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The Design and Evaluation of an Interactive AI Companion for Foreign Language Writing
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Nicole Mills; Hannah Hok; Arnaud Dressen; Quentin Veillas – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
The Modern Language Association (MLA) published a writing and artificial intelligence (AI) working paper that provided an overview of key issues, concerns, and recommendations to help language educators make principle-driven pedagogical decisions to support critical AI literacy. To address the MLA's recommendations, a collaborative AI writing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
Proficiency Development and Smartphone Usage in Study Abroad: Microgenetic Longitudinal Case Studies of French Learners
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Mroz, Aurore P.; Thrasher, Tricia – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This longitudinal study explores how the language proficiency of eight (N = 8) US-affiliated university students developed relative to their smartphone usage during study abroad (SA) in Paris. Phone usage was tracked daily with Space, proficiency weekly using NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do statements, and language use monthly via a Language Engagement…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, French, Second Language Learning, College Students
Self-Directed Use of Machine Translation among Language Learners: Does It Lead to Disruptive L2 Avoidance?
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Elisabet Titik Murtisari; Andreas Kukuh Kristianto; Gary Bonar – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
Rapid improvements in the capabilities of machine translation (MT) raise questions about possible increases in overreliance on MT among lower-proficiency or novice level language learners. This study investigated how such learners described their use of online MT for independent reading and writing tasks, and whether this included descriptions…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation, Computational Linguistics
The World Languages Professional Life Survey: K-20 Articulation through the 5 Cs and the Can-Dos
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Moss, Grant D.; Gambrell, James A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The overarching objective of the World Language Professional Life Survey (WLPLS) was to determine the K-20 World Language (WL) profession's familiarity with both the "World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages" (5 Cs) and with the Can-Do Statements (Can-Dos). The survey strove to identify how both sets of principles might…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software