New PD Opportunity: Call-In Talk Show on Thursdays

Thursdays, beginning October 15, 2015
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Jones 117

Are you interested in a different form of professional development? Come to the Language Center for a call-in talk show about language education with Dr. Bill Van Patten from Michigan State University beginning this Thursday.

Do you ever listen to talk shows? Have you ever called into one? If not, you will want to read on and learn about an exciting and fun new show called “Tea with BVP.” Sponsored by the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University, this is *the* call-in talk show for all those interested in second language acquisition and language teaching.

Bill VanPatten and his co-hosts, Angelika Kraemer and Walter Hopkins, field questions live on the air about language, language acquisition, language teaching, and any other topics callers and emailers bring to them. With Bill’s comedic background, it’s a funny and engaging way to look at issues that are relevant in our field.

Each week Tea with BVP will post different but often related topics to entice the listener to call in. On occasion, the show includes prominent guests who bring their own personalities and takes on the issues under consideration. To tune in, and to find out how you can call in from your own office, ask questions, and/or suggest topics, sign up at https://billvanpatten.wordpress.com/. You can also contact Tea with BVP on Twitter at @teawithbvp.

The Tea with BVP team adds, “we want as much audience participation as possible so don’t be shy. Check us out and call in! We are waiting to hear from you!”

The shows will be broadcast from Jones 117. Because the Language Center has a coffee pot and not a tea pot, coffee will be served in place of tea.

Dr. VanPatten is internationally known for his work in second language acquisition and second language instruction, with special emphases on input processing, processing and parsing more generally, the interface between input processing and acquisition, morpho-syntactic relationships, and instructed SLA. He has published six books, seven edited volumes, six language textbooks, and 100 articles and book chapters. Two of his articles are listed in the top ten citations for articles in Studies in Second Language Acquisition and he has received local and national awards.