Molly Sturm
@mollysturm.bsky.social
Language learner and teacher (acquisition-driven instruction/teaching with CI). Lindy Hop dancer and community organizer. Occasional blogger/writer.
Has anyone read this book? What were your thoughts?
It's available on Spotify as an audio book with a premium subscription, by the way. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
It's available on Spotify as an audio book with a premium subscription, by the way. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Careless People
#1 New York Times Bestseller“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to un...
us.macmillan.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Has anyone read this book? What were your thoughts?
It's available on Spotify as an audio book with a premium subscription, by the way. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
It's available on Spotify as an audio book with a premium subscription, by the way. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Adam Scott still doesn't feel like he's made it, has a feeling like
waiting for success to be snatched away. As someone eagerly awaiting Severance season 2, this was surprising!
Relatable. I wouldn't have thought someone so successful would also feel this.
www.businessinsider.com/adam-scott-h...
waiting for success to be snatched away. As someone eagerly awaiting Severance season 2, this was surprising!
Relatable. I wouldn't have thought someone so successful would also feel this.
www.businessinsider.com/adam-scott-h...
Adam Scott is widely known for his roles in 'Parks and Rec' and 'Severance,' but still doesn't feel like he's 'made it'
Adam Scott discusses getting "Parks and Rec," working with his wife, bad business decisions, advice for his younger self, and his hope for the future.
www.businessinsider.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Adam Scott still doesn't feel like he's made it, has a feeling like
waiting for success to be snatched away. As someone eagerly awaiting Severance season 2, this was surprising!
Relatable. I wouldn't have thought someone so successful would also feel this.
www.businessinsider.com/adam-scott-h...
waiting for success to be snatched away. As someone eagerly awaiting Severance season 2, this was surprising!
Relatable. I wouldn't have thought someone so successful would also feel this.
www.businessinsider.com/adam-scott-h...
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Next episode of Conversations about Language Teaching is out: We compare 'things' we can do in language classrooms, & I talk about some things I learned from my dissertation research.
conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/epis...
conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/epis...
Episode 18: Complexity in Instructional Activities - Conversations about Language Teaching
Episode 18: Instructional ActivitiesSeedhouse, P. (2010). Locusts, snowflakes and recasts: complexity theory and spoken interaction. Classroom Discourse, 1(1), 4–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1946301100...
conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Next episode of Conversations about Language Teaching is out: We compare 'things' we can do in language classrooms, & I talk about some things I learned from my dissertation research.
conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/epis...
conversationsaboutlanguage.buzzsprout.com/2325378/epis...
What do you all do to limit tech's addictive pull?
"The best technology of our day must be leveraged as a force to protect attention rather than exploit it."
I like the 4 key tenets here, centered on: protect attention, moderate your engagement, upskill don't doomscroll, and replace behaviors.
"The best technology of our day must be leveraged as a force to protect attention rather than exploit it."
I like the 4 key tenets here, centered on: protect attention, moderate your engagement, upskill don't doomscroll, and replace behaviors.
Steve Jobs thought devices would become 'a bicycle for the mind'—but their effect on our brains is similar to that of smoking and junk food
Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. It's time to reclaim that space.
fortune.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:07 PM
What do you all do to limit tech's addictive pull?
"The best technology of our day must be leveraged as a force to protect attention rather than exploit it."
I like the 4 key tenets here, centered on: protect attention, moderate your engagement, upskill don't doomscroll, and replace behaviors.
"The best technology of our day must be leveraged as a force to protect attention rather than exploit it."
I like the 4 key tenets here, centered on: protect attention, moderate your engagement, upskill don't doomscroll, and replace behaviors.
This paper looks really interesting and it's open access! Reposting so I know to come back and read.
The article aims "to nudge our discipline towards a more nuanced, inclusive, and socially-informed scientific understanding of multilingual experience"
The article aims "to nudge our discipline towards a more nuanced, inclusive, and socially-informed scientific understanding of multilingual experience"
Given the rich multidisciplinary #language & #cognitive science crowd here, I thought I’d share a recent open access paper from my lab where we work to integrate #psycholinguistics & #sociolinguistics to study adult #bilingualism.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Rethinking multilingual experience through a Systems Framework of Bilingualism | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core
Rethinking multilingual experience through a Systems Framework of Bilingualism - Volume 26 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
November 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
This paper looks really interesting and it's open access! Reposting so I know to come back and read.
The article aims "to nudge our discipline towards a more nuanced, inclusive, and socially-informed scientific understanding of multilingual experience"
The article aims "to nudge our discipline towards a more nuanced, inclusive, and socially-informed scientific understanding of multilingual experience"
Preciosa foto. 💖
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Preciosa foto. 💖
Me too! Some good tips for using Bluesky here.
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Me too! Some good tips for using Bluesky here.
10 📺 shows to get to know me #tvsky
Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花)
The Good Place
Love O2O (微微一笑很倾城)
The 100
Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain (霊剣山)
WandaVision
Loki
The Mandalorian
Moon Knight
Severance
Runner Up: Boba Fett (because MUSIC!)
Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花)
The Good Place
Love O2O (微微一笑很倾城)
The 100
Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain (霊剣山)
WandaVision
Loki
The Mandalorian
Moon Knight
Severance
Runner Up: Boba Fett (because MUSIC!)
November 17, 2024 at 3:47 AM
10 📺 shows to get to know me #tvsky
Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花)
The Good Place
Love O2O (微微一笑很倾城)
The 100
Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain (霊剣山)
WandaVision
Loki
The Mandalorian
Moon Knight
Severance
Runner Up: Boba Fett (because MUSIC!)
Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花)
The Good Place
Love O2O (微微一笑很倾城)
The 100
Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain (霊剣山)
WandaVision
Loki
The Mandalorian
Moon Knight
Severance
Runner Up: Boba Fett (because MUSIC!)
Yes, this is one of the things I love about social media!
It's fun to talk with interesting people from around the world!
It's fun to talk with interesting people from around the world!
As someone who grew up online, it does depress me to see how many people genuinely can’t fathom why someone would want to be on social media beyond reasons linked to building clout so you can make money.
It’s fun to talk to interesting people from around the world. That’s always been my reason.
It’s fun to talk to interesting people from around the world. That’s always been my reason.
November 17, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Yes, this is one of the things I love about social media!
It's fun to talk with interesting people from around the world!
It's fun to talk with interesting people from around the world!
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One thing I have been planning on doing is reading this book by Carlos Whitaker. He's on IG. He is faith based, but he shares a lot that is not faith based at all. I have the book, just haven't started it yet, but maybe this is just the push I need to get started.
November 16, 2024 at 5:05 PM
One thing I have been planning on doing is reading this book by Carlos Whitaker. He's on IG. He is faith based, but he shares a lot that is not faith based at all. I have the book, just haven't started it yet, but maybe this is just the push I need to get started.
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November 16, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Reposting to remind myself to read later.
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Reposting to remind myself to read later.
I can relate, Kory. I also want to find a balance! I wonder what this could look like. I am almost afraid to even start asking!
+with this, and my brain hasn't stopped thinking about this. You all know I have thrived rambling on and and on, and learned so much from listening to others, but I wonder how we can find the balance in this. Because we also all know that part of the dumpster fire that we are currently in is+
November 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I can relate, Kory. I also want to find a balance! I wonder what this could look like. I am almost afraid to even start asking!
#PopUpChat A3
I can't sight read very well, but I play 3 songs on the piano well enough to trick you and make you think that I know what I'm doing. I memorized them because I learned the notes so slowly that memorizing just came naturally.
I'd like to actually get better at sight reading. :)
I can't sight read very well, but I play 3 songs on the piano well enough to trick you and make you think that I know what I'm doing. I memorized them because I learned the notes so slowly that memorizing just came naturally.
I'd like to actually get better at sight reading. :)
OK final question! Q3 In our efforts to engage, connect, interact with each other on here. Please share something not connected to teaching that you'd love to learn more or discover about from possibly someone out in the big, blue skies OR share something you are willing to share about. #PopUpChat
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 AM
#PopUpChat A3
I can't sight read very well, but I play 3 songs on the piano well enough to trick you and make you think that I know what I'm doing. I memorized them because I learned the notes so slowly that memorizing just came naturally.
I'd like to actually get better at sight reading. :)
I can't sight read very well, but I play 3 songs on the piano well enough to trick you and make you think that I know what I'm doing. I memorized them because I learned the notes so slowly that memorizing just came naturally.
I'd like to actually get better at sight reading. :)
A little late to the #PopUpChat but here it goes!
I'm Molly. I am a proponent of acquisition driven instruction/teaching with CI. I teach Spanish and ESL (as a volunteer). I also love to Lindy Hop!! And write. ✍️
I'm Molly. I am a proponent of acquisition driven instruction/teaching with CI. I teach Spanish and ESL (as a volunteer). I also love to Lindy Hop!! And write. ✍️
OK, admitting i have no clue if this will work or not, but here we go! Starting #PopUpChat right now! Open to everyone, edus and non-edus, I'll try to keep the questions a little mix of both. So first off, please introduce yourself any way you want. Remember to use the hashtag!😁
a man in a suit drinking from a cup with the words awkward silence below him
Alt: a man in a suit drinking from a cup with the words awkward silence below him
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:00 AM
A little late to the #PopUpChat but here it goes!
I'm Molly. I am a proponent of acquisition driven instruction/teaching with CI. I teach Spanish and ESL (as a volunteer). I also love to Lindy Hop!! And write. ✍️
I'm Molly. I am a proponent of acquisition driven instruction/teaching with CI. I teach Spanish and ESL (as a volunteer). I also love to Lindy Hop!! And write. ✍️
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Episode 17 of our podcast about language teaching just released yesterday. @dianeneubauer.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2xxn...
Episode 17: Comparing language teaching settings
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Episode 17 of our podcast about language teaching just released yesterday. @dianeneubauer.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2xxn...
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Go off sis. I have a folder of articles about access and equity in language learning. SURPRISE (to no one) language learning is still an elite practice.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
No, you’re not actually “bad at languages”. Anyone can learn a new language at any age, but most public school world language classes aren’t set up for students to succeed.
No, you’re not actually “bad at languages”. Anyone can learn a new language at any age, but most public school world language classes aren’t set up for students to succeed.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
No other species has ever learned a human language (vocal or signed). Many species can learn to recognize—and even produce—impressive numbers of words/signs, but they can't seem to acquire the grammar.
No other species has ever learned a human language (vocal or signed). Many species can learn to recognize—and even produce—impressive numbers of words/signs, but they can't seem to acquire the grammar.
November 16, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Go off sis. I have a folder of articles about access and equity in language learning. SURPRISE (to no one) language learning is still an elite practice.
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There are so many tips, but the biggest one is this:
Give your character a want/need that operates outside of the plot. As Vonnegut said “Every character should want something, even if it’s just a glass of water.” But characters whose want involves the plot itself feel boring. Make it different.
Give your character a want/need that operates outside of the plot. As Vonnegut said “Every character should want something, even if it’s just a glass of water.” But characters whose want involves the plot itself feel boring. Make it different.
Do you have any advice for writers that are struggling with developing character? I have a concept I’m passionate about and have a general idea of where i want to go with but I’m having trouble constructing who exactly my main character is.
November 14, 2024 at 10:02 PM
There are so many tips, but the biggest one is this:
Give your character a want/need that operates outside of the plot. As Vonnegut said “Every character should want something, even if it’s just a glass of water.” But characters whose want involves the plot itself feel boring. Make it different.
Give your character a want/need that operates outside of the plot. As Vonnegut said “Every character should want something, even if it’s just a glass of water.” But characters whose want involves the plot itself feel boring. Make it different.
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The reason I'm so positive about aspiring writers is that I believe that:
* Anyone who can string a sentence together can write a story, script or book.
* Anyone who puts enough time, effort, and workshopping into it can write a GOOD story, script, or book.
* Anything finished can be fixed.
* Anyone who can string a sentence together can write a story, script or book.
* Anyone who puts enough time, effort, and workshopping into it can write a GOOD story, script, or book.
* Anything finished can be fixed.
November 14, 2024 at 9:41 PM
The reason I'm so positive about aspiring writers is that I believe that:
* Anyone who can string a sentence together can write a story, script or book.
* Anyone who puts enough time, effort, and workshopping into it can write a GOOD story, script, or book.
* Anything finished can be fixed.
* Anyone who can string a sentence together can write a story, script or book.
* Anyone who puts enough time, effort, and workshopping into it can write a GOOD story, script, or book.
* Anything finished can be fixed.
Fav quote from this article: "Most people become open to the other side’s point of view when someone they like or respect turns out to be in the rival camp. But by replacing one trusted person with a pitchfork-wielding mob of strangers, social media made us angrier, more defensive..."
“Platforms come and go, but this feels different: the final death of the idea that social media could ever be the internet’s town square, a global meeting place for ideas that would broaden all our horizons.”
apple.news/ArJmk6DuzRv-...
apple.news/ArJmk6DuzRv-...
Opinion | The exodus from X to Bluesky has happened – the era of mass social media platforms is over — Guardian US
There’s comfort in being surrounded by like-minded people, but challenge is important, and we may have to look for it elsewhere, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
apple.news
November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Fav quote from this article: "Most people become open to the other side’s point of view when someone they like or respect turns out to be in the rival camp. But by replacing one trusted person with a pitchfork-wielding mob of strangers, social media made us angrier, more defensive..."
I didn't realize that Bluesky was so new!
Aaannnd so I contribute to the "let's talk about bluesky on bluesky" 😆
www.fastcompany.com/91227340/thr...
Aaannnd so I contribute to the "let's talk about bluesky on bluesky" 😆
www.fastcompany.com/91227340/thr...
Threads vs. Bluesky: Which social media network is right for you?
People are fleeing X in droves. Where they go from there, though, is a deeply personal choice.
www.fastcompany.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I didn't realize that Bluesky was so new!
Aaannnd so I contribute to the "let's talk about bluesky on bluesky" 😆
www.fastcompany.com/91227340/thr...
Aaannnd so I contribute to the "let's talk about bluesky on bluesky" 😆
www.fastcompany.com/91227340/thr...
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If you want to make one small change that will help your students' well-being, integrate a brief social-emotional check-in to the start of your classes (if you aren't already). Goes for elementary all the way through adult learning! (1/2)
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
If you want to make one small change that will help your students' well-being, integrate a brief social-emotional check-in to the start of your classes (if you aren't already). Goes for elementary all the way through adult learning! (1/2)
My son told my I can draw better than a stick figure, and that I should practice. I think he's right!
November 15, 2024 at 12:36 AM
My son told my I can draw better than a stick figure, and that I should practice. I think he's right!
Yeahhhh
November 15, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Yeahhhh
Okay, language teachers - doing a movie chat of that "rock, paper, scissors" video? This could be a fun picture chat to go with it!!
November 14, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Okay, language teachers - doing a movie chat of that "rock, paper, scissors" video? This could be a fun picture chat to go with it!!