Ep. 45: SLAyyy Word Chunks

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightWhat Kinds of Feedback, and When?Red Ink All Over The PaperBalanced RubricsGatekeep - Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and Budke So. Much. Good. Stuff.Providing Contexts for Performance TasksGirlbossSentence ExpansionGlow and GrowReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramSentence Expansion Examples in GermanThe Writing Revolution 2.0 by Judith C. Hochman & Natalie Wexler with Kathleen Maloney

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightWhen Interest WanesSkills of InterculturalityTalk About Real Stuff!Gatekeep - Chen, Dianbing & Yang, Xinxiao. (2017). Improving Active Classroom Participation of ESL Students: Applying Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies. Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 7. 79. 10.17507/tpls.0701.10. Grammar and Vocab Doesn’t Work, Volume 1,000,000Knowing and Being KnownGet PD on This!GirlbossPQA EverythingBill Forgot About The World SeriesLearning One’s Own Cultural BackgroundReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeBen’s Blog Post About Intercultural Communicative CompetenceThe Motivated Classroom Podcast

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightClass SizePlanning Ahead - Less is More!Gatekeep - Chunking! TPR!Comprehensible DefinitionsThe Survey Quiz GameGirlbossFeedback LoopsGoing Slow!ReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeWhat If Input Is Enough? by Beniko MasonWir sind CurriculumThe Survey Quiz Game - blog post by Ben

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightTeaching Words IndividuallySLOWGatekeep - Wang, S. Y., & Christiansen, M. H. (2024). Chunking in the second language: Implications for language learning and teaching. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 44, 84-106.The Processing Bottleneck + Chunk and PassL1 + L2 Language AcquisitionGirlbossENHANCED CHUNKING SKILLSRevising the Vocab ListAuditory, then ReadingChat Mats and Sentence BuildersReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeEpisode 18: SLAyyy Multiword SequencesTextActivitiesSentence Builders

NotesSLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightIt’ll All Work Out in the End! …Right?How Much Should We Emphasize Any Given Aspect of a Language?The Need for Massive Aural InputHow to Reread Texts Many TimesGatekeep - Paige, D. D. (2011). 16 Minutes of “Eyes-on-Text” Can Make a Difference: Whole-Class Choral Reading as an Adolescent Fluency Strategy. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 51 (1).Repeated Readings Help!More Efficient Than…Student and Teacher PerceptionsGirlbossControl the GameInterruptionTable Tennis ReadingEmbedded Readings, RevisitedWrite and DiscussReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeTPRS with Chinese Characteristics by Terry Waltz

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslight“Ok, Just Be a Leader Now!”Failing to Identify StrengthsLack of Definitions and ModelsWalking the Line Between Guidance and ControlGatekeep - Nathan Campbell, 2026 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the YearProgressive Leadership SystemBuilding Experience and PerspectiveModeling Qualities of a Strong LeaderGirlbossWhen to Guide, When to Let GoClear ExpectationsThe Secret of the Shared DriveReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeBen’s German Club Ideas List

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightAre Students Made to Attend to Meaning?Treating Language Like Other SubjectsGatekeep - Gonzalez Bueno, Manuela. “S-PACE for Teaching L2 Grammar: Adding Structure to the PACE Model.” Applied Language Learning, vol. 31, no. 1 & 2, 2021, pp. 29–49.GirlbossUse Low Cognitive Load Sentences to Focus AttentionUsing Student-Friendly Grammar LanguageReferencesSocial Accounts:FacebookBlueskyInstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeBethanie Drew’s BlogLightbown: 10 Generalizations

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightIs AI for Students or for Teachers?The Humanity in TeachingYou Can’t AI Your Way to Communicative CompetenceGatekeep - Çelik, Ö. (2025). Evolution of foreign language education in the age of AI. ELT Research Journal, 14(1), 61-77. Teachers as Filters of Knowledge and Designers of Learning ProcessesBen Rants, ExtensivelyGirlbossHow to Make the Classroom a Safe, Inclusive Learning EnvironmentProductivity Hacking - with the Teacher’s CompetenceReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramBook Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and Budke

SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone WebsiteGaslightKeeping Up with GradingPlanning AheadClass Size!Don’t RushGatekeepTPR, Circumlocution, and Synonym StackingBrain Breaks - Heads or Tails?GirlbossClassroom ManagementHaving Just a Lil’ StructureReferencesSocial Accounts: Facebook Bluesky InstagramCI Reboot - fully online conference for CCLT - use affiliate code SLAYY2026Next Semester’s Book Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Nickel, Strauss, and BudkeBill’s Classroom Survivor Template

Please enjoy this minimally edited crossover episode with one of our favorite podcasts, Conversations About Language Teaching! Listen in as we discuss how best to help others understand fundamental SLA findings, and what those might be...!We recorded this as a livestream as part of the CI Reboot 2026 online conference. Interested in learning more? Register now with the discount code SLAYY2026 !!! And go forth and SLAY!