Award-winning world language leader Carmen Scoggins knows the importance of reflection. In Episode 27, Norah L. Jones of Fluency Consulting invites her stories to share insights on how she guides educators to make connections and transformations in their own work.
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Introducing Patrick Moynihan (Episode 26)
Norah Jones’s guest for Episode 26 of It’s About Language is Patrick Moynihan, linguist, deacon, and storyteller par excellence with a heart for Haiti.
Episode 26 – What They Could Hear Was My Heart: A Conversation with Patrick Moynihan
Norah Jones’s guest for Episode 26 of It’s About Language is Patrick Moynihan, whose stories of learning Haitian Kreyol by immersion as a teacher are humorous, touching, and insightful for all our lives.
Introducing Krista Chambless (Episode 25)
Norah Jones’s guest for Episode 25 of It’s About Language is Dr. Krista Chambless, transformational (and fun) language educator, engaging students and training up powerful teachers for a global future.
Episode 25 – Changing Perspectives on Language: A Conversation with Krista Chambless
Dr. Krista Chambless brings fresh, research-based approaches and world-embracing perspectives to today’s language teaching and learning. Norah L. Jones of Fluency Consulting explores with her the ways that language teachers can transform how they teach.
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GUEST: Dr. Krista Chambless | kristachambless@uab.edu
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Episode 24 – Supporting Heritage Languages and Cultures: A Conversation with Joy Peyton
Joy Peyton, PhD, a national leader in language education, talks with Norah L. Jones about the critical role of heritage language schools and education in the U.S.
Episode 9: Language: Challenge & Promise: A Conversation with David Bong
It’s About Language podcast guest David Bong speaks of obligations to use language to bring the world together and confirm each person’s identity.
Introducing David Bong (Episode 9)
Meet It’s About Language podcast guest David Bong, who shows how we all can use language to make the world a better place for all.
Episode 8: The Culture & Language of Leadership: A Conversation with Debbie Callihan-Dingle
It’s About Language podcast guest Debbie Callihan-Dingle describes pathways and choices in challenging times that demonstrate the language and culture of leadership.
Introducing Debbie Callihan-Dingle (Episode 8)
Meet It’s About Language podcast guest Debbie Callihan-Dingle, who shows us leadership paths to honor each individual in challenging times.
Episode 7: Global Inspiration, Global Invitation: A Conversation with Linda Egnatz
It’s About Language podcast guest Linda Egnatz challenges us to step up to make the world a connected space where we look out for each other. Follow us as she blazes a breakthrough path to language empowerment for all.
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.
Episode 4: Bridging to the “Other”: A Conversation with Carolyn Gill
This week I talk with Carolyn Gill, who shares her personal stories of delight with those who have come across her life, bringing new languages, cultures, and perspectives. She challenges all of us to think of how we view “the Other,” and what space we make for diversity in our lives.
Introducing Carolyn Gill (Episode 4)
In this episode of It’s About Language, I talk with Carolyn Gill, multilingual world traveler who works in the world language publishing industry. We explore the joyful take on “the Other,” those whose languages and cultures have so much to reveal to and delight us – and ours to them.
Introducing Ken Stewart (Episode 3)
Ken’s biography demonstrates his commitment to and achievement of compassion, excellence, and community in world language teaching and learning.
Episode 3: Language Builds Community
In this episode of It’s About Language, I talk with Ken Stewart, award-winning world language educator, as we focus on what creates excellence in teachers, students, and programs, and how language and culture build community.
Episode 2: Advocacy from the Heart
In this episode of It’s About Language, I talk with Linda Markley an experienced educator who has a lot to teach us about how to advocate for language learning and usage.
How does a word mean?
The words we know are intimately connected with the cultural environments we learn them in. Let me tell you some stories, and then let’s explore the cultural contexts of the words we know and use.
Introducing Linda Markley (Episodes 2 & 53)
Episode 2 (airing 9/24) is with Linda Markley, a lifelong learner and teacher for over 40 years. Come learn about Linda and her ideas of teachers’ powerful advocate voices.
A Video Conversation on Language, Culture, Bread
Come with me on a language and culture journey — and it all starts with bread! What will you discover about YOUR language and YOUR culture? Watch, ponder – and enter the conversation! This video ties to the previous post, “Language, Culture, and Bread.” I welcome you to read my thoughts there as well, andContinue reading “A Video Conversation on Language, Culture, Bread”
