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Research paper thumbnail of Revolutionize Your Teaching Toolkit with Magicschool.ai’s Wizardry

The FLTMag, 2024

anguage teaching can be a rewarding but challenging profession. Language teachers often have to j... more anguage teaching can be a rewarding but challenging profession. Language teachers often have to juggle multiple classes, design engaging lesson plans, create and adapt various materials, and assess their students’ progress. These tasks can be time-consuming, exhausting, and repetitive, leading to teacher burnout and reduced quality of instruction. Fortunately, there is a solution that can make teaching languages easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable: Magicschool.ai. This platform harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist educators with various aspects of their work, such as generating original content, differentiating instruction, writing assessments, and more. It also enables teachers to communicate and translate in different languages, facilitating cross-cultural understanding and collaboration. Magicschool.ai is a free and user-friendly tool that can help language teachers save time, prevent burnout, and promote sustainability in their profession.

Research paper thumbnail of Technology Assistance in Second Language Acquisition: Potentials and Limitations

Teachers College Columbia University Working Papers in Tesol Applied Linguistics, Jan 3, 2012

... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Al... more ... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Alice Chen 7. Computer-Assisted Second Language Teaching, Learning, and Research Shaoyan Qi ... 10. Ensuring Effective Second-Language Learning in CALL Yayun Anny ...

Research paper thumbnail of The case against Monolingual Bias in Multilingualism

Teachers College Columbia University Working Papers in Tesol Applied Linguistics, Dec 21, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Technology Assistance in Second Language Acquisition: Potentials and Limitations

Teachers College Columbia University Working Papers in Tesol Applied Linguistics, Jan 3, 2012

... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Al... more ... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Alice Chen 7. Computer-Assisted Second Language Teaching, Learning, and Research Shaoyan Qi ... 10. Ensuring Effective Second-Language Learning in CALL Yayun Anny ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corrective feedback in written synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated communication.

Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, Vol. 17, No. 2, 9-27, 2017

Although corrective feedback (CF) has attracted much attention in the field of second language ac... more Although corrective feedback (CF) has attracted much attention in the field of second language acquisition, there is scant research pertaining to CF in naturalistic written computer-mediated communication (CMC). This exploratory study addressed this gap by describing the types of CF that occurred and evaluating their relative effects on learner uptake in two conditions: (1) asynchronous CMC and (2) synchronous CMC between four Native Speaker-Non-Native Speaker dyads. As a measure of effectiveness, learner uptake is defined as immediate or delayed learner responses to CF. Participants completed the following synchronous tasks: an introductory task, and a video-prompted discussion task via an online chat program. For the asynchronous task, the participants co-developed a 3-day travel plan via email. The findings showed that CF in the form of clarification requests existed in the ACMC environment, whereas recasts were the only type of CF observed in the SCMC environment. Although no evidence of immediate effect was shown during task performance, an instance of delayed effect was shown across tasks in the SCMC environment.

Research paper thumbnail of Use of Technology in an Adult Intensive English Program: Benefits and Challenges

Research paper thumbnail of Researching Online Foreign Language Interaction and Exchange: Theories, Methods and Challenges. (Book Review)

Research paper thumbnail of The case against Monolingual Bias in Multilingualism

Research paper thumbnail of Use of Technology in an Adult Intensive Language Program: Benefits and Challenges

Research paper thumbnail of Technology Assistance in Second Language Acquisition: Potentials and Limitations

… University Working Papers in TESOL & …, Jan 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of CALL for SLA: Does its Benefits Outweigh its Costs

… University Working Papers in TESOL & …, Jan 1, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of An Interview with APPLE Lecture Guest Speaker Professor Leo van Lier

Teachers College, Columbia …, Jan 1, 2012

Book Reviews by Farah Akbar, Ed.D.

Research paper thumbnail of Insights into Autonomy and Technology in Language Teaching (Language Teaching Insights) by C. Lai (Forthcoming - Book Review)

Research paper thumbnail of Revolutionize Your Teaching Toolkit with Magicschool.ai’s Wizardry

The FLTMag, 2024

anguage teaching can be a rewarding but challenging profession. Language teachers often have to j... more anguage teaching can be a rewarding but challenging profession. Language teachers often have to juggle multiple classes, design engaging lesson plans, create and adapt various materials, and assess their students’ progress. These tasks can be time-consuming, exhausting, and repetitive, leading to teacher burnout and reduced quality of instruction. Fortunately, there is a solution that can make teaching languages easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable: Magicschool.ai. This platform harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist educators with various aspects of their work, such as generating original content, differentiating instruction, writing assessments, and more. It also enables teachers to communicate and translate in different languages, facilitating cross-cultural understanding and collaboration. Magicschool.ai is a free and user-friendly tool that can help language teachers save time, prevent burnout, and promote sustainability in their profession.

Research paper thumbnail of Technology Assistance in Second Language Acquisition: Potentials and Limitations

Teachers College Columbia University Working Papers in Tesol Applied Linguistics, Jan 3, 2012

... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Al... more ... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Alice Chen 7. Computer-Assisted Second Language Teaching, Learning, and Research Shaoyan Qi ... 10. Ensuring Effective Second-Language Learning in CALL Yayun Anny ...

Research paper thumbnail of The case against Monolingual Bias in Multilingualism

Teachers College Columbia University Working Papers in Tesol Applied Linguistics, Dec 21, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Technology Assistance in Second Language Acquisition: Potentials and Limitations

Teachers College Columbia University Working Papers in Tesol Applied Linguistics, Jan 3, 2012

... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Al... more ... 6. Extended Implications of Technology in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cheng-Ling Alice Chen 7. Computer-Assisted Second Language Teaching, Learning, and Research Shaoyan Qi ... 10. Ensuring Effective Second-Language Learning in CALL Yayun Anny ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corrective feedback in written synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated communication.

Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, Vol. 17, No. 2, 9-27, 2017

Although corrective feedback (CF) has attracted much attention in the field of second language ac... more Although corrective feedback (CF) has attracted much attention in the field of second language acquisition, there is scant research pertaining to CF in naturalistic written computer-mediated communication (CMC). This exploratory study addressed this gap by describing the types of CF that occurred and evaluating their relative effects on learner uptake in two conditions: (1) asynchronous CMC and (2) synchronous CMC between four Native Speaker-Non-Native Speaker dyads. As a measure of effectiveness, learner uptake is defined as immediate or delayed learner responses to CF. Participants completed the following synchronous tasks: an introductory task, and a video-prompted discussion task via an online chat program. For the asynchronous task, the participants co-developed a 3-day travel plan via email. The findings showed that CF in the form of clarification requests existed in the ACMC environment, whereas recasts were the only type of CF observed in the SCMC environment. Although no evidence of immediate effect was shown during task performance, an instance of delayed effect was shown across tasks in the SCMC environment.

Research paper thumbnail of Use of Technology in an Adult Intensive English Program: Benefits and Challenges

Research paper thumbnail of Researching Online Foreign Language Interaction and Exchange: Theories, Methods and Challenges. (Book Review)

Research paper thumbnail of The case against Monolingual Bias in Multilingualism

Research paper thumbnail of Use of Technology in an Adult Intensive Language Program: Benefits and Challenges

Research paper thumbnail of Technology Assistance in Second Language Acquisition: Potentials and Limitations

… University Working Papers in TESOL & …, Jan 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of CALL for SLA: Does its Benefits Outweigh its Costs

… University Working Papers in TESOL & …, Jan 1, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of An Interview with APPLE Lecture Guest Speaker Professor Leo van Lier

Teachers College, Columbia …, Jan 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Insights into Autonomy and Technology in Language Teaching (Language Teaching Insights) by C. Lai (Forthcoming - Book Review)