Language teacher and expat Janina Klimas shares how to create compelling language lessons for students, how acting is like language learning, and why recording yourself speaking your target language is so important.

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Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

Language acquisition vs language learning
How acting can boost your language learning and teaching
Building excitement around languages for your students as a teacher
What being a “reading specialist” means
Teaching and studying abroad
Figuring out your proficiency and levels in a language
Why recording yourself speaking is so important
Independent vs academic language learning success
Games you can play to learn languages
Language, culture, racism, and bias

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#58 Janina Klimas on Using Acting Techniques to Improve Your Languages