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By Gisele El Khoury, St. Lawrence University Introduction Due to their cultural specificity, metaphorical language, contextual reliance, regional differences, and idiomatic usage, several Arabic proverbs are extremely challenging to translate. Proverb translation is regarded as difficult since it calls for
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By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University This year I found myself unexpectedly teaching a class on Russian and Eastern European science fiction in translation. I had taught the class before, but it had been several years, so I had
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In this crowdsourced article, we brought together a collection of “tiny tech tips”. If you already know all these tips, you are a tech guru! If you have a tech tip to share, please submit it to us at Tiny
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By Bruna Sommer-Farias (Michigan State University), Valentina Vinokurova (University of Arizona), Asya Gorlova (University of Arizona), Mariana Centanin-Bertho (University of Arizona) . . . Introduction Using texts to help students notice and use grammatical and lexical choices appropriately in particular
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By Sharon Cashen, Hunter Valley Grammar School, Australia LingoTeach.ai is an AI (artificial intelligence) tool created by language teachers for language teachers that gives you an easy way to create language teaching resources. It is very intuitive and an excellent
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By Kathleen Scollins and Devin McFadden, University of Vermont Introduction Three years into pandemic-age teaching, most of us have become quite comfortable with — even enthusiastic about — the tech tools and techniques that enabled us to move our language
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By Shannon Schmoll, Caitlin Cornell, Lynn Wolff, Felix Kronenberg, and Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University Language teachers are always looking for new ways to engage their students using the target language. Planetariums are known for teaching about space
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By Denver Beirne, Asia University, Tokyo During the pandemic, like many teachers, I had to scramble to learn how to use new technologies and consider how to adapt familiar applications to deliver classes remotely. One of the tools that came
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By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School Introduction In recent years, memes have become a popular internet trend. They are widely used to share feelings or ideas in a humorous way. Memes typically consist of an image or video containing
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By Michelle Goose, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Introduction In my HyFlex Ojibwe language classes, college students participate in synchronous class sessions either in-person (in the classroom) or via desktop-based Zoom. In a HyFlex (hybrid and flexible) learning
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By Andie Faber, Kansas State University, and Christina Beaubien, Westfield State University Have you Heard of ungrading? All the Equitable Kids are Talking About It! An ungrading approach can increase equity, draw students’ attention to feedback, and bolster
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By Dr. Claudia Sanford and Dr. Michael B. Dettinger, Louisiana State University . Introduction As we settle back into normal teaching modes now that we have experienced over two years of working around COVID-19, instructors of world languages continue
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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,
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By Amanda Romjue, Emory & Henry College; Kayla Louise Soares, University of Rhode Island; Lillian Jones, University of California, Davis; Xueyan Sherry Duan, University of Rochester, New York The International Association of Language Learning Technology (IALLT) conference, IALLT 2023: Language and
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