[image: tell-us-logo.png] Our new *Teaching & Learning Languages in the United States (TELL-US) podcast series <https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/tellus2023/>* is now fully released. The interviews in this professional learning resource for novice LCTL teachers focus on two broad categories: language pedagogy and school culture. The content is designed for professionals who find themselves teaching in a culture and education system that is different from the one they experienced growing up. This year's series centers on Designing and Delivering Proficiency-Focused Target-Language Input and is hosted by Nicole Naditz (2015 ACTFL Teacher of the Year). The episodes include: - Episode 1: Understanding the American system of education and language education, part 1 (asynchronous interviews with Ahmed Hanafy, Cécile Nedellec, Ying Jin, and Yo Azama) - Episode 2: Understanding the American system of education and language education, part 2 (asynchronous interviews with Ahmed Hanafy, Cécile Nedellec, Ying Jin, and Yo Azama) - Episode 3: What is proficiency (proficiency vs. performance)? (live interview with Paul Sandrock and Laura Terrill) - Episode 4: Language targets, Can Do statements (live interview with Meredith White and Rebecca Blouwolff) - Episode 5: Content- and culture-rich target language input that meets and is responsive to the needs of learners (asynchronous interview with Leslie Grahn and Amy Lenord) - Episode 6: Synthesis, part 1 (live interview with Heather Sweetser) - Episode 7: Synthesis, part 2 (live interview with Heather Sweetser) Check out all episodes here and listen at your leisure: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/tellus2023/ ********************************************************************** *National Foreign Language Resource Center* University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall 256 (**new address**) Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: 808-956-9424 Fax: 808-956-5983 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu NFLRC Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/ NFLRC Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/nflrc_hawaii/ <https://www.instagram.com/nflrc_hawaii/> NFLRC Twitter page: http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/ NFLRC YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/nflrchawaii NFLRC listserv: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/about/11/ **********************************************************************