All Things Languages
USING a language is the point of Language learning. What can Language teachers do to create the space in our classrooms for students to become confident spontaneous users of Language? This honest, real and relatable content is like a chat with Susan and her fabulous guests as they keep finding great language learning and use.
Podcasting since 2020 • 78 episodes
All Things Languages
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2025 12 Baby stacker rings, how it went.
Who said baby toys were just for babies? My current iteration of solutions to the problem of making learning progressions make sense to students, worked a treat. Students helped me label the rings for three stacks, then we worked together to de...
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2025 11 How baby stacker rings might unlock learning progressions
Baby stacker rings. Think of the baby toy, where multi-coloured rings are stacked on a pole. Rather than having the three different graphics - a rainbow for independence, a tower for complexity and a flower for variety - I am experimenting with...
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2025 10 TIF TEP and student-generated learning progressions
TIF (Teacher Impact Fellowship) is an optional year after TEP (Teacher Excellence Program) that is run by the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership. I did TEP in 2023, and have been accepted into TIF this year. My project is about learni...
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2025 9 Explicit instruction my thoughts
My thoughts are offered as a way for you to also develop your own thinking. I hold my ideas lightly, meaning I am ready to change them as I notice new evidence or the influence of other perspectives. My hope is that you can listen to my current...
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2025 8 Explicit Instruction with Languages examples
This episode brings a specifically Languages lens to explicit instruction with some examples that might help it make more sense in the Languages classroom. There is no agenda or expectation here. It is offered to provide information around this...
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