Spanish teacher and teacher educator. I tweet about language learning & assessment, corpus linguistics, technology and education, and Spanish in the U.S.
How effective is task-based language teaching to enhance second language learning? A technical comment on Bryfonski and McKay (2019) - Qianying Xuan, Alan Cheung, Jinhong Liu, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
What does research say about designing effective L2 listening assessment? This infographic summarises evidence from 157 studies.
🧑🏫 It is important to elicit top-down & bottom-up processing in listening comprehension.
👨🏫 It is recommended to incorporate multimodality into listening tasks.
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Language teachers, here is a question for you this week!
Which listening strategies have you used to enhance your Ss’ L2 listening skills?
Participate in the poll and share your thoughts and strategies in the chat!
New insights from David Cassels Johnson, Melanie Carbine, & Christine Shea in Foreign Language Annals challenge traditional #Spanish heritage language policies in Iowa. Discover how teachers are making a difference at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…#FridayFLA
Assessing bilingual language proficiency with a yes/no vocabulary test: the role of form-meaning vocabulary knowledge | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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To disclose or not to disclose: Exploring the risk of being transparent about GenAI use in second language writing | Applied Linguistics | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/applij/adva…