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Started learning Spanish in high school, did not have any encounters with learning a second language until then.

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I immersed myself in Spanish with native speakers both here and abroad

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preschool, high school and study abroad

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I learned colloquial Spanish in the kitchen at work. 

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I learned colloquial Spanish in the kitchen at work. 

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Middle school for French then started Spanish in 9th grade

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In the American Embassy in Madrid, in the Customs office at the Airport, in the Social Security Administration, Opening my first bank account in the US, definitely in the real interactions that I needed to survive

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In the American Embassy in Madrid, in the Customs office at the Airport, in the Social Security Administration, Opening my first bank account in the US, definitely in the real interactions that I needed to survive

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classroom settings, natural settings. acquired and learned Spanish in Chile, then came back to US and learned/used exclusively in the classroom. Korean with a friend to learn at first - plus students teaching me vocabulary, but mostly used it to exist/get around. greek was also in a classroom, but professor made a point to make us go out and use it in public

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Talking with family members who only know one language.
Newspapers and other media (tv, etc.)
School.
The bus

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In a school setting

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I started language learning, since I was born. My parents spoke Mayan and little Spanish. However, immigrating to the U.S. I was told to speak only English at school. My Spanish and Mayan language was not seen as an asset.

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I learned Spanish at home and English at school, tv, books, and music

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At the counter when I translated for family & friends

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At the counter when I translated for family & friends

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Often, I found myself in the space of learning when trying to help someone extend a deadline on a bill, try to fill out paperwork at a counter, or helping strangers communicate with each other at the sunglass hut!
This is often an experience that involves a lot of pressure. I feel like I'm kind of a lawyer in addition to a teacher because of this...

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I learned in an instructional setting, but our teacher understood the importance of learning by meaningful practice. Its not all about learning tenses and memorizing vocabulary, although it is important. She understood that we can learn A LOT of the language if immersed into the culture.

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Structure based @school in a foreign language class 

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Structure based @school in a foreign language class 

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Having deep conversations about life, love, learning etc. from native speakers was very influential on my lang.learning. 

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Having deep conversations about life, love, learning etc. from native speakers was very influential on my lang.learning. 

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I learned some Spanish in a high school class, then Swahili via practically-oriented Peace Corps training + daily practical usage.

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classroom, very systematic, lots of memorization

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Because we only get 45 minutes for instruction we don't have ample time to learn but we do take the time to have different types of discourse. We start with discussions, then activities, finally end with a writing or drawing segment to make connections.

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Learning experience was very structure-based, learning one thing at a time with frequent feedback. Years of studying a language felt useless when confronted with a native speaker.

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I did a lot of overhearing with native speaking friends that led me to have more confidence engaging in cultural undertoneand styles of the Spanish language.

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I try to offer all kinds of feedback. Sometimes corrective, sometimes recasting. I want my students to practice formulating sentences correctly as well as use appropriate  and more complex vocabulary.

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I think that an important thing to language learning would be access to personally relevant and engaging topics!

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I think I'm more of a recaster, but I haven't had the chance to really figure it out yet.

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I'm definitely more of a re-caster. I teach humanities rather than ELL, so I'm not sure what ELL instruction my students have had or what kind of prompts would connect to what they've been taught; but I figure re-casting is always a clear and gentle way to demonstrate the correct way to say something.