If you become multilingual and explore the world and develop interculturality, you aren’t losing your original identity, you’re only making it stronger. Christopher Gwin Language is the pathway not to losing yourself, but to finding yourself and being grateful for your life experiences. Language learning makes you less competitive, because you have seen other practicesContinueContinue reading “Episode 119 Language and Leadership Pathways: Christopher Gwin”
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Episode 117 The GLOBE Academy: Sandra Daniel
The association that people have had in the past with language education is not what it has evolved to become today. People are highly strategic with the way that they are using language in the classroom. Language is used for an authentic purpose, it’s used for critical thinking skills, it’s used for strategic problem-solving, soContinueContinue reading “Episode 117 The GLOBE Academy: Sandra Daniel”
Episode 114 Word Play and Pun’d-It, with Josh Daly
Wordplay is an opportunity for fun and engagement, an opening to appreciate some important things about language. As we all well know, spoken language is not only a way of conveying information, but also a way of connecting with others and expressing ourselves. And one of the ways that spoken language can be more creativeContinueContinue reading “Episode 114 Word Play and Pun’d-It, with Josh Daly”
Episode 113 Always Say Yes to a Language: Michele Aoki & Veronica Trapani
Bring a language forward. We want that language to be something that we recognize. Human language is uniquely suited to creating possibilities. Those possibilities create opportunties for individuals to discover their deepest identities, to express their most important thoughts, to make their most important connections with other people, and to find their place and purposeContinueContinue reading “Episode 113 Always Say Yes to a Language: Michele Aoki & Veronica Trapani”
Episode 41 – Leading with Why: A Conversation with Linda Zins Adams
First ask Why. Then point out the path to How. Linda Zins Adams shares with Norah L. Jones of Fluency Consulting the steps to meaningful language learning and life-long cultural connections.
Introducing Linda Zins-Adams (Episode 41)
Linda Zins-Adams, guest of Episode 41, is passionate about learners, because she’s passionate about potential, inclusion, and a more connected and joyful world. Learn more about Linda’s work and background.
Episode 40 – Celebrate What You Can Do: A Conversation with Clarissa Adams Fletcher
How does language and culture fit into what you share with others? Clarissa Adams Fletcher brings the concept of hope and identity into the forefront of this conversation with Norah L. Jones of Fluency Consulting.
Introducing Parthena Draggett (Episode 6)
My guest this week is language educator superstar Parthena Draggett. Parthena shares inspirational stories and insights leading us to global awareness and participation.