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By Hamza Achahoud, PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at Ibn Zohr University, Morocco DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ZMPE3811 Only a few years after the announcement of the first commercialized generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots, for some of us, they have already found a
Read MoreBy Angela Lee-Smith, Yale University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/BRCF8318 Introduction and Rationale How can students turn their own stories into songs in a language they are still learning? Music has long provided language learners with opportunities to engage with language, culture, and
Read MoreBy Anne Pham and Hillary Zhong, Dickinson College DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MQIK7847 Introduction: A STEM Student’s Perspective on AI in Education As a STEM student, I’ve been thinking a lot about AI and what it can do for education. In my math
Read MoreBy Mike Dettinger, PhD, Louisiana State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/KXKM2998 Introduction Since the spring semester 2024, our Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures (WLLC) at Louisiana State University (LSU) has embraced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our language
Read MoreBy Julia Simon, Spanish and EAL Teacher at the American Overseas School of Rome DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YXDS4511 The Problem: Apathy and the Assessment Trap Language teachers are often tasked with teaching groups of students all coming in at very different language
Read MoreBy Amanda Dalola and Sabrina Fluegel, University of Minnesota DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/FYWH5040 When ChatGPT burst onto the educational scene in November 2022, language teachers found themselves in a familiar position: curious, intrigued, and perhaps a little skeptical. Some saw exciting possibilities
Read MoreBy Jessika Foreshee DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TVGV3190 It was a Tuesday afternoon and I had just walked into a hot yoga class. The room was starting to fill up with fellow yogis, unrolling their mats and settling in. I had come to
Read MoreBy Pia Banzhaf DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/NPOV9663 When teaching literature in a language classroom, one challenge is finding ways for students to move beyond reading about a text and instead engage with it as something lived, interpreted, and experienced. I wanted students
Read MoreBy Maria Le Mura, Founder, Beyond Words DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/WUQI7059 In a demo call last autumn, the Head of a World Language Department in the American Midwest asked me a question I had not been asked before. We had just finished
Read MoreBy Muhammad Ahmad, University at Buffalo DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/KZKP4254 She had barely spoken during our first session together. When I introduced the project, she sat quietly, nodding along, but saying little. I didn’t push. I had worked long enough with refugee
Read MoreBy Cristina Pardo-Ballester, Iowa State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ILTP1621 Introduction Translation and interpreting are often grouped together, but they involve very different kinds of communication. Translation usually works with written texts. A translator has time to stop, think, revise, consult dictionaries,
Read MoreBy Richard Robin, George Washington University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/FTHK2466 In fall 2022, teachers across the globe woke up in a cold sweat to the debut of ChatGPT: this was the end of essay-writing, the death knell for homework, a stake in
Read MoreBy Sarab Al Ani, Yale University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SFZP9372 Over the past academic year, I have integrated Speakology AI into my curriculum for Intermediate Heritage Arabic learners—a project made possible through the Yale Poorvu Center AI Course Revision Grant. This grant
Read MoreBy Kim Edmunds, Columbia University Language Resource Center DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/JYQJ5624 The field of language teaching loves an acronym, and I am no exception. When done well, an acronym packages a complex schema into something memorable, meaningful, and actionable – three
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