Adventures in Language

Teaching Tips & Tricks | Accessibility in the Language Learning Classroom

November 02, 2021 Mango Languages
Adventures in Language
Teaching Tips & Tricks | Accessibility in the Language Learning Classroom
Show Notes

How can you make your class optimally accessible to each student while also avoiding teacher burnout? In this podcast, your guide Emily (educator, PhD) will be sharing key points every teacher should know – from the power of planned flexibility to the idea of “multiple points of entry.”

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Check out our video on Creating a Student-Driven Classroom: https://youtu.be/qxQ6vFWin6Y

If you’d like the blog article that accompanies this episode, click here: https://blog.mangolanguages.com/how-to-make-your-language-classroom-optimally-accessible-for-each-of-your-learners
We also invite you to check out our website at https://mangolanguages.com/ and follow us on social media @MangoLanguages.

Wondering what languages were used in today’s episode?
Azerbaijani | Salam is ‘hello’ and hələlik (hehl-ehl-i) is ‘goodbye’
Finnish | Moi (moy) is ‘hello’ and hei hei (hey hey) is ‘‘goodbye’
Italian | Bando alle ciance (ban-doe al-eh chan-chey) means ‘without further ado’ (lit. ‘ban the chatter’)
Interested in learning English, Azerbaijani, Finnish, Italian, or one of the other 70+ languages that the Mango app offers? Click here to learn more! https://mangolanguages.com/app

Want to explore more about accessibility in the classroom?
Explore the basics of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the law that ensures free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities in the U.S:  https://sites.ed.gov/idea/about-idea/

Meet your guide Emily! Emily Sabo (PhD, University of Michigan) is a linguist at Mango Languages. A Pittsburgh native, her areas of specialization are the social and cognitive factors that impact bilingual language processing and production. Having studied 7 languages and lived in various countries abroad, she sees multilingualism -- and the cultural diversity that accompanies it -- as the coolest of superpowers. Complementary to her work at Mango, Emily is a Lecturer of Spanish at the University of Tennessee, a Producer of the “We Are What We Speak’ docuseries, and get this...a storytelling standup comedian!

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