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In this paper we present our current Research Through Design (RtD) program and experiments where we use the theory and practice of Language learning in-the-wild (L2W), with its ideal of looking at faceto-face interaction in the target language in everyday environments as the core context of language learning, to explore codesign questions within the encounters between newcomers to a country and those residing in the country. Placing the dynamic in-the-wild encounter at the core brings focus to three specific roles, the encounter between (1) the learner with the intention of learning the language, and (2) the person/people local to the environment (store clerk, dental receptionist), and (3) the person/people/organization/materials supporting the learner to embrace the approach (teachers, classroom-based tasks). Project: Working within the constraints of language training organizations and their curriculum for adult newcomers to Belgium learning the local Dutch, we are reporting on explorations with teachers from three Belgium based education organizations of how to both introduce the value of L2W activities and find practical methods for language teachers to support students outside the classroom. We embrace a design anthropological approach that combines learning-by-doing activities of Participatory Design from the Scandinavian tradition, improvisational theater techniques, and visualization of processes. During their explorations, we embrace the motto ‘practice what you teach’ offering teachers opportunities to explore the in-the-wild learning environment as a rich resource for staging interactions that correspond with the learner’s experiences and knowledge of the social world. We are exploring two main codesign questions: (1) How can we introduce improvisational techniques for managing in-the-wild interaction? (2) How can the teacher-mediated classroom setting be transformed into a rehearsal space for improving the interactional competence of the learner in specific targeted in-the-wild encounters? (3) How can the creative use of objects be used to manage the interaction for the learner to initiate, facilitate and end in-the-wild interactions?