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Episode 30 Show Notes -- Purposes for Picture Talk 

Link to Cheng & Tsui webinar (mentioned by Diane as included Picture Talk): https://youtu.be/HinXS0n762g 

eBook (includes both ‘levels’ of Picture Talk Diane described) https://cheng-tsui.publishercart.com/product/comprehension-based-chinese-ebook/ 

Hawaii Department of Education https://learningdesign.hawaiipublicschools.org/standards-based-content/world-languages 

Scroll down to find Session 2 from 2023 (with Diane Neubauer, trainer): Designing Units and Lessons. There is a link to unit and lesson examples there – the elementary example is a unit based around an animal, like Diane talked about pandas.

Picture Talk episode of Growing with Proficiency (Claudia Elliott’s podcast; no guest, Diane misremembered in the recording)  Episode 143: Picture Talk Reimagined – 5 Ways to Make It Sustainable and Student-Led https://growingwithproficiencythepodcast.buzzsprout.com/2051875/episodes/16986398-episode-143-picture-talk-reimagined-5-ways-to-make-it-sustainable-and-student-led 

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Episode 29 Show Notes - Rethinking Authenticity 

Hasegawa, A. (2018). Understanding task‐in‐process through the lens of laughter: Activity designs, instructional materials, learner orientations, and interpersonal relationships. The Modern Language Journal, 102(1), 142-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12448

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This episode is in Mandarin Chinese. Reed & Diane talk about their experiences as non-native learners, users, and teachers of Mandarin Chinese. 

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Episode 26: Children’s Books & Reading for Vocabulary Growth 

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The Mandarin Companion blog has concise & helpful information about Extensive reading (ER) and 98% known language. This post also describes why children’s books are not necessarily suitable for second language learners: 

https://mandarincompanion.com/7-mistakes-about-extensive-reading/ 

Intensive reading & extensive reading compared in a concise post by Mandarin Companion: https://mandarincompanion.com/reading-pain-or-reading-gain-reading-at-the-right-level/

The podcast “You Can Learn Chinese” also has several episodes related to extensive reading, intensive reading, and other information about learning (particularly) Chinese with a lot of relevance to learning any language: https://mandarincompanion.com/you-can-learn-chinese-podcast/ 

Narrow reading: 

Krashen, S. (2004). The case for narrow reading [J]. Language Magazine, 3(5), 17-19. https://sdkrashen.com/content/articles/narrow.pdf 

Renandya, W. A., Krashen, S., & Jacobs, G. M. (2018). The potential of series books: How narrow reading leads to advanced L2 proficiency. LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 11(2), 148-154. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1225871.pdf 

English language TV shows used for language learning – some examples:

10 US or UK TV shows and ideas for learning English from them: https://www.bsceducation.com/blog/best-tv-shows-for-learning-english/ 

The Office (US version of the show) https://diziyleogren.com/en/tv-series/the-office – However, Reed & Diane think it’s more important to understand meaning in context than to memorize the long lists of vocabulary provided. The definitions are sometimes also full of specialized vocabulary. Ex: Season 1, ep. 1 lists “berry” as a fleshy fruit from one ovary… that is a very technical definition for a botany student rather than daily life! 

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Episode 25: There Is No Best Method–Why? Discussing Prabhu (1990)

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We discussed this article: 

Prabhu, N. S. (1990). There is no best method—Why?. TESOL Quarterly, 24(2), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.2307/3586897

It is freely available online at the link above. Diane missed the number of times it has been cited – “only” 1666 citations as of Feb. 28, 2025. That is still quite a lot in the field of applied linguistics/language teaching and learning. 

Needs analysis: 

Ch. 3 of this book is about needs analysis in language course design: 

Macalister, J., & Nation, I. P. (2019). Language curriculum design. Routledge. 

Information about the 2019 (2nd) edition is here: 

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429203763/language-curriculum-design-john-macalister-nation

The first edition of the book (2010 edition) is available freely online here: https://shorturl.at/mX40e 

Prabhu (1990) cites Brumfit, 1984, which appears to be his PhD thesis revised for book publication: 

Brumfit, C. (1984). Communicative methodology in language teaching: The roles of fluency and accuracy. 

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Episode 24 - Pronunciation development

Reed’s grad school classmate's study:

https://www.hawaii.edu/sls/phd-student-wenyi-ling-2018-research-award/ 

The full dissertation:

Ling, W. (2021). The Perception, Processing and Learning of Mandarin Lexical Tone by Second Language Speakers. University of Hawai'i at Manoa. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/4e749171-1747-4236-b40e-5430a912d442/content  

Here's Schmidt info, including a mention of shadowing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noticing_hypothesis

Diane recommended a book with several chapters about pronunciation development: 

Piske, T., & Young-Scholten, M. (Eds.). (2008). Input matters in SLA (Vol. 35). Multilingual Matters.

https://www.multilingualmatters.com/page/detail/input-matters-in-sla/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-489 

Diane also mentioned a meta-analysis of pronunciation studies. This is that meta-analysis: 

Lee, J., Jang, J., & Plonsky, L. (2015). The effectiveness of second language pronunciation instruction: A meta-analysis. Applied Linguistics, 36(3), 345-366. https://academic.oup.com/applij/article/36/3/345/2422438 

It seems to be available without a paywall! 

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Episode 23: AI Chatbots 

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Dr. Rachel Mamiya Hernandez-relevant link about using AI chatbots for language learning: https://clt.manoa.hawaii.edu/blog/event/ai-chatbots-2/

Billie Eilish AI interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0c94ghBS4A

Magic School AI tool, where Reed & Diane have both prompted chatbots to work with Chinese language learners: https://www.magicschool.ai/ There are many other AI-generated options within the app.

Diane’s recently tested chatbot for Chinese language learners, meant to focus on the Cultural Revolution, using Magic School AI: https://app.magicschool.ai/tools/custom-chatbot?share=96e25283-28a8-47a8-a357-20e9db17bf42 

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Episode 22 Show Notes

Michael Long quote is on pp. 6-7 of the following, available freely online at the link: 

Long, M. H. (2016). In defense of tasks and TBLT: Nonissues and real issues. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 36, 5-33. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/ED5590DB727AE82E0A98AC05264B83E1/S0267190515000057a.pdf/div-class-title-in-defense-of-tasks-and-tblt-nonissues-and-real-issues-div.pdf 

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Show Notes: 

Video examples of comprehension-based communicative language teaching:

Hawai`i Association of Language Teacher (HALT) conference presentation recording: 

Overview of CCLT (descriptive rather than a demo): https://youtu.be/h0Xd6zVSlxU?si=dIdenoWArOmYlW-q 

Teachers from Hawai`i developed a website including descriptions of different teaching strategies, including video clips in many language classrooms: https://kawairesources.com/Strategies 

Reed led a project to collect video data of several languages (we forgot to mention this one!): https://sites.google.com/view/tildatabase/for-language-teachers 

Diane has videos from her high school Chinese language classroom 2015-2017 (and some adult introductory classes) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DianeNeubauer 

Hawai`i Department of Education – World Languages 

The new Hawai`i World Readiness Standards for Language Learning and supporting webinars and documents are available here:

https://learningdesign.hawaiipublicschools.org/standards-based-content/world-languages

Online language classes similar to the kind of teaching Reed & Diane often discuss:

Fluency Fast: https://fluencyfast.com/ 

Express Fluency: https://expressfluency.com/ 

Elevate Educational Consulting: https://www.elevateeducationconsulting.com/ 

Link to Diane's speaking assessment video & info: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpMXkl0jTQc 

Send questions to: [email protected] 

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