Previous Issues

Volume 30 Number 1 2026

Articles

GenAI-mediated activity theory (GMAT) for L2 teachers

Jang Ho Lee, Yohan Hwang & Seongyong Lee

This study proposes the GenAI-Mediated Activity Theory (GMAT) as a conceptual framework for understanding how generative AI (GenAI) reshapes second …

May 4
Distributed agency in AI-assisted L2 writing

Pin-Hsi Patrick Chen & Yichun Liu

This longitudinal qualitative study examines distributed agency between human writers and generative AI in the context of L2 writing. Grounded …

Apr 13
Beyond borders and screens in China: L2 motivation, digital literacy, and virtual intercultural experience in GenAI-mediated informal digital learning of English

Minlin Zou, Meiqi Li & Xueyun He

Against the backdrop of the rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into informal digital learning settings, this study investigates …

Apr 6
Task-based language teaching in VR versus traditional settings

Koyo Ogawa

This study compared Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) delivered in virtual reality (VR) and in traditional settings, examining learning gains, transfer, …

Mar 23
Critical semiotic awareness in virtual exchange using digital cultural artefacts

Wala Almijiwl & Müge Satar

Virtual Exchange (VE) is a technology-enabled, people-to-people interaction (EVOLVE, n.d.). It can facilitate the digital-intercultural turn in language education, where …

Mar 9
Custom GPT as mediator: Dynamic Assessment with beginner KFL learners

Minjin Kim

This study examines how a custom GPT-based chatbot can mediate learner development within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) through …

Feb 23
AI as a debate coach: A mixed-methods analysis of student self-efficacy and perceptions in an AI-assisted debate

Joan Wan-Ting Huang

Debate is an effective pedagogical approach, yet it presents significant challenges for EFL learners. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots are …

Feb 17
Learning grammar the explorative way: Integrating interactive grammar animations into CALL

Daniel Pust

Interactive grammar animations (InGA) represent a further development of conventional grammar animations by building on their theoretical foundations in cognitive …

Feb 11
Agency to autonomy in mediated data-driven learning: A longitudinal study

Sun-Young Oh & Soyeon Moon

Drawing on Sociocultural Theory (SCT), this longitudinal case study examines how secondary EFL learners exercise agency, engage, and develop autonomy …

Feb 2
Effects of virtual exchanges on learners’ affective and speaking outcomes

Kanako Tabuchi, Sho Kobayashi, Yuya Nakagawa & John Roberts

Interactive speaking performance—understood as dialogic communication through peer exchanges, discussions, and collaborative dialogues involving real-time negotiation of meaning—together with affective …

Jan 26

Columns

Technology in Practice

Edited by Matt Kessler

Multiliteracies for generative artificial intelligence-assisted digital multimodal composing: A technology-in-practice approach

Alexander Fukin Tang & David Byron Honeycutt

With recent trends toward integrating generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the second language (L2) classroom, there has been a surge …

Mar 16

Media Reviews

Review of Telecollaboration Applications in Foreign Language Classrooms

Sumei Wu & Hui-Wen Huang

Feb 2