Join us for an engaging virtual discussion on the challenges and strategies for stimulating sustained conversations among students at the intermediate and advanced levels. As language learners progress, one of the most significant hurdles is moving beyond sentence-level exchanges to more meaningful and extended discourse. The goal of this Teachers’ Lounge is to identify barriers and effective strategies. We invite participants to share their students’ struggles and the approaches that work in overcoming them. Facilitated by Alexandra Shapiro (University of Georgia).