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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
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By Wenjing Huang, Mandarin Teacher, Wildwood School Introduction Do you find that your language students’ attention diminishes at the end of the semester or school year? Have you thought about providing more choices into your curriculum to increase learners’ autonomy
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by Frederick Poole, Michigan State University As language teachers, it is important to always be on the lookout for new and effective ways to teach our students. One tool that can be particularly useful in this task is ChatGPT, a
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Dr. Felix A. Kronenberg, Director of the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA), and of the National Less Commonly Taught Languages Resource Center (NLRC), and Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, Michigan State University. Dr. Frederick
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by Olha Tytarenko, Associate Professor of Practice of Russian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Confessions of a Frustrated Educator I wish I could say that my exploration of the uses of immersive technology started with my
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Cemil Gökhan Karacan, research assistant in the English Language Teaching department at Istanbul Medipol University and Ph.D. candidate in English Language Teaching at Bahçesehir University. Elif Mollamehmetoğlu, English and Turkish language instructor at Istinye University in Istanbul
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By Nergiz Kern, Head of Research at Immerse, Independent EdTech professional specializing in immersive and blended learning. Reading through this special issue on VR/AR and language learning, you will know by now that virtual reality has features that
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by Tricia Thrasher, Ph.D., Research Manager at Immerse In 2018, I had the opportunity to put on a virtual reality (VR) headset for the first time. I was pursuing a Ph.D. in French and Second Language Acquisition and had
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By Tricia Thrasher, PhD, Research Manager at Immerse. As language teachers, we’ve all worked at some point with students who experience foreign language anxiety – or FLA for short. For some students, this anxiety only really comes to the surface
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By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School, Newtown, PA. Introduction CoSpaces is a mixed reality (VR and AR) web-based application that allows users to create and engage with interactive media content. It allows students to demonstrate
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IALLT Interview Project Episode 8: Interview about Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) with Regina Kaplan-Rakowski, Randall Sadler, and Tricia Thrasher In this interview, Jeff Samuels discusses AR and VR for language learning with Regina Kaplan-Rakowski of the University
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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
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Edwige Simon, Ph.D., Online Learning and Instructional Technology Director at the International Center for Language Studies, Washington DC. Name of tool Elixir for Oculus Quest 2 URL http://elixir.magnopus.com/ Primary purpose VR experience for interpretive listening Cost
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