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By Nigora Azimova, Teaching and Learning Consultant, ASSETT, University of Colorado Boulder. Thomas, M. and Reinders, H. (eds.) 2010. Task-Based Language Teaching and Technology. New York: Continuum. Task-based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology explores the interface
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By Stefano Maranzana, Ph.D student in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Graduate Associate in Teaching Italian at the University of Arizona. PBworks is a wiki, i.e., it is an online workspace that allows users to collaborate in
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By Edwige Simon, Foreign Language Technology Coordinator at the Anderson Language & Technology Center, the University of Colorado Boulder. The 2014 Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) conference was hosted by Ohio University (Athens) May 6-10. This year’s theme was
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By Alexander Waid, Ph.D., Deputy Department Chair, Humanities Associate Professor of Spanish Language & Literature and Director of the Media Resource Center, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, CT. This article presents a critical summary of my experience as a college-level language instructor. Flipgrid
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By Fernando Rubio, Co-Director, Second Language Teaching and Research Center, Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics, University of Utah. After teaching for more than 20 years, I have decided that I really do not care much about teaching. The only thing that I
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By Alison Hicks, Romance Language Librarian, Norlin Library, the University of Colorado Boulder. By Courtney Fell, Foreign Language Technology Specialist at the Anderson Language & Technology Center, the University of Colorado Boulder. INTRODUCTION As educators, we are often
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By Patricia Mosele, PhD, French instructor in the French & Italian department at the University of Colorado Boulder. Falsgraf, C. ed. Technology-infused French: Foreign language instruction in the digital age. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 2011. ISBN 978-1-56484-282-4.
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By Robert J. Blake, Professor of Spanish, the University of California Davis. By Gabriel A. Guillén, Associate Instructor of Spanish, the University of California Davis. The first online Spanish course offered through the auspices of the University of California (Spanish 2V, V
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Dr. Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Associate Dean, Yale College, Director of the Center for Language Study, Yale University. Over the past decade, budgetary constraints and institutional pressures have forced many institutions to reduce the number of foreign languages that they offer, not
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John Duquette, CEO of Yabla Mark Knowles: John Duquette, do you mind introducing yourself briefly? Where did you study, what’s your connection to the Foreign Language Learning community? John Duquette: I am from East Hartford, Connecticut and
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Marlene Johnshoy, Technology Project Coordinator and webmaster at CARLA Adrienne Gonzales: Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself and CARLA? Marlene Johnshoy: Well, my name is Marlene Johnshoy and I work here at CARLA which is
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By Merica McNeil, Ph.D. Candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Graduate Associate in Teaching French at the University of Arizona. Want to help language learners find and correct their own mistakes when writing in the target language? Did you
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By Nivea Soto-Lightbourn, lecturer in the French and Italian department at the University of Colorado Boulder. PowToon is an online tool that helps create fun, colorful, and short videos and animated presentations using animated cartoons. It is currently available for
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By Adrienne Gonzales, PhD, Foreign Language Pedagogy & Technology Specialist at University of Denver, CO. The 2013 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention and Expo was held in Orlando, Florida, November 22-24. The convention hosted over 250
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