Diane Neubauer, PhD
杜雁子
Language teaching, training, & research
"Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you like thinking deeply about issues of classroom language teaching and how those relate to research and theory, this podcast might be for you.
Season 1 episodes (5 regular + 1 bonus episode) will be released in April & May 2024. Season 2 to come later in 2024. Podcast link
New e-book for language teachers
In summer 2023, Cheng & Tsui published my book, Comprehension-Based Chinese: Comprehension-Based Language Teaching Strategies to Develop Students' Chinese Proficiency in Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. It is an ebook only available through Cheng & Tsui's ebook platform, which allows easy access to video links and other linked resources and templates.
It is like a recipe book for Chinese language teaching. There is guidance about how to choose and carry out instructional activities for different goals, with students’ comprehension as the basis for their development of language proficiency and intercultural learning.
Selected work
Podcast interview:
Episode 39 of Growing Proficiency with Claudia Elliott
"Answering all the Burning Questions About the Use of Target Language in Class" June 22, 2023
Using Zoom when you suddenly became a language teacher: March 15, 2020 online training recorded for YouTube
The Motivated Classroom with Dr. Liam Printer, Episode 36:
Teaching in the moment & the importance of language play with Diane Neubauer
Writing Reading Material for Your Students: Analogies with Jell-O