SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone

<p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://slayyypod.com">SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website</a></p><p><strong>Gaslight</strong></p><p>Please Don’t Burn Yourself Out!</p><p>Know Your Context</p><p><strong>Gatekeep - </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tger.12274">Wadas, M., Goetze, J., &amp; Jackson, C. (2024). Going above and beyond: Motivations of L2 German learners to (dis)continue language study. Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 57, 87–102.</a></p><p><strong>Girlboss</strong></p><p>Meditating on the Ideal Self</p><p>Don’t Waste Your Own Time!</p><p>Love Culture, and Develop a Growth Mindset</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Social Accounts:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570439293592">Facebook</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/slayyypod.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/slayyypod/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://fluencyfast.com/cireboot/">CI Reboot</a> - fully online conference for CCLT - use affiliate code SLAYY2026</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mrfishersays.com/program-growth-some-reflections/">Ben’s Blog Post About Program Growth</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mygenerationofpolyglots.com/">Mike Peto</a> - Las maravillas</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1285ICUPWX9sotsAHxaq2aWN5Td3TB64vmKcp0P72NzI/edit?usp=sharing">The German Club Ideas List</a></p>

<p>Artists:</p><p>Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley</p><p>Main Points</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://slayyypod.com/">SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website</a></p><p><strong>Gaslight</strong></p><p>Strategies Are Not Top of Mind</p><p>How to Balance Test Prep and Real World Use</p><p>Target Language Usage vs. L1 Talk About Metacognition</p><p><strong>Gatekeep - </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/docroot/v12n12015/sarafianou.pdf">Sarafianou, Anna &amp; Gavriilidou, Zoe. (2015). The effect of strategy-based instruction on strategy use by upper-secondary Greek students of EFL. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. 12. 21-34.</a></p><p>Types of Strategies</p><p>Teaching Strategies → Knowing Strategies!</p><p>But What Do the Strategies…Do?</p><p><strong>Girlboss</strong></p><p>Teaching the Use of Logical Connectors (and Complete Sentences)</p><p>Breaking Words Down</p><p>Use Up Those Commercial Breaks!</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Social Accounts:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570439293592">Facebook</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/slayyypod.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/slayyypod/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://fluencyfast.com/cireboot/">CI Reboot</a> - fully online conference for CCLT - use affiliate code SLAYY2026</p><p>AnneMarie Chase - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://senorachase.com/2018/02/01/20-questions-ci-style/">20 Questions</a></p><p>Bryce Hedstrom - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.brycehedstrom.com/wp-content/uploads/Reading-Reminder-Bookmarks.pdf">Reading Bookmark</a></p>

<p><strong>Gaslight</strong></p><p>Lack of Communicative Purpose</p><p>Bad Input! Bad!</p><p>Need for Scaffolding</p><p>We Teach Much More Than Language</p><p><strong>Gatekeep - </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324818201_Teacher-assisted_vs_peer-assisted_performances_and_L2_development_A_mixed_methods_approach">Sadri, E. &amp; Tahririan, M.H.. (2018). Teacher-assisted vs. peer-assisted performances and L2 development: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics. 9. 3-27.</a></p><p>When Do Students Get the Most Gains from Peer Assistance?</p><p>Feedback Amount and Quality</p><p>What This Feedback Accomplished</p><p><strong>Girlboss</strong></p><p>Bill’s Framework That Slays</p><p>The Question of Proportion</p><p>Interactive Tasks That Are Secretly Input</p><p>Real Tasks, Really Supported</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Social Accounts:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570439293592">Facebook</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/slayyypod.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/slayyypod/">Instagram</a></p><p>Timothy Chávez on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/communicativeteacher418?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==">Instagram</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://communicativeteacher.com/">His Website!</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hBcikp3eDbvF0lYSVqCtO7V1XaVaYnCz?usp=drive_link">Examples of Tasks</a> shared by Timothy</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://comprehensibleclassroom.com/2021/07/13/arcoiris-game">Arcoíris</a> from The Comprehensible Classroom</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://somewheretoshare.com/huellas-1/">Huellas</a> from Somewhere to Share</p><p>AnneMarie Chase - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://senorachase.com/2022/07/13/strategies-for-ap-spanish-language-culture-part-2/">AP Strategies</a></p>

<p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://slayyypod.com">SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website</a></p><p><strong>Overview of Can Do Statements</strong></p><p>Proficiency, Performance, Can Do!</p><p>What is Intercultural Communication?</p><p>Function, Context, Text Type</p><p><strong>Changes from 2017</strong></p><p>Cultural Self-Knowledge</p><p>Minor Semantic Changes</p><p><strong>Girlboss</strong></p><p>Use Them For Planning!</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Social Accounts:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570439293592">Facebook</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/slayyypod.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/slayyypod/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.avantassessment.com/training/avant-advance">Avant ADVANCE</a> - Proficiency Level Training</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fv0YWbI3y5-5_nUpyDAyTiLMo-LxKL41K1nCw-hEkJE/edit?usp=sharing">Language Functions List</a> from <em>The Keys to Planning for Learning</em></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://micheleanciauxaoki.substack.com/">Facilitated Interdependent Language Learning (FILL)</a> - blog by Michele Anciaux Aoki</p>

<p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://slayyypod.com">SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website</a></p><p><strong>Gaslight</strong></p><p>What is school supposed to look like?</p><p>Misalignment of Objectives</p><p>Holistic Thinking vs. Right/Wrong Answers</p><p><strong>Gatekeep - </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://zenodo.org/records/16601095">Kürüm, E. Y. (2025). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Comprehension-Based Language Teaching: A Large-Scale Pretest-Posttest Study. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, (47), 140-155.</a></p><p>Want to learn about CEFR and ACTFL comparisons? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.actfl.org/uploads/files/general/Assigning_CEFR_Ratings_To_ACTFL_Assessments.pdf">Click here!</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.actfl.org/uploads/files/general/Documents/ACTFLProficiencyLevels11x17withFunctions.pdf">ACTFL’s Inverted Pyramid</a></p><p><strong>Girlboss</strong></p><p>Get Connected!</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/iflttprsciteaching">iFLT/TPRS/CI Teaching Facebook Group</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.actfl.org/membership/special-interest-groups-sigs">ACTFL Special Interest Groups</a></p><p>See below for conferences mentioned!</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Social Accounts:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570439293592">Facebook</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/slayyypod.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/slayyypod/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mittenci.weebly.com/">Mitten CI</a>, April 17-18, Saline, Michigan (outside Detroit),</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://comprehensibleiowa.wordpress.com/">Comprehensible Iowa</a>, June 12-13th, Des Moines, Iowa</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cisummit.live/">The CI Summit</a>, July 15-17, Cincinnati, Ohio</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://theagenworkshop.com/">The Agen Workshop</a>, Agen, France, July 20-25</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.fluencyfast.com/CIREBOOT">CI Reboot</a>, all online, June 20-27</p>