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Gaslight
Class Size
Planning Ahead - Less is More!
Gatekeep -
Chunking! TPR!
Comprehensible Definitions
The Survey Quiz Game
Girlboss
Feedback Loops
Going Slow!
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Book Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth (https://www.ipgbook.com/learner-feedback-for-language-growth-products-9781961332096.php) by Nickel, Strauss, and Budke
What If Input Is Enough? (https://www.beniko-mason.net/books/) by Beniko Mason
Wir sind Curriculum (https://comprehensibleclassroom.com/products/wir-sind-1-unit-1)
The Survey Quiz Game (https://mrfishersays.com/the-survey-quiz-game-instant-personalization-and-repetition/) - blog post by Ben
29 Sept 2026
Ep. 45: SLAyyy Word Chunks
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website (http://slayyypod.com)
Gaslight
Teaching Words Individually
SLOW
Gatekeep - Wang, S. Y., & Christiansen, M. H. (2024). Chunking in the second language: Implications for language learning and teaching. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 44, 84-106. (https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2024.44.09)
The Processing Bottleneck + Chunk and Pass
L1 + L2 Language Acquisition
Girlboss
ENHANCED CHUNKING SKILLS
Revising the Vocab List
Auditory, then Reading
Chat Mats and Sentence Builders
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Book Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth (https://www.ipgbook.com/learner-feedback-for-language-growth-products-9781961332096.php) by Nickel, Strauss, and Budke
Episode 18: SLAyyy Multiword Sequences (https://rss.com/podcasts/slayy-second-language-acquisition/2020862)
TextActivities (https://www.textactivities.com/)
Sentence Builders (https://www.sentencebuilders.com/)
15 Sept 2026
Ep. 44: SLAyyy Whole-Class Choral Reading
Notes
SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website (http://slayyypod.com)
Gaslight
It’ll All Work Out in the End! …Right?
How Much Should We Emphasize Any Given Aspect of a Language?
The Need for Massive Aural Input
How to Reread Texts Many Times
Gatekeep - Paige, D. D. (2011). 16 Minutes of “Eyes-on-Text” Can Make a Difference: Whole-Class Choral Reading as an Adolescent Fluency Strategy. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 51 (1). (https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol51/iss1/3)
Repeated Readings Help!
More Efficient Than…
Student and Teacher Perceptions
Girlboss
Control the Game
Interruption
Table Tennis Reading (https://mrfishersays.com/volleyball-ping-pong-translation-partner-reading-for-scaffolded-success/)
Embedded Readings, Revisited
Write and Discuss (https://mrfishersays.com/write-and-discuss-an-essential-literacy-activity-for-non-targeted-ci/)
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Book Study: Learner Feedback for Language Growth (https://www.ipgbook.com/learner-feedback-for-language-growth-products-9781961332096.php) by Nickel, Strauss, and Budke
TPRS with Chinese Characteristics by Terry Waltz (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y375ZYC?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback)
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