Volume 29 Number 2, February 2025 Special Issue: Indigenous Languages and Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) with Technology Why we need more research on technology applications in less-commonly-taught-language (LCTL) programs

Why we need more research on technology applications in less-commonly-taught-language (LCTL) programs

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Volume 29 Number 2, February 2025 Special Issue: Indigenous Languages and Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) with Technology
contributor.author:
Winke, Paula Koné, Kadidja
date.accessioned:
2025-01-29T01:59:34Z
date.available:
2025-01-29T01:59:34Z
date.issued:
2025-02-01
description.abstract:
Over the years, researchers who have published in Language Learning & Technology and other journals have called for more research into technology’s applications in learning and teaching less-commonly taught languages (LCTLs) because the LCTLs are different from the more-commonly taught ones. LCTLs tend to be both under-resourced and under-studied. The programs in which they are taught tend to be smaller, have fewer faculty with heavier course loads, and have less research-dedication due to marginalization, which must change. LCTLs may also have more technological needs because they are more often taught online through cross-institution course-sharing. Additionally, their textbooks are more often fully online. The languages themselves have unique linguistic and cultural distinctions and distances from commonly-learned languages like English, making the more abundant research findings from more-commonly-taught languages (English in particular) difficult to generalize to LCTLs. In this special issue, we present seven articles on technology applications within five LCTLs: Dutch, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Vietnamese. We explain how this research is needed to support best technology practices within the LCTL programs, but also how these studies are a small step toward empowering the incredibly wide range and wealth of LCTL programs to apply technology on their own terms, and based on their own, unique learning contexts and needs.
endingpage:
10
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10
identifier.citation:
Winke, P., & Koné, K. (2025). Why we need more research on technology applications in less-commonly-taught-language (LCTL) programs. Language Learning & Technology, 29(2), 1–10. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73608
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1094-3501
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https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73608
number:
2
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73608/
startingpage:
1
subject:
LCTLs Artificial Intelligence Digital Games TBLT L2 Writing Assessment
title:
Why we need more research on technology applications in less-commonly-taught-language (LCTL) programs
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Preface
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Text
volume:
29