Episode 2 of Conversations about Language Teaching: Planning Lessons for Beginning Language Learners Show Notes: The Agen Workshop https://theagenworkshop.com/ Swanson, P. B. (2010). Teacher efficacy and attrition: Helping students at introductory levels of language instruction appears critical. Hispania, 305-321.  Read/download the article here: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=mcl_facpub  Terry Waltz - Super 7 verbs. In 2013, Haiyun Lu posted Terry’s comments about them on her former blog, with permission, here:  https://tprsforchinese.blogspot.com/2013/07/super-seven.html  Robert Harrell - German teacher, teacher educator, and writer: https://robertlharrell.com/about-me Ben Tinsley - MapTalk described by Ben here: https://comprehensibleclassroom.com/2022/08/30/use-map-talk-to-foster-interculturality/  Diane mentioned a short video clip featuring a cat, mouse, and another animal. That's at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwy4X4F3mB4 Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo Support the Show.