David Kluge is interviewed by JALTCALL Podcast host Brian Gallagher. David Kluge was one of the founding members of the group that became the JALTCALL SIG  and has taught English for over forty years, 32 of them at the university level. He has co-authored three books, two for National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning and one for Macmillan Learning. His current areas of interest are readers theatre, oral interpretation, speech, presentation, drama, debate, oral communication, composition, cooperative learning, and materials writing.
In the interview, we discuss learning opportunities with technology over the years from early word-processing computer labs and early phone technologies. With a focus on creativity in academia, David explains how he created and curated courses with several elements that required student personalization and input. From cliffhangers to digital scrapbooks, from roleplays to divergent models, the ideas and answers flow from this very talented teacher.

David Kluge Interview by Brian Gallagher March 2025

Japan association for Language Teaching (JALT) Computer Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group. (JALTCALL)

I've been a teacher of English as a Foreign Language for a really long time. #EFL
My current professional interest is getting my students to record themselves in class as a normal everyday activity.
The recordings should be useful for them to reflect on their performance and their progress, but they submit their best recording every two weeks to me for assessment and I grade the recording and give them feedback.

David Kluge Interview by Brian Gallagher March 2025

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