The 5-Week Linguist Show: Seasons 1, 2 and 3

Summer professional development for language teachers. Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. I wanted to dedicate this episode to my language teacher, colleagues. And I wanted to tell you how very much I admire you. I’m astounded by teachers. I think teachers are amazing. And obviously I’m biased. I’m one of you, but I wanted… Read More Summer professional development for language teachers

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we are in the fifth week of five weeks of pleasurable language learning week, and we’re going to talk all about things we don’t love. (0:35) Checklist of the things you don’t love. (01:13) Love for the language (01:38) Combining your chores with languages (02:05) Learning a new… Read More Tips for Learning a Language: Things we Don’t Love

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we are in the fourth week of five weeks of pleasurable language learning week, and we are going to talk more about binge-watching. (0:44) – Access from different contents (0:52) – Janina’s previous way of learning a new language before online content exists. (01:20) – Binge-watching is a… Read More Netflix and Binge watching for Language Learning

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we are in the third week of five weeks of pleasurable language learning week, and we will talk more about reading. [01:07] Krashen Research on Pleasure Reading [01:14] Two hyperpolyglots [01:28] The Linguist website [02:30] Tim Ferriss [02:49] Four-hour workweek [03:17] Mini-retirement [03:59] An exchange student in Japan… Read More How to Make Learning a Language Fun with Reading

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we are in the second week of five weeks of pleasurable language learning week. Join Janina for insights, tools, and guidance on making meaningful language learning happen anywhere, anytime. In this episode, we will talk about binge-watching. [01:11] Stephen Krashen, Ph.D. [01:26] Website of “The Linguist” by Steve… Read More Fun Language Learning Activities

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we are in the first week of five weeks of pleasurable language learning week, and we’ll talk about research in learning new languages and effective techniques. [01:01] Dr. Stephen Krashen. [01:13] He has dedicated his life to assisting people in learning languages and has shared much of his… Read More Language Learning Techniques

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Welcome to the Five-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about some low and no prep activities that you can add to your language teaching repertoire. (02:00) About Janina’s Life (05:12) Flyswatter Activity (07:51) Subtitle Activity (09:45) Drama Activity (12:12) Screenplay Activity (13:19) Input Activity (17:43) Review Activity (22:07) “Things I love” Activity (26:05) Deep reading… Read More Five MORE Weeks of Fun: Low and No Prep Activities

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Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. We will talk about five activities to practice meeting and greeting in other languages. (0:02) – Five activities from improvisation to practice meeting and greeting. (0:46) – All About Alliteration (01:01) – Whatever your name is, you’d have to introduce yourself with an adjective of the same letter. (01:57)… Read More Activities to Teach Greetings

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Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about Assessment. [00:22] Record yourself [00:57] Free App Recording software like Vocaroo. [01:34] Using Notebooks – Communication Journal [01:54] Write about something you’re going to find. [03:27] Growing Proficiency [04:06] Where do you want to be? [06:10] The Foreign Service Institute. [08:20] The Association… Read More Language Assessment Tools

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Welcome to The Five-Week Linguist Show. We are going to talk about the fun of teaching languages. [00:27] Have fun, it’s critical [00:45] Experience a target language while you’re doing things that you love. [02:07] Have fun during the entire process [02:46] Languages are a huge part of the human experience. [03:03] You were not… Read More Learning a Language is Fun!

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