Growing With Proficiency The Podcast

Welcome to Growing With Proficiency: The Podcast! Are you a World Language teacher who is looking for ideas, strategies, activities, and inspiration to create a World Language class where you and your students enjoy using the language to learn about the world and each other? Do you want to transform your class into an acquisition-driven instruction space where you intentionally provide a ton of comprehensible input?

If you are, you're in the right place.

Let's start this journey together. Head over to IG, and send me a DM @claudiamelliott to let me know what topics you would like me to cover in an upcoming episode.Join my free Facebook community, Growing With C. Also, check out my blog to start discovering some of these ideas and strategies at growingwithproficiency.com

Podcasting since 2022 • 203 episodes

Growing With Proficiency The Podcast

Latest Episodes

Re-released Episode 22: Making Interpersonal Communication Work: 5 Repeatable Activities That Build Real Conversation with Bethanie Drew

Interpersonal communication is what our students want most… and what many of us struggle to make happen without it turning into their common language in 10 seconds 😅In this re-released episode, I’m joined by a friend and outstan...

January 22, 2026 • 48:40

Episode 178: Adjusting & Personalizing Instruction: The Core Skill That Makes It Possible

(Why one-size-fits-all lessons don’t work—and what to do instead)In this episode, I focus on what I consider the heart of acquisition-driven instruction: adjusting and personalizing what we do in class so all

January 15, 2026 • 50:35

Episode 177: How to Ask Better Questions in the World Language Classroom (Using 5-Minute Blocks)

In this episode of Growing With Proficiency, we continue the series on how to build foundational skills for language acquisition in intentional 5-minute blocks.This episode focuses on one powerful — and often underestimated...

January 08, 2026 • 27:46

Episodio 176: Las tres habilidades básicas para la adquisición de la lengua: Rutinas de 5 minutos para usar la lengua meta, hacer preguntas y personalizar

En este episodio de Growing With Proficiency, hablo de tres habilidades esenciales para la adquisición de la lengua que sostienen nuestras clases comunicativas: maximizar el uso de la lengua meta, hacer p...

January 05, 2026 • 34:14

Episode 175: How to Stay in the Target Language 5 Minutes At A Time (3 Easy Routines)

Happy New Year, profe 🎉 If you’re setting classroom goals for 2026—this episode is for you.So many language teachers want the same thing: use more target language, keep students engaged, and support acquisition… but “90% in the TL...

January 01, 2026 • 40:35

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Claudia Elliott

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