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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 21/08/2026

Do you have your copy of "Learner Feedback for Language Growth" yet? We're doing a book study this semester on it, and are looking forward to chatting with y'all about what we learn! How can we make feedback goal-oriented, timely, and effective? Let's find out! www.ipgbook.com/learner-feed...

Image shows the cover of the book "Learner Feedback for Language Growth" by Budke, Nickel, and Strauss

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 27/07/2026

Come chat with us tonight @ 8PM Eastern at slayyypod.com/chat or on the Substack App! #LangChat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 21/07/2026

Big welcome to @stacywitkowski.bsky.social who will be joining the SLAyyy team to help us build community and help facilitate live chats! Swing by and say hello! slayyypod.com/chat #langchat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 04/06/2026

New blog post! Posting learning objectives always felt like an evaluation ritual rather than something useful. This week, I wrote about the difference between objectives written about students and objectives written for them, and why that distinction matters for self-regulated learning. #langchat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 17/04/2026

New blog post! This is the first in a series on Structured input #langchat slayyypod.com/slayyy-blog/...

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 07/04/2026

FREE I’ve got a lot more of these units planned, but let me know what helps, what would be more helpful, etc before I dive too far in. But I made this for my students, fully editable so you can adapt it to yours! #langchat slayyypod.com/store

LA CONVIVENCIA
CON ANIMALES
• 15-Day unit for Intermediate Spanish students.
• Explore human-animal coexistence through compelling case studies from Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Spain, and the Amazon. Students acquire hypothetical conditionals naturally through scaffolded readings and meaningful tasks.
• V Editable CANVA templates for all documents.
• V Google Drive PDF
• V7 Animal-Human conflicts
• V Structured Input workbook
• V Infographic project
• V Full teacher guide
Spanish 4 | Intermediate Mid → High

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 02/04/2026

What the what? A SLAyyy blog! This blog is meant to serve as an area to share some of the best Gaslight-Gatekeep-Girlbossing we have come across. To kick things off, Bill shares how he goes about reading articles and putting them into use. PLUS a free research-reading note catcher! #langchat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 07/03/2026

Always happy to see shoutouts - here’s WA Language Teacher of the Year Mary Hooker calling out SLAyyy in her keynote address about inspiration at the WAFLT Spring Regional Conference!

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 21/11/2025

Exhibit hall just opened at #ACTFL25!!!

Ben makes a goofy face at the camera because of the throngs of teachers and exhibitors behind him

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 21/11/2025

Look! Our podcast buddies from “Conversations About Language Teaching”! conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com

Ben, Reed Riggs, and Diane Neubauer smile at the camera

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 20/11/2025

Girlbosses, who’s out at #ACTFL25??? If you see Ben (pictured), come say hi!!!

Ben smiles in a selfie while making the peace sign

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 29/09/2025

We are on to Chapter 4 of “Teaching Grammar for Proficiency”! #LangChat #SLAyyy

Discussion prompt reading: “What’s something you read in this chapter that you realize you could improve, or that has been hard for you? It made you go oops! Or maybe you already knew that this is not your strong point, and that’s why you’re reading this chapter!”

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 22/08/2025

What is your biggest takeaway from reading this chapter or participating in this chat? #LangChat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 21/08/2025

After reading this chapter, what questions do YOU have? It made you go, “huh?” #LangChat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 20/08/2025

What is something you read that makes you feel you are doing well? It made you go, I’ve got this! Time to brag - tell us about your strengths. #LangChat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 19/08/2025

What's something you red in this chapter that was new to you? Maybe it made you go "Oh! I could use that!" #LangChat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 18/08/2025

What’s something you read in this chapter that you realize you could improve, or that has been hard for you? It made you go oops! Or maybe you already knew that this is not your strong point, and that’s why you’re reading this chapter! #LangChat

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SLAyyy Pod @slayyypod.com · 18/08/2025

This chapter was focused on building some basic background knowledge about proficiency-based instruction, including the ACTFL proficiency pyramid and the ACTFL five Cs. The authors also clearly spelled out what IS and is NOT their goal: Teaching grammar, as a concept, in context. #LangChat

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