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As course offerings shrink with programs under threat, how can language centers facilitate language practice and continue meeting student needs and interests? Learn how one small center has embraced informal language groups, led by student volunteers and driven entirely by student interests. We’ll examine how these interest groups work and highlight the value of students leading students in language exploration. Beyond this particular model, we’ll exchange views on other relevant, and perhaps strategic, approaches to co-curricular learning that centers might pursue, such as intercultural assessment and learning.

In this webinar, we will share best practices on integrating virtual reality into the language classroom, tips on building your virtual world in VRChat using Unity, and suggestions on dos and don’ts in managing time, students, and technology.

Language learners often struggle with particular grammar topics, but with limited instructional time, sometimes these topics do not receive in-depth attention in the classroom. One example of this phenomenon is the gender of German nouns. This presentation showcases a software solution that supplies the reasoning behind the gender of German nouns, aiming to help learners understand the underlying rules. The presentation will highlight the program’s potential for assisting students with background knowledge, and will emphasize that AI solutions extend beyond ChatGPT, offering innovative solutions to language learning challenges.

After a year of implementation, it is clear that Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Bing Chat & Google Bard, present both opportunities to enhance language learning and threats to the integrity of teaching, learning and assessment. In this webinar, Dr. Bertram Gallant will encourage language instructors to explore the practical ways in which they can think through these opportunities and threats and craft policies to guide ethical GenAI use in the classroom.

This session will explore the many different ways that language teachers can use Canva to enhance their classes. Canva can also be integrated into many different LMS systems, and best all, Canva for Education allows teachers to access these tools for free. Canva Magic tools for AI will be reviewed, and teachers will come away with many examples of ideas and activities they can do with Canva in their language classes.