Four Listening Activities I Keep Coming Back To — and the Twist I’d Add Now

A few years ago, while teaching Spanish 4, I worked through the Música Originaria unit from Huellas — Carrie Toth’s curriculum from Somewhere to Share…

Sep 16

Book Study Chats Start Tonight!

Hellooooooo!Thanks for reading SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone!!

Sep 10

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August 2026

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Comprehension-Based Language Teaching

This post was originally shared on my old personal site, but Ben told me that someone shouted this post out recently at a conference so I figured I…

Aug 26

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July 2026

The SLAyyy Field Guide

The SLAyyy Field Guide is LIVE!

Jul 23

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We missed #Langchat, so here’s what we’re gonna do about it

Back in the Twitter days before it was called X there was a great community of language teachers that would get together nearly every Thursday night and…

Jul 20

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June 2026

Name the function, not the grammar

Micro-Feedback in the Language Classroom

Jun 25

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#Authres: Adapt the Task, not the Text

Or do both

Jun 18

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Brains crave novelty, but also structure

Novelty is exhausting.

Jun 11

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Maybe writing objectives on the board isn't a waste of time?

Are my slides ready?

Jun 4

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May 2026

Book Reports

AP season makes the end of the spring semester at my school challenging, as I’m sure it does at many schools.

May 29

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Implementing Structured Input in the Classroom: What Worked? What Didn't? What Am I Still Figuring Out?

If you’ve made it to Part 3, you’ve done the reading.

May 27

My Take: From Input Processing Theory to Structured Input Activities

Okay, so now you know what’s happening inside your students’ heads when they encounter input.

May 27