Episode 12: Communicative Purpose

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Show Notes: Things mentioned in the podcast with links when available:

SLAyyy podcast (Ben Fisher-Rodriguez, Bill Langley, and Bryan Smith) https://slayyy.buzzsprout.com/

VanPatten, B. (2017). While We're on the Topic: BVP on Language, Acquisition, and Classroom Practice. ACTFL.

VanPatten, B. (2019). The Nature of Language: A Short Guide to What's in Our Heads. ACTFL.

VanPatten, B. (2022). Language Acquisition in a Nutshell. ACTFL.

Goodreads reviews of those 3 books:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35817467-while-we-re-on-the-topic

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659798-the-nature-of-language

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123176535-language-acquisition-in-a-nutshell

Diane's 2022 dissertation, which used topic development as a way to consider qualities of target language use in novice Chinese language classrooms:

https://www.proquest.com/openview/4404f8257451ba7a5d4999aa1718c590/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

De Bot, K. (2015). A history of applied linguistics: From 1980 to the present. Routledge.

See around p. 130 for Reed’s references regarding Krashen and his interpretation by many language teachers. The book gets into the people and the activities within the profession. A review here: https://tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume19/ej76/ej76r4/

Liam Printer's podcast, The Motivated Classroom, which includes several episodes about Self-Determination Theory and motivation:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-motivated-classroom/id1525120086

Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo

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