This Teachers’ Lounge will focus on strategies to foster spontaneous interaction and language production in language classrooms. We will explore techniques to encourage authentic communication, including role-playing, task-based activities, and improvisational exercises. Participants are encouraged to share tools and resources to create dynamic, interactive learning environments conducive to speech production that inspire student confidence and fluency through meaningful, unscripted language use.

Discussion moderated by Alexandra Shapiro, University of Georgia.

If you are a graduate student (non-member) requesting a registration fee waiver, email the committee co-chairs to get your registration code at eroby@friendsbalt.org or vok1@pitt.edu.