Natacha Mally holds an M.A. in German Second Language Acquisition, an M.A. In Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Secondary Area of Study: Curriculum Design), and a Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning from Kansas State University.  She is certified to teach ESL, French, and German in Kansas and Pennsylvania (PK-12).   Her research interests include second language acquisition and language pedagogy, specifically, gamification, CLIL, and task-based instruction. Her focus is on the development of instructional methods and techniques to facilitate second language acquisition for individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities.