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By Maria Slusarek, Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/QBWF7366 Introduction The world language classroom commonly uses videos as a way to foster an engaging, authentic and culturally centered language learning experience for students. EduNovela provides a unique 1:1 experience
Read MoreBy Sara Villa, Assistant Professor of Spanish, The New School, NY DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/QBWF7366 Introduction Digital spinners (also called random selector tools) allow instructors to engage students in language production in a turn-taking, game-like way. Most are free, and allow the
Read MoreRegistration is now available for the IALLT 2021 Virtual Conference! Resilience has been indispensable in overcoming extreme challenges in the past academic year. The move to the online/remote teaching environment has forced us to carefully examine what we do, how
Read MoreBy Amelia Ijiri, Adjunct Lecturer, Kyoto Sangyo University, and Betsy Lavolette, Associate Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/WQUE5728 Introduction As teachers worldwide retooled to move classes online, formal and informal teacher resources for professional development (PD) experienced unprecedented
Read MoreBy Asya Vaisman Schulman, Yiddish Book Center DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/DTHR7673 Playing modified versions of card-based party games like “Cards Against Humanity” or “Apples to Apples” can allow students to practice the target language in a structured but fun way. By creating
Read MoreBy Sara Saez-Fajardo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RJAL1296 Gather Town is a video-conferencing platform that allows teachers and students to explore a 2D map with an avatar and recover some of the most missed elements of face-to-face classroom
Read MoreIn this webinar, Julie Evershed and Jeff Magoto discuss the upcoming IALLT conference. Also check out the participant responses to the poll about what they hope to get out of the conference!
Read MoreBy Lauren Taylor, Spanish Teacher, Frisco Independent School District, Frisco, TX DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LLIQ4667 Introduction This year, I find myself in the unique position of teaching both virtual and face-to-face classes and it has forced me to analyze the way that
Read MoreDOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/BCFJ8381 In this video, Jeff interviews Dan Nickolai, Assistant Professor of French and Director of the Language Resource Center at Saint Louis University. They discuss iSpraak – an online activity generator developed by Dan that automates speech evaluation for
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/UPCL5971 For those of us who normally teach face-to-face or hybrid, finding ways to replicate games that we normally play in class in the online environment has been one of our challenges.
Read MoreBy Sherry A. Maggin, United States Military Academy DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SEBY8728 Introduction Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based meeting and collaboration space, originally intended as a workplace tool. With the onset of the pandemic, it quickly became adopted as an additional remote
Read MoreShannon and Jeff interviewed Jonathan and James about their journal/community called “Ludic Language Pedagogy”. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/AXYQ3126 Question: What is Ludic Language Pedagogy? Is it an organization, a community, a journal? TL;DR: LLP is both a journal and a community. The
Read MoreBy Lauren Taylor, Spanish Teacher, Frisco Independent School District, Frisco, TX DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/EZIX3643 Introduction Given the increased pressure that teachers are under to develop interactive virtual tools for language instruction, it is no surprise that digital creation platforms like Genial.ly
Read MoreBy Florencia Henshaw, Ph.D., Director of Advanced Spanish, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HQRX6462 As someone who gives workshops on technology integration and has a site with over 130 tech tools listed in it, one of the questions I am
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