Volume 29 Number 1 - Language Learning and Technology

Articles

A protocol for evaluating AI chatbots’ capabilities for low-resource language teachers

Nicholas Swineheart, Phuong Nguyen & Ellen Yeh

One constraint on the potential of generative AI (genAI) in language teaching is the variability in performance across languages. Large …

Dec 8

Feasibility of administering chatbot-based speaking assessment for low-level EFL students

Thuy Thi Nguyen & Jungtae Kim

This study examines the feasibility of using a chatbot-based English speaking test (C-EST) in assessing low-level students’ speaking skills. The …

Nov 17

Virtual Exchange in the new educational landscape: Challenges for foreign language teachers

Robert O'Dowd

Virtual Exchange (VE) in foreign language education has evolved significantly from its early focus on bilingual North-North partnerships to encompass …

Nov 3

Empowering learners through negotiated curriculum: Exploring its impact on WTC in a synchronous online language learning environment

Huan Huang & Michael Li

While learner-centered approaches in language education increasingly emphasize co-constructing content and learning processes, most research has focused on conventional classroom …

Oct 20

The effectiveness of app-based and classroom-based instruction on L2 learning and motivation

Beatriz González-Fernández & Inés de la Viña

Language learners around the world are increasingly using applications (apps) to learn second/foreign languages (L2). However, research on the effectiveness …

Oct 6

EFL adolescents’ engagement in artificial intelligence and peer interaction

Juhee Lee

This study investigates how intelligent personal assistants (IPAs, e.g., Google Assistant), AI language learning applications, and peer interactions shape the …

Sep 22

Anxiety in virtual exchange and its relationship with social presence

Elke Nissen, Suzi M. S. Cavalari & Solange Aranha

This exploratory study investigates the relationship between students’ anxiety and social presence (SP) in virtual exchange (VE). While existing literature …

Sep 8

Technology-enhanced vocabulary learning: The role of self-regulation and prior knowledge

Jiarun Ye, Pengchong Zhang, Rowena Kasprowicz & Catherine Tissot

Technology-enhanced vocabulary learning has gained increasing attention, yet its effectiveness remains inconclusive, with studies reporting mixed findings. Additionally, whether integrating …

Aug 25

Bringing Cinderella to spotlight: GenAI-assisted grammar acquisition in academic writing

Shu Zhou & Gerhardus Du Preez

This study examines the potential of ChatGPT to enhance grammar development in an academic writing context, where grammar instruction is …

Aug 11

Effects of bilingual and monolingual subtitles on incidental acquisition of multiword expressions

Wangyin Kenneth Li

Given the accumulating evidence about audiovisual input as a valuable resource from which knowledge of multiword expressions (MWEs) can be …

Aug 4

Uni-, bi-, and multimodal mobile-assisted listening: Differential effects of app mode on EFL listening comprehension and recognition

Marwa Hafour

Mobile apps are becoming part and parcel of our daily lives. Hence, this study examined the differential effects of app …

Jul 14

Integrating ChatGPT for vocabulary learning and retention: A classroom-based study of Saudi EFL learners

Safaa Mahmoud Abdelhalim & Raniya Alsehibany

Grounded in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, this study examines the effectiveness of integrating ChatGPT into classroom instruction to enhance vocabulary learning. …

Jul 7

AI-assisted English learning: A tool for all or only a select few?

EunJung Kim

This study investigated English learner profiles and challenges among 884 Korean 5th-grade students, with a focus on the role of …

Jun 30

Spatial repertoires in mixed-reality-based simulations for L2 teacher telecollaboration

Sumei Wu & Meei-Ling Liaw

In telecollaboration research, scholars have broadened their focus from the purely linguistic details of online intercultural encounters to include its …

Jun 16

Comprehensibility of AI-generated and human simplified texts for L2 learners

Dennis Murphy Odo

There is currently limited investigation of readers’ comprehension of AI simplified text from the perspective of educators, but such research …

May 5

Attention and learning in L2 multimodality: A webcam-based eye-tracking study

Pengchong Zhang & Shi Zhang

Multimodal input can significantly support second language (L2) vocabulary learning and comprehension. However, very little research has examined how L2 …

Apr 21

First- and second-language subtitles and cognitive load: An EEG study

Taegang Lee, Yoohyoung Lee & Sungmook Choi

Empirical evidence remains sparse about how videos enhanced with first-language (L1) and secondlanguage (L2) subtitles influence cognitive load in L2 …

Apr 7

Fostering intercultural sensitivity in language learning: Quality talk in telecollaboration

Huey-Jye You, Hui-Chin Yeh & Grace Yue Qi

Telecollaboration has received growing interest in language education as a way of fostering intercultural learning. While the body of literature …

Mar 24

Computer-assisted pronunciation training for foreign language learning of grammatical features

Elsayed Issa & Gus Hahn-Powell

This study investigates the effectiveness of a computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) system on second language learners’ acquisition of three grammatical …

Mar 11

Memes and identity in language teacher education

Boris Vazquez-Calvo, Alba Paz-López & Sergio Rey-Godoy

Memes are a popular form of digitally mediated discourse that allow users to express thoughts and emotions, often leaving identity …

Feb 24

Effects of digital game elements on engagement and vocabulary development

Ruofei Zhang, Gary Cheng & Di Zou

Digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) integrates key game elements such as Challenges, Rewards, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI), Multimedia, and Fantasy. Although …

Feb 10

Does comprehension of L2 television programs improve through regular classroom viewing?

Geòrgia Pujadas & Stuart Webb

This study investigated second language (L2) comprehension across nine episodes of the same TV series and explored whether comprehension improves …

Jan 13

Language teachers’ professional role identities and classroom technology integration

Chun Lai, Boning Lyu, Lianjiang Jiang & Yang Gong

Teachers’ role identities shape their teaching practices. However, research on the interplay between language teachers’ role identities and classroom technology …

Jan 9

Research Syntheses

What does AI bring to second language writing? A systematic review (2014-2024)

Haiying Feng, Kexin Li & Lawrence Jun Zhang

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has introduced both opportunities and challenges to second language (L2) writing, and …

May 19

A systematic review of research on AI in language education: Current status and future implications

Meina Zhu & Chaoran Wang

Given the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for language education, this article provides a review of selected empirical …

Jan 27

Columns

Technology in Practice

Edited by Matt Kessler

Teaching ESL pronunciation to international teaching assistants with the ELSA Speak app

Emilia Gracia

The demand for spoken English in professional and educational settings has inspired a revived interest in the teaching and learning …

Oct 20

Leveraging COCA to teach collocations with high mutual information scores

Quy Huynh Phu Pham

Over the past decade, extensive research has explored collocations with high mutual information (MI) scores. However, second-language learners often struggle …

Jun 30

Educational escape rooms for French grammar: A technology-in-practice approach

Hengzhi Hu, Kehan Du, Haida Umiera Hashim & Harwati Hashim

Teaching grammar in foreign language education has long posed challenges. While technology-assisted learning tools, such as educational escape rooms (EERs), …

Jun 2

Language Teacher Education and Technology Forum

Edited by Mimi Li

Using AI to enhance digital multimodal composing: EFL learners’ semiotic decision-making, self-efficacy, enjoyment, and continuance intention

Danling Li, Sichen Xia & Kai Guo

Research has demonstrated various advantages of integrating digital multimodal composing (DMC) into the teaching and learning of English as a …

Jul 7

Corpus literacy development: Three teachers' stories

Cathryn Bennett

Corpus and applied linguists have reported on the benefits that teachers gain from teaching with language corpora as early as …

Jun 16

The potential advantages of using an LLM-based chatbot for automated writing evaluation for English teaching practitioners

Kyungmin Kim, Jang Ho Lee & Dongkwang Shin

With the ever-increasing demand for assessing large amounts of student writing, Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) has emerged as an efficient …

May 5

Integrating chatbot technology in language teacher education: A TPACK-based analysis of pre-service teachers’ professional development

Lee Jin Choi, Rakhun Kim & Sun Joo Chung

As many EFL countries introduce digital textbooks and AI-based language education, the importance of enhancing pre-service language teachers’ Technological Pedagogical …

Feb 24