Get Yourself Published! Contributing to The FLTMAG
This 3-minute video introduces you to The FLTMAG and how easy it is to publish with us!
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FLTMAG Resources for COVID-19
The FLTMAG editors have gone through much of the content of The FLTMAG and identified articles that might be particularly helpful during the emergency remote teaching going on in many places because of COVID-19. Recommendations Recommended Preparation for Emergency Online
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Instagram vs. Reality: An Honest Look at Navigating a Classroom the Size of an iPhone
By Kaitlyn Teske, PhD, San Diego Padres Education in Baseball I have considered several new job titles during the pandemic: How To Download Zoom Coordinator, Instructor of It’s the Same Link Every Day, Guys, and Director of Unmute Yourself have been
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Using Book Creator for Creativity and Collaboration with Language and Culture
By Sherry A. Maggin & Rebecca Jones-Kellogg, The United States Military Academy Introduction Book Creator is an online platform for the creation of digital books. Instructors and students alike can read, create, and publish using a wide variety of
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Spanish Club Online: An Extracurricular Experience for Building a Community of Thriving Language Learners
By María I. Ortiz, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati – Blue Ash College Introduction: Spanish Club Pre- and During COVID-19 As a language educator, have you ever heard this: “I want to learn a language, and I want to speak
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Loom: A User-Friendly Screen Recorder
By Joseph Fees, Delaware State University Loom is a browser-based program to create sharable screencast videos for classes or training. Users can access the website directly or add a Loom extension to Chrome. The website allows users to record a
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AMPLIFY: Professional Learning Experiences for World Language Educators
By Richard Medina, Center for Language & Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa About AMPLIFY Amplify is a web application that collects and distributes information about professional learning events specifically from language centers, departments, or other organizational units that provide
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Language Learning with Lyricstraining
By Melissa Fiori, Associate Professor of Spanish, Daemen College, Amherst, NY Introduction Music moves us all and is especially motivational in language learning. With the intersection of music and language, the web platform Lyricstraining makes acquiring a language even more
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IALLT Interview Project Episode 5: Interview with Carly Born, Trent Hoy, and Mari Ocando Finol
In this interview, Jeff Samuels talks to Mari Ocando Finol (Educational Technology Specialist at Bryn Mawr College), Trent Hoy (Learning Experience Designer at Berlitz Corporation), and Carly Born (Academic Technologist at Carleton College) about how their careers in language learning
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How I am Revising My Curriculum Based on E-Learning Instructional Design Principles
By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University While working on my PhD in Russian literature, my career took a turn toward instructional technology and curriculum development. After finishing graduate school I wanted a way to continue learning more in the
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Using Scratch to Teach Computer Science in the Language Classroom
By Frederick Poole, Michigan State University In the last five years, Computer Science for All (CS4All) initiatives have been spreading through K-12 institutions in the United States. Many of these initiatives are the result of substantial government funding that aims
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Creating Community through Virtual FFuN (Foreign Language Film Nights)
By Stacy Nyikos, PhD, and Evan Rubin SDSU Language Acquisition Resource Center The Foreign Language Film Night (FFuN) series at San Diego State University’s Language Acquisition Resource Center (SDSU-LARC) began as an in-person movie night in Fall 2019 to
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Assessing Outside the Box: the Open Format Assignment
By Caitlin Cornell and Megan Dean, Michigan State University The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded unprecedented innovation and adaptation from instructors and students alike. Online learning has required many students to learn how to use new-to-them digital technologies like video
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Let’s Code for Languages: Integrating AI Chatbots into Language Learning
By Ann Cai, Dino Konstantopoulos, Robert Davis, Yufei Zheng, Dongying Liu, Northeastern University Introduction of the Research With the improvement of deep learning technologies, the Big 4 computer companies (Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon) have been developing their robotics, machine
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Bringing VR Experiences into the Language Classroom with Mozilla Hubs
By Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Introduction Perhaps one particularly challenging aspect of teaching over the past year and a half has been how to break the monotony of online classes. Video Conferencing tools can at times
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The Power of Media-Based Syllabi: If Only Students Knew What the Syllabus Said
By Lauren Rosen, University of Wisconsin, and Kate Grovergrys, Madison Area Technical College Students are most successful when they know what to expect while learning a language. A packed, wordy syllabus doesn’t align with today’s learner preferences. For example,
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