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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
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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,
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By Andria Lorentzen and Euan Bonner, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan Introduction By now nearly everyone has heard about the incredible advancements that artificial intelligence (AI) has made over the past few years in regards to understanding
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By Elena Lanza and Reyes Morán, Northwestern University The year 2020 marked the beginning of a new era for both students and educators when, in a mad panic, institutions scrambled to make the shift from face-to-face (F2F) to online
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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
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By Angela Lee-Smith, Yale University The Challenges and Rationale The COVID-19 pandemic hit every corner of the world, and we, language teachers, all had to transform our classrooms into virtual platforms. I swiftly adjusted learning materials, activities, tasks, and assessments,
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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
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By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University Introduction Recently, Anna Carson introduced readers of The FLTMAG to a wonderful tool called Readlang in her article “Supporting Semi-Autonomous Reading Has Never Been So Easy!”. After learning about the tool, I have
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By Amanda Ferris, Coloma Junior High School, and Frederick Poole, Michigan State University Introduction Videos can be used to build students’ background knowledge, provide authentic learning opportunities, and facilitate deeper thinking. It is common to use videos in
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By Molly Godwin-Jones, Learning Design Specialist at the Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Friedman, R. and George, A. (Eds.). (2022). Online Language Teaching in Diverse Contexts. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. In 2020, the COVID
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By Claire Frances and Giovanni Zimotti, University of Iowa From the Chronicle of Higher Education’s December 13th article, “AI and the Future of Undergraduate Writing” to NPR’s December 19th story, “A new AI chatbot might do your homework for
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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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