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richmadel.bsky.social
Communicative language teacher, Department Chair, 2018 PSMLA Teacher of the Year, Doctor of Education
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Students completely ignoring me as I greet them at the door might just be the reason I give up on this profession. #langchat #edusky

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Nothing makes my blood boil faster than reading a TikTok comment of someone just explicitly explaining some random thing saying “iF oNlY tHeY tAuGhT lIkE tHIs in sChOoLs I wOUlD hAvE lEARneD sOmeThInG!!” Spoiler alert: No. No you wouldn’t have. #edusky

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

This table from Manning’s (2021, p. 27) dissertation - while in the context of Latin methodology - does a great job of showing some of the characteristic and tangible differences/similarities among common teaching approaches for world languages generally. #langchat #educhat

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

FREE VOLUNTARY READING 🦅!!!!! #flyeaglesfly #educhat #langchat

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Been putting a lot time into this presentation lately. Excited to share so much information, experience, and resources at #NECTFL25 #langchat

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

“We teach languages best when we use it for what it was designed for: communication” (Krashen, 1981, p. 11). #langchat #edusky

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Who will be at #NECTFL25 this year? #langchat

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Free Voluntary Reading 🦅 #flyeaglesfly #langchat

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Judgement day. Salomé is on trial! #BiancaNieves #langchat

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

End of year celebration with class after reading @senoracmt.bsky.social’s Bianca Nieves y los 7 Toritos… 🤩 #langchat #educhat

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

I love this! A real-world language function for even novice proficiency. #langchat

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, #edusky. How many students absent in a class does it take before you to scrap a lesson and wait for more students present? Is it a magic number? Is it a ratio? Interested to hear your approach…

submitted 79 days ago • 3 comments

“[T]he spread of Global English has … given us a false sense of security and actually clouded our understanding of the world beyond our borders. Being born speakers of the global lingua franca enables us to be lazy, … monolingual …, it translates into ignorance and loss of power.” #langchat #langsky

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

If our goal is to provide a positive reading experience for novice and inexperienced readers, the key is to offer books, stories, and reading material that evoke an ‘I can do it’ sentiment, lower the affective filter, and create a sense of accomplishment as readers (Rodrigo, 2024, p. 162) #langchat

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Is it really so much to ask to do this for the staff section of the yearbook? #edusky

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Hey #LangChat friends, I figured out how to make a feed! So click this link and add this to your feeds to keep up with this hashtag. Please share this. 🫶 bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Push notifications of JD Vance tweets? If you want me to just delete the app altogether, why don’t you just say so?

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

6 hours a day on algorithmically driven socials?! This is the cigarettes and lead paint of our generation. #edusky www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

“To know a language is to enter into intimacy of a people. To know it is to be committed to a people, a culture, a way of life. The teacher has the magic key that will open this treasure house of love” (Ulibarrí, 1969, C-2). #langchat #edusky #iteachWL #MFLBluesky

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

One of my favorite ACTFL traditions anymore is making good use of my self-imposed status as honorary member of DECTFL! 😂

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment