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By Maureen Lamb, M.Ed., Kingswood Oxford School In spring 2020, on a tight budget, I had to figure out a way to replicate the many activities I did with students in my Latin classes using individual mini whiteboards in class,
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By Wenjing Huang, Mandarin Teacher, Wildwood School Introduction Lingt is a website and a tool for language teachers to create various assignments about any topic for all levels of learners. It was originally founded by two college students in Boston
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By Amelia Ijiri, Kyoto Institute of Technology Introduction Virtual reality (VR) offers many attractive affordances for language learners. Virtual reality environments can simulate 360 degree views of target language environments, thus giving rise to a feeling of “being there”. Creating
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In this interview, Jeff Samuels talks to Shirley Hall (Latin teacher at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia), Susan Berry (ESOL teacher at Center for English Language Orientation Program at Boston University), and Luis Deocares (Spanish teacher at
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By Michael Dettinger, Nicolette Lopez, and José F. Rojas, Louisiana State University Introduction As universities returned to the 2020/2021 academic year, many were challenged with how to best prepare for course delivery. Some returned to
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By Melissa Fiori, Associate Professor, Daemen College Overview As language instructors we have many standards to juggle. How do we motivate students to learn a second language in a way that addresses the three modes of communication, simultaneously developing the
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By Megan Jeffrey, National Foreign Language Center With the market already heavily saturated with language learning apps, why create another? This was the first question that the National Foreign Language Center asked when developing Lectica, a new free language app
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By Müge Satar, Paul Seedhouse, Ahmed Kharrufa, Colin Bone Dodds, Sara Ganassin, Alison Whelan, Newcastle University, UK Introduction Many people are motivated to learn foreign languages by their interest in foreign cultures and ways of life, and Newcastle University has
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By Amanda Romjue, Emory & Henry College, and Bhavya Singh, Teacher Training Institute, New York University. Hindi Facilitator, California Language Teachers’ Association (CLTA) Introduction Mote is a Chrome browser extension that promises “fast, friendly voice messaging” and it really
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By Melissa Fiori, Associate Professor of Spanish, Daemen College, Amherst, NY Introduction Gradekeeper is a grade tracking program that facilitates the administrative and educational duties of instructors, for on-campus, hybrid, or online courses. It is quick and easy to set
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By Ilaria Compagnoni – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy izi.TRAVEL (“easy travel”) is an open-course digital travel guide with audio tours, multi-media content available in 13 languages with storytelling capabilities. Devised by a team of Dutch innovators, it allows
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By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University Students benefit from receiving feedback on their pronunciation and writing, but instructors only have a limited amount of time to devote to it. Yask is a mobile app that allows students to receive
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By Silvia Giorgini-Althoen, Wayne State University Various telecollaboration initiatives have blossomed in recent years, but the pandemic intensified the need to find learning tools to face new challenges and to maintain higher standards of interaction in our language classes. During
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Presenter: Sarab Al Ani, Yale University In this webinar, attendees learn about “escape the room” games – they go through a brief introduction to the history of the game, its types, goals, and benefits for language learning. The last part
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