World Languages Collaborative Podcast

When it comes to technology and language teaching and learning, Joe Dale has answers to questions you haven't even thought of. 

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organizations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was host of the TES MFL forum for six years, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognized expert on technology and language learning. He has spoken at conferences and run training courses in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, the Far East and Australasia. He was a member of the Ministerial Steering Group on languages for the UK coalition government and advised on the Linguanet Worldwide project for The Language Company. He created ICT activities for the new Institut Français, ALL and Network for Languages Primary French Project Niveau Bleu, Blanc and Rouge courses and was short-listed for a NAACE Impact Award in 2013 too. Joe supported the Erasmus Plus project Conflict to Cooperation with 5 European countries and the Erasmus Plus Project Learning to think and live outside the box. He recently organized and co-hosted a 10 part series of webinars Saturday Tech-Talk in collaboration with the British Council in Indonesia and iTELL and worked on the Nusantara Go project for the British Council in Indonesia and PearTree Languages in 2022. He also worked on the Supporting Schools Reform in Algeria project through the British Council 2019-2020. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an 'MFL guru' and 'the man behind the #mfltwitterati.'.

Contact Joe to discuss how he can support your department, district, alliance, multi-academy trust or association.

Joe Dale on Twitter

https://twitter.com/joedale
#mfltwitterati

Joe Dale’s YouTube channel featuring Technology in Language Teaching (TiLT) webinars

https://www.youtube.com/@joedale

Saturday Tech Talk in collaboration with iTell and British Council Indonesia

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnMq1m9ZqqwXczNq3NH5la9rXYmOqSjUf

Top Tips for Podcasting in the Classroom

https://blog.edpuzzle.com/teaching-today/top-tips-podcasting-classroom/

Educational podcasts curated by Joe Dale

https://wakelet.com/wake/d11ceacb-2d38-45b6-bdc9-954acf74466b

Podcasts featuring Joe Dale

https://wakelet.com/wake/Xn1DeXJ1kvhuFiRj_eV8F

Joe Dale on LinkedIn

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/joe-dale-07338a13

Adobe Podcast Enhance

https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance

Genial.ly

https://genial.ly

Gamify your classroom with Genially! 

https://youtu.be/OXEDrFcRXsU

Gamify your classroom with Genially! (Part 2) 

https://youtu.be/Pv5LnKeTVdM

Using gamification, culture and art to motivate language learners https://youtu.be/MwOeVlBJ680

Saturday Tech-Talk 08 - Gamify your language class! 

https://youtu.be/_7Yj_k-70hw

If you are a language teacher and you live in a city, or you are fortunate to have a big department with many colleagues, inspiration for teaching and learning can be at your fingertips. But what if you teach and work in a rural area or district? What if you are one of the only language teachers--or the only language teacher--at your school?

My guest today is Shannon Borum, and she has embraced these types of challenges throughout her teaching career as a high school French teacher in rural Georgia (USA). In this episode, Shannon shares many insights and resources that she has discovered to help her connect with colleagues across the country and to inspire her students.

Leslie Grahn: https://www.grahnforlang.com/

Manie Musicale: https://www.maniemusicale.info/

AfroFranco/Ben Tinsley: https://www.afrofranco.com/

STaRLT: https://starltgeorgia.weebly.com/

Florencia Henshaw
Common Ground

Patrick Wallace

FLAG (Foreign Language Association of Georgia)

SCOLT

The World Languages Collaborative is a virtual, free and open professional development day available to anyone, anywhere!
For more information on the World Languages Collaborative, contact Dr. Mark Linksy at [email protected]

**DON'T MISS THIS! The Fall 2022 World Languages Collaborative is on Saturday November 5th!**

This event is virtual and free and promises to have excellent presentations and conversations about language teaching! Click here for more information!

Today's guest is Mr. Youssef Salhi, a professor of Arabic in the Department of World Languages & Cultures at Georgia Southern University. Youssef recently won the College of Arts and Humanities Distinction for Teaching Award, and he has developed an amazing Arabic program that is about much more than the Arabic language. For more about Youssef, check out his profile and contact info here!

Benny Lewis has had a major impact on learning languages since sharing his story and creating his blog Fluent in 3 Months. Today, Benny and I discuss a variety of tips and techniques that have helped him become proficient in multiple languages.

Check out more from Benny here:
https://www.fluentin3months.com

Instagram: @irishpolyglot
Twitter:  @irishpolyglot
TikTok: @irishpolyglot
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Fluentin3months

Also, the Fall 2022 World Languages Collaborative will host its biannual meeting virtually on Saturday, November 5th. Registration is free and professional continuing education credits are awarded. Sign up here.  Contact Dr. Mark Linsky with any questions: [email protected]. 

In the Spring 2022 semester, the Department of World Languages & Cultures at Georgia Southern University piloted a new experiential learning endeavor with two students. Alex and Rachel, now both graduates of Georgia Southern with degrees in Spanish, partnered with two organizations in Savannah, GA: Migrant Equity South East and Coastal Children's Advocacy Center. 

Alex and Rachel join us today to discuss their experiences as students and volunteers. This is a great episode for anyone considering how experiential learning and/or service learning might impact their curriculum and classroom. 

In the Season 1 finale of the World Languages Collaborative Podcast, we welcome Meredith White to the show.

Meredith White is Spanish teacher in Gwinnett County, GA. She and I discuss a variety of strategies that can help World Language educators streamline their planning, grading, and organization all in the name of self-care and quality enhancement. You can learn more about Meredith through her wonderful Google Site:

https://sites.google.com/view/meredithwhite/meredith-white

Enjoy! Like! Share! Subscribe! 

Stay tuned for Season 2 of the WLC Podcast!

Rebekah Hein and Angela Williams, two veteran language teachers from the Savannah Chatham County (GA) Public School System, discuss social-emotional learning. This is a great conversation about ways we can and should connect with our students in order to establish trust and security in our classrooms. 

Dr. Florencia Henshaw and I pick up where we left off in Episode 6 and discuss the role of grammar in the world language classroom. 

I had the pleasure speaking with Dr. Florencia Henshaw, a Spanish professor and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) expert from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This is Part 1 of a two part episode (Part 2 coming soon!) where we discuss some optimal ways to think about comprehensible input and target language use in the classroom. 

Dr. Henshaw has a wonderful YouTube channel where she explains SLA in a very digestible way, and I highly recommend it: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/Unpackinglanguagepedagogy/featured

You can learn more about her and her terrific work there! 

In Episode 5 of the World Languages Collaborative Podcast, our host Dr. Grant Gearhart discusses some of his thoughts on learner mindset in the language classroom, specifically how to engage students to think about mindset and why it's important for all learning, not just language learning. #growthmindset