November 2025 Archives - The FLTMAG https://fltmag.com/category/november-2025/ IALLT's free language technology magazine Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:54:49 +0000 en hourly 1 5 Takeaways from “Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations” https://fltmag.com/5-takeaways-slideology/ https://fltmag.com/5-takeaways-slideology/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:54:49 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9789 By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TTMG9189 This short article is part of our new series, “5 Takeaways”, where authors share their reactions  to a book or other media by highlighting five key points – big or small

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]]> https://fltmag.com/5-takeaways-slideology/feed/ 1 2025 FLEAT 8 Conference Report https://fltmag.com/2025-fleat-8-conference-report/ https://fltmag.com/2025-fleat-8-conference-report/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:40:16 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9926 By Samanta Buffa, Ayesha Swinton, Amanda Romjue, Shannon Donnally Quinn, and Jeffrey Samuels   DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ZIQR7297 The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT), the Japanese Association for Language Education and Technology (LET), and the Center for Language and Technology

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]]> https://fltmag.com/2025-fleat-8-conference-report/feed/ 4 AI Chatbots for Beginning Language Learners https://fltmag.com/ai-chatbots-for-beginning-language-learners/ https://fltmag.com/ai-chatbots-for-beginning-language-learners/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:31:51 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9911 By Akiko Meguro and Todd Bryant, Dickinson College DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CZNP1530 Introduction One of the challenges facing language teachers is creating engaging out-of-class assignments that support the communicative goals of the current lesson while also providing useful feedback. Online workbooks offer

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]]> https://fltmag.com/ai-chatbots-for-beginning-language-learners/feed/ 2 Making Space for Real Conversations: AI Chatbots in the Language Classroom https://fltmag.com/real-conversations-ai-chatbots/ https://fltmag.com/real-conversations-ai-chatbots/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:38:03 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9902 By Nataliya Spirydovich, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YHRJ4554 We’ve all been there: students freeze up in conversation practice, or the more confident ones dominate while the quieter ones fade into the background. Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can shift that

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]]> https://fltmag.com/real-conversations-ai-chatbots/feed/ 2 Navigating Online Survey Fraud: Lessons from a Study on Open Educational Resources in Spanish for Specific Purposes https://fltmag.com/navigating-online-survey-fraud/ https://fltmag.com/navigating-online-survey-fraud/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2025 20:52:38 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9889 By Christine Rickabaugh, Open Education Librarian, University of Arkansas; Dr. Diana Galarreta-Aima, Associate Professor of Spanish, James Madison University; Dr. Andrea Nate, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of North Alabama DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MEQX4277 What started as a straightforward survey about teaching

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]]> https://fltmag.com/navigating-online-survey-fraud/feed/ 1 Designing with Purpose: Pedagogical Reflections for the Development of AI Speaking Tools https://fltmag.com/pedagogical-reflections-ai-speaking/ https://fltmag.com/pedagogical-reflections-ai-speaking/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:37:29 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9867 By Christiane Reves, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Language Program Director for German, Department of German, New York University, former Assistant Teaching Professor and Lower Division Coordinator German, School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University and Mariana Bahtchevanova, PhD,

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]]> https://fltmag.com/pedagogical-reflections-ai-speaking/feed/ 5 Snorkl: A Bigger Flip/Flipgrid with AI-Powered Feedback https://fltmag.com/snorkl/ https://fltmag.com/snorkl/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:26:33 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9851 By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IMLG1774 Introduction When Flip/Flipgrid was sunsetted, many educators started to search for something to fill the gap. Now you can consider Snorkl. It is a web-based platform that allows students to respond

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]]> https://fltmag.com/snorkl/feed/ 0 Game-Inspired Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning https://fltmag.com/game-inspired-autonomy/ https://fltmag.com/game-inspired-autonomy/#respond Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:53:27 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9834 By Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni, Texas A&M University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YREQ2378 Sumeru, with Mt. Damavand rising in the distance, feels like home – it must be the names, the music, the lore – even the character I am playing, Alhaitham, reminds me

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]]> https://fltmag.com/game-inspired-autonomy/feed/ 0 From Grammar to Strategy: Two Perspectives on Language Education and AI from FLEAT 8 https://fltmag.com/perspectives-fleat8/ https://fltmag.com/perspectives-fleat8/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:15:35 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9825 By Petra Juna Jennings (University of Ostrava, the Czech Technical University in Prague) and Christina Thunstedt (Technical University of Munich) DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LJYY3571 Europe goes to Hawaii When we first met on Oahu at FLEAT 8, after long flights from Germany

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]]> https://fltmag.com/perspectives-fleat8/feed/ 0 A Syntax Tree “Metativity”: A Collaborative Web3 Activity in the FrameVR Metaverse  https://fltmag.com/syntax-tree-metativity/ https://fltmag.com/syntax-tree-metativity/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:17:04 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9801 By Elizabeth Enkin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CKTL9913 As language teachers, we are keenly aware of the important benefits that Web 2.0, the collaborative web, has brought to language teaching. From social media to audio and visual tools, Web 2.0

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]]> https://fltmag.com/syntax-tree-metativity/feed/ 0 The Power of AI for Language for Specific Purposes https://fltmag.com/ai-lsp/ https://fltmag.com/ai-lsp/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:04:55 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9781 By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/FPCO4009 Although I have typically been a person who has been quick to adopt new technologies in my teaching, I have a deep ambivalence about AI (artificial intelligence). Though I will not

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]]> https://fltmag.com/ai-lsp/feed/ 3 Speakology AI: The Future of Conversational Speaking Practice is Here https://fltmag.com/speakology/ https://fltmag.com/speakology/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:19:59 +0000 https://fltmag.com/?p=9772 By Lauren Rosen, Universities of Wisconsin DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SNXT5205 Have you ever wished students could overcome speaking anxiety, engage in more personalized conversations with native-like tutors, and practice using the vocabulary and structures they truly need? Well, that time is now,

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