Had the pleasure to be among a wonderful group of Language Educators and students in an interview with Howard Blumenthal in which we discussed ways of reinventing language learning.

About the Interview:

As we continue our critical look at K-12 curriculum, we now explore language learning, or, more specifically, the learning of languages from other countries and cultures. This episode, and Episode 43 (see below), was made possible through collaboration with the ACTFL. In particular, we thank Paul Sandrock for his guidance, expertise, and his recommendations for both structure and guests for these two episodes. This week, we concentrate on learning languages outside a school setting. Today, our guests are Margaret Crowe Peterson, Executive Director of the California World Language Project (CWLP) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University; Jessica Haxhi, President of ACTFL for 2021; Lea Graner Kennedy, French and Spanish teacher in Stonington, CT schools; Sarab Al Ani is a Senior Lector in Arabic at Yale University; Manuela Wagner, Professor, German Studies and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies at The University of Connecticut; Leif Dykstra Deschenne, a senior at The Sound School in New Haven, CT; Taylor Donovan, a German language student who will receive the Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish; Sophia Fernholz, student, and Kiana Flores, a senior at Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven, CT. (link here)