Student feedback, CI teaching, and classroom engagement collide in this brutally honest, funny, and relatable episode for world language teachers featuring Jackie Deming-Plunk and Karla McCann, a French teacher and native Spanish speaker who has cracked the code on language acquisition, high-frequency vocabulary, reading strategies, story-telling, and curriculum design.

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In this episode, we unpack the chaos of student feedback — why it swings wildly, what “boring” really means, how to collect honest insight without hosting therapy sessions, and how to adjust your teaching without betraying CI principles. With guests Jackie Deming-Plunk and Karla McCann, we explore how real-world feedback fits into research-backed, story-driven acquisition.

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Hosts:

• Scott Benedict - https://www.instagram.com/immediateimmersion
• Jackie Deming-Plunk
• Karla McCann - https://www.instagram.com/madamemccann

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