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November 2022 Special Issue We are excited to announce that the November 2022 issue of The FLTMAG will be a special issue dedicated to Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) for Language Learning. We are looking for Tech
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By Angela Lee-Smith, Yale University The Challenges and Rationale The COVID-19 pandemic hit every corner of the world, and we, language teachers, all had to transform our classrooms into virtual platforms. I swiftly adjusted learning materials, activities, tasks, and assessments,
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By Shutan Dong, Boston University Introduction TalkAbroad is a virtual exchange service provider connecting students with native speakers from various countries. It currently offers conversations in nine languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, and English). Students can
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By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University Introduction Recently, Anna Carson introduced readers of The FLTMAG to a wonderful tool called Readlang in her article “Supporting Semi-Autonomous Reading Has Never Been So Easy!”. After learning about the tool, I have
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By Amanda Ferris, Coloma Junior High School, and Frederick Poole, Michigan State University Introduction Videos can be used to build students’ background knowledge, provide authentic learning opportunities, and facilitate deeper thinking. It is common to use videos in
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By Molly Godwin-Jones, Learning Design Specialist at the Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Friedman, R. and George, A. (Eds.). (2022). Online Language Teaching in Diverse Contexts. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. In 2020, the COVID
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By Claire Frances and Giovanni Zimotti, University of Iowa From the Chronicle of Higher Education’s December 13th article, “AI and the Future of Undergraduate Writing” to NPR’s December 19th story, “A new AI chatbot might do your homework for
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By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School Introduction Have you ever thought about a digital scavenger hunt? GooseChase is an online platform that helps to run real-world scavenger hunts. It was co-created by GooseChase CEO, Andrew Cross, who previously worked
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By Wenjing Huang, Mandarin Teacher, Wildwood School Introduction Do you find that your language students’ attention diminishes at the end of the semester or school year? Have you thought about providing more choices into your curriculum to increase learners’ autonomy
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by Frederick Poole, Michigan State University As language teachers, it is important to always be on the lookout for new and effective ways to teach our students. One tool that can be particularly useful in this task is ChatGPT, a
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Dr. Felix A. Kronenberg, Director of the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA), and of the National Less Commonly Taught Languages Resource Center (NLRC), and Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, Michigan State University. Dr. Frederick
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by Olha Tytarenko, Associate Professor of Practice of Russian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Confessions of a Frustrated Educator I wish I could say that my exploration of the uses of immersive technology started with my
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Cemil Gökhan Karacan, research assistant in the English Language Teaching department at Istanbul Medipol University and Ph.D. candidate in English Language Teaching at Bahçesehir University. Elif Mollamehmetoğlu, English and Turkish language instructor at Istinye University in Istanbul
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By Nergiz Kern, Head of Research at Immerse, Independent EdTech professional specializing in immersive and blended learning. Reading through this special issue on VR/AR and language learning, you will know by now that virtual reality has features that
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by Tricia Thrasher, Ph.D., Research Manager at Immerse In 2018, I had the opportunity to put on a virtual reality (VR) headset for the first time. I was pursuing a Ph.D. in French and Second Language Acquisition and had
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