Monthly Archives: October 2016

SLA Theories and My Pedagogical Practices

Although there is no one theoretical approach that works perfectly in the classroom, as an educator and lifelong, second-language (L2) learner, I am certainly most convinced by the efficacy and results of task-based, communicative teaching approaches. In my own classroom, … Continue reading

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Culture and a Reconsideration of the Familiar

I am certainly swayed by Claire Kramsch’s notion that culture is constructed through language and that it is ultimately defined through a discursive social interaction combining space, history, and a collective, common imaginary. Culture has never felt particularly fixed for … Continue reading

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