IALLT's free language technology magazine
By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School Introduction Formative (also known as GoFormative), a website that helps educators create digital assignments, see learners’ work and engagement in real-time, and give feedback faster than ever (for more details about the application,
Read More
By Sherry Maggin and Stephanie Irani-Tehrani, The United States Military Academy Introduction Microsoft’s Reading Progress is a useful tool to practice oral reading fluency in a variety of languages. Considered as a “Learning Accelerator” by Microsoft, Reading Progress is available
Read More
By Damaris Cordero Badilla, Dra., Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA) Introduction Worldchat Live Education is a video chat platform that was founded in 2018 by M.Ed. Anne-Marie LaFortune and formally launched in 2020. It allows teachers and students to
Read More
By Priya Panday-Shukla, Washington State University, and Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University Introduction While ChatGPT is the most well-known Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool available at this point, there are also other applications using AI that teachers might want to
Read More
By Amanda Romjue, Emory & Henry College Introduction Deck.Toys: Learning Paths for Lesson Adventures is a set of tools to create fun and engaging lessons for students that is very easy to use. The platform allows teachers to combine a
Read More
By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School Introduction Every teacher has different toolboxes and favorite websites, but there is one great tool that has been overlooked by many educators: ClassTools.net. It is a simple website with a collection of many
Read More
By Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Introduction Over the past few months, many of us have spent countless hours fretting about ways in which AI-powered chatbots will ruin some of our favorite tasks and go-to assignments. While
Read More
By Shannon Donnally Quinn and Frederick Poole, Michigan State University Introduction and Overview You may have heard of ChatGPT, the chatbot created by OpenAI that is creating a lot of buzz about artificial intelligence (AI). The same company
Read More
By Sofia Guzzon, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Actively Learn is a digital reading platform designed for young adults which can be useful for foreign language learners of English. The platform includes a large amount of ready-made content in English
Read More
By Angela Lee-Smith, Yale University Introduction Storytelling is an extremely valuable activity for developing students’ language skills. StoryMap is a helpful storytelling tool for language learners to effectively communicate and share place-based digital storytelling that narrates about people, events, emotions,
Read More
By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School Introduction Gamification has been an emerging element in designing exciting and engaging learning experiences for digital native Gen Z students. Escape Rooms (ERs) are a game-based learning approach to break out from the
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
By Wenjing Huang, Mandarin Teacher, George School, Newtown, PA. Introduction Virtual Reality, or VR, is a computer-generated simulation of an environment or 3-dimensional image where people can interact in a seemingly real way. When we talk about
Read More