S1 E6: Introvert-Friendly Teaching, an interview with Robin Kube

Welcome back! Today’s interview is with Robin Kube from NC State University (Go Wolfpack!). Robin has been teaching ESL/ESOL for forty years and so she has a wealth of information on teaching students from all over the world. She’s also introverted and shy, which translates into loads of compassion for more socially selective students. Enjoy the episode and let me know what you think! Find me on Instagram @shhh_imlearning to connect.

Resources mentioned on the episode:

-TedTalk on the danger of a single story
-Robwords channel on YouTube
-Times article Robin mentions
-YogaTimidez, with link in bio to the “support group” for shy people in Spanish (the group has changed some since my interview with Robin and now focuses more on yoga)
-The two studies I mention are one from 1964 on Japanese/English and a more recent one on Spanish/English