How to Teach a Language

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  • Ep 15: Thoughts on Teaching Grammar

    In this episode, I share some general thoughts about teaching grammar. Down below, you can open some lesson plans in Spanish to emphasize learning grammar in a communicative context.

    Visit the webpage for this episode to download the lesson plans and the PDF with the phrases in Greek.

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-25/htlp_ep015_teaching_grammar.html

    21 min
  • Ep 14: Reflecting on the Exploratory Lessons

    Show Notes:

     In this episode, In this episode, I share with you some thoughts about the exploratory lessons to help you become a reflective language teacher.

    Visit the webpage por this episode

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-25/htlp_ep014_reflecting_expl_lesson.html

    Listen to my podcast: Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages. This is a podcast for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish.

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts and materials.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    15 min
  • Ep 13: Beginner Hindi Exploratory Lesson

    In this episode, I am sharing with you another exploratory lesson. This time, I am sharing with you a beginner Hindi exploratory lesson. The goal of this lesson is to give you an opportunity to experience what is like to be a complete beginner in another language to encourage you to reflect about teaching and learning as well as implementing the concepts that I have shared with you on previous episodes. For this lesson, I am providing you with the complete transcript of the lesson. Click on the following link to open the webpage with the complete transcript for this beginner conversation: | https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-25/htlp_ep013_beg_hindi_expl_lesson.html | Thank you for listening.

    14 min
  • Ep 12: Beginner Japanese Exploratory Lesson

    In this episode, I am sharing with you another exploratory lesson. This time, I am sharing with you a beginner Japanese exploratory lesson.

    The goal of this lesson is to give you an opportunity to experience what is like to be a complete beginner in another language to encourage you to reflect about teaching and learning as well as implementing the concepts that I have shared with you on previous episodes.

    Open the webpage for this lesson

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-20/htlp_ep012_beg_japanese_expl_lesson.html

    Listen to other podcast to learn Spanish: Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages. This is a podcast for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish.

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts and materials.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    21 min
  • Ep 11: Japanese Vocabulary for Food L1 for Next Exploratory Lesson

     Show Notes:

    In this episode, I am sharing with you a vocabulary lesson in Japanese about food lesson 1 in preparation for the next Japanese exploratory lesson.

    Visit the webpage for this episode 

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-20/htlp_ep011_japanese_food1_vocab_lesson.html

    Open the Japanese vocabulary lesson with the words and pictures to follow along with the pronunciation

    https://www.jezsc.com/vocabularios/japanese/pages/comida1/comida1_pics.html

    Listen to my other podcast to learn Spanish: Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages. This is a podcast for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish.

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts and materials.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    12 min
  • Ep 10: Beginner German Exploratory Lesson

     Show Notes:

     In this episode, I am sharing with you another exploratory lesson. This time, I am sharing with you a beginner German exploratory lesson. The goal of this lesson is to give you an opportunity to experience what is like to be a complete beginner in another language to encourage you to reflect about teaching and learning as well as implementing the concepts that I have shared with you on previous episodes.

    Visit the webpage por this episode

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-20/htlp_ep010_beg_german_expl_lesson.html

    Listen to my podcast: Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages. This is a podcast for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish.

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts and materials.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    20 min
  • Ep 09: Beginner Russian Exploratory Lesson

     | Show Notes |

    In this episode, I am sharing with you another exploratory lesson. This time, I am sharing with you a beginner Russian exploratory lesson. The goal of this lesson is to give you an opportunity to experience what is like to be a complete beginner in another language to encourage you to reflect about teaching and learning as well as implementing the concepts that I have shared with you on previous episodes.

    Visit the webpage por this episode

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-20/htlp_ep009_beg_russian_expl_lesson.html

    Listen to my podcast: Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    16 min
  • Ep 08: Beginner Chinese Exploratory Lesson

     | Show Notes |

    In this episode, I am sharing with you the first beginner Chinese exploratory lesson where you get to experience what is like to be a complete beginner in another language to encourage you to reflect about teaching and learning as well as implementing the concepts that I have shared with you on previous episodes. 

    Listen to my podcast Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    24 min
  • Ep 07: Teach in Context Not in Isolation

    In this episode, I am sharing with you that in contemporary language teaching, you want to teach a language in a communicative context rather than teaching language in isolation through mechanical exercises and isolated sentences.

    I hope you enjoy this episode.

    Visit the webpage for the episode which contains the PDF with the Welsh phrases and the sample lesson plan for a conversation in Spanish about food.

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-20/htlp_ep007_teach_in_context.html

    Listen to my podcast Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

    17 min
  • Ep 06: The Input Hypothesis

     | Show Notes |

     In this episode, I am going over the Input Hypothesis and the i + 1 concept that professor Stephen Krashen coined to explain how it is that we develop the subconscious command of a language.

    Visit the webpage for the episode

    https://www.jezsc.com/slawp/how_tlp_episodes/ep_01-20/htlp_ep006_input_hypothesis.html

    The Conversations in Spanish and Other Languages Podcast

    Listen on Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021

    Listen on Google Podcasts

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Nzb2xwL2ZlZWQueG1s

    Visit my main website and explore my other podcasts.

    https://www.jezsc.com/

    If you are listening on your iPhone with the Apple podcast app, please give us a 5 star review. You can also write a review of the podcast if you like. Your reviews are very helpful to encourage others to listen to it and join our community.

    Thank you for listening to our podcast!

     

    17 min

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