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Opening the Toolbox: Creating & Customizing AI Chatbots for Language Learning: IALLT Featured Webinar of 2025
Presenters: Dr. Rachel Mamiya Hernandez and Dr. Richard Medina, Center for Language & Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MEYK2207 This webinar shows how instructors and students can use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to design and build custom AI-powered chatbots
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Bridge the Tech Gap: 5 Takeaways About the Future of L2 Pedagogy
By Gisele El Khoury, St. Lawrence University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IKVV4067 Introduction Over the winter break, I engaged in intensive professional development through Coursera and LinkedIn Learning focused on generative AI and digital strategies for teaching, communication, and design (you can find
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From Prompt to Print: Crafting Personal Illustrated Storybooks with Gemini Storybook
By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CEPA3379 Introduction Gemini Storybook is a new feature in Google Gemini as of August 2025. It generates a personalized 10-page storybook in under a minute with customizable artwork, audio, and text in
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5 Takeaways from “Design For How People Learn” by Julie Dirksen
By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/PCRZ3279 This short article is part of a new series called “5 Takeaways”, in which the author of the article gives their reaction to a book or other type of media with
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New Article Type! 5 Takeaways
We are now introducing a new article type, called “5 Takeaways”. The idea is that you would read a book or an article, listen to a podcast, or watch a video, and then summarize for the readers of The FLTMAG
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5 Takeaways from “Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations”
By Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TTMG9189 This short article is part of our new series, “5 Takeaways”, where authors share their reactions to a book or other media by highlighting five key points – big or small
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2025 FLEAT 8 Conference Report
By Samanta Buffa, Ayesha Swinton, Amanda Romjue, Shannon Donnally Quinn, and Jeffrey Samuels DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ZIQR7297 The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT), the Japanese Association for Language Education and Technology (LET), and the Center for Language and Technology
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AI Chatbots for Beginning Language Learners
By Akiko Meguro and Todd Bryant, Dickinson College DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CZNP1530 Introduction One of the challenges facing language teachers is creating engaging out-of-class assignments that support the communicative goals of the current lesson while also providing useful feedback. Online workbooks offer
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Making Space for Real Conversations: AI Chatbots in the Language Classroom
By Nataliya Spirydovich, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YHRJ4554 We’ve all been there: students freeze up in conversation practice, or the more confident ones dominate while the quieter ones fade into the background. Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can shift that
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Navigating Online Survey Fraud: Lessons from a Study on Open Educational Resources in Spanish for Specific Purposes
By Christine Rickabaugh, Open Education Librarian, University of Arkansas; Dr. Diana Galarreta-Aima, Associate Professor of Spanish, James Madison University; Dr. Andrea Nate, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of North Alabama DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MEQX4277 What started as a straightforward survey about teaching
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Designing with Purpose: Pedagogical Reflections for the Development of AI Speaking Tools
By Christiane Reves, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Language Program Director for German, Department of German, New York University, former Assistant Teaching Professor and Lower Division Coordinator German, School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University and Mariana Bahtchevanova, PhD,
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Snorkl: A Bigger Flip/Flipgrid with AI-Powered Feedback
By Wenjing Huang, Chinese Teacher, George School DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IMLG1774 Introduction When Flip/Flipgrid was sunsetted, many educators started to search for something to fill the gap. Now you can consider Snorkl. It is a web-based platform that allows students to respond
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Game-Inspired Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning
By Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni, Texas A&M University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YREQ2378 Sumeru, with Mt. Damavand rising in the distance, feels like home – it must be the names, the music, the lore – even the character I am playing, Alhaitham, reminds me
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From Grammar to Strategy: Two Perspectives on Language Education and AI from FLEAT 8
By Petra Juna Jennings (University of Ostrava, the Czech Technical University in Prague) and Christina Thunstedt (Technical University of Munich) DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LJYY3571 Europe goes to Hawaii When we first met on Oahu at FLEAT 8, after long flights from Germany
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