concepts you are curious about, this blog post will provide you with a) resources for learning more, and b) ideas for how these concepts might affect your work.

Notes from the Cornell LRC: Problem-Based Learning, Distance Classrooms, and a Podcast Episode!

A couple weeks ago, I got to visit Cornell University Language Resource Center in Ithaca, New York to share about my current work on a problem-based model for language instruction. The people I got to talk to were smart, fun, and deeply invested in languages, especially the LRC staff led by Director Angelika Kraemer, And...