Diane Neubauer, PhD

杜雁子

Language teaching, training, & research

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"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) was released in April & May 2024. Season 2 in June, July, & August 2024. Podcast link

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

Neubauer Chicago Language Symposium

Content-Based Language Instruction + Language Play     April 27, 2024

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

Quotes with Students

Quotes with Students: Second Language Acquisition Quotes for Reflection & Discussion about Language Class

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


Get in touch at dianeneubauerphd [at] gmail [dot] com