Artificial intelligence and generative AI are impacting world language teaching and learning at an unprecedented pace. ACTFL is taking this challenge and the opportunities it creates seriously. This compilation of ACTFL AI Resources reflects our intention to provide members with content and insight into how AI is transforming our profession.

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Online Resource Making AI Work for Language Teachers

Leverage the power of AI in platforms like Magic School AI, Diffit, Brisk Teaching AI, Conker, Formative, Quizlet Q-Chat, Canva Magic Studio, and Mizou.

Online Resource How to Leverage AI to Create a Lesson Plan

Complex grammar concepts, generate vocabulary lists tailored to specific topics

2024 ACTFL Convention Sessions on AI Topics

(All times are ET)

- 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ACTFL Practice-Oriented Papers: AI Tools and Language Acquisition
- 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Leveraging AI Tools for Designing Communicative Tasks
- 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Scaffolding Students’ Peer Teaching
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Using Generative AI to Create Authentic Engagement & Enrich Your Curriculum
- 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Generative Artificial Intelligence for L2: Tools and Integration Strategies
- 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. Revolutionizing Language Learning: “Think Again” with Quizlet and ChatGPT
- 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. AI Integration in Language Education: Unlocking Global Communication
- 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. LASER-focused AI Use in the Language Classroom
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. AI: Your New Co-Teacher - Transforming Language Classrooms with AI
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Artificial Intelligence and Multimodal Mastery in Arabic Language Classes
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Exploring the Frontier: Integrating AI in the Chinese Language Classroom
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Integrating AI and Gamifying Strategies in World Language Courses
- 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Integrating AI-Powered Conversation Practice in Online Language Courses
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Personalized Learning Journeys: Leveraging AI in L2 Classrooms
- 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. AI in the World Language Classroom: Hey Teachers, Let Those Kids Use AI!
- 2:53 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. AI Prohibited: Writing Prompts for Beginning German
- 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Listening Comprehension with AI: Redefining Learners’ Experience
- 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ChatGPT in Spanish Language Classes: How Can I Use It?
- 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Exploring AI tools for Project-Based Language Learning
- 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. “Spatial” Revolution: Transforming with AI-Enhanced Immersive Environments
- 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ACTFL Practice-Oriented Papers: Immersed in AI
- 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Boost Your Teaching Toolbox: AI Essentials for Educators
- 4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Using AI as a Pre-Activity to Discover Street Art
- 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Chat GPT and Teachable Moments in Foreign Language Writing Instruction
- 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ChatZPD? Artificial Intelligence and the Zone of Proximal Development
- 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. AI: Friend or Foe?
- 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. ChatGPT and Beyond: Transforming Language Pedagogy in Higher Education
- 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Enlisting the Enemy: AI and Student Learning
- 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Linguistic Diversity Through AI and Translanguaging
- 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Policies and Practices for Effectively Using AI Tools in Chinese Courses
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. AI for the Rest of Us: Chatbots in the Language Classroom
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Create Activities that Reduce the Chances of Using Artificial Intelligence
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Make Spanish Casual! Using AI and Modern Technology to Teach Spanish Slang
- 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. AI Empowers Educators: Enhancing Teaching, Differentiation & Lesson Planning
- 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Utilizing AI-Assisted Video Production for Advanced Language Learners
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. AI-Enhanced Language Teaching Methodologies
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Foreign Language Teacher Education Programs
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Overcome the Algorithm: A Generative AI Guide for Celebrating Diversity
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Proposals for a Sustainable and Ethical Approach to L2 Teaching with AI
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Research on the Use of Concept-Driven Instruction and AI in Italian
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ACTFL Digital Learning Lounge: Formative Self-Assessment and Feedback for Teachers and Learners in the Age of AI
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ACTFL Practice-Oriented Papers: AI and Pedagogical Practices for Arabic
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Authentic Texts Reimagined by Multimodalities and Generative AIs
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Generative AI Redux: What’s New for Language Teaching and Learning?
- 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. AI-Powered Integration of Folktales, Proverbs, Graphic Novels, and Films
- 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Developing Writing Activities that Foster Social Awareness in Times of AI
- 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Enhancing Speaking Skills in Novice L2 Learners Through AI Interaction
- 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Utilizing AI, an Arabic Content Course: Instructor and Students Perspective
- 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Adapting AI Teaching Tools: A Case Study with College Chinese Programs
- 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. AI Narratives: Transforming Language Education Through the PACE Model
- 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Crafting Engaging Language Lessons: A Journey into AI-Enhanced Gamification
- 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Unlock the ‘Wow’ Factor: AI Tools for Language Teaching
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. AI as an Academic Integrity Ally: Can-Do Statements that Empower Students
- 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Explore the Art of ‘Prompt Writing’ in Language Teaching
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Leveraging Generative AI (ChatGPT) for the Language Classroom
- 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Assessing ChatGPT’s Intercultural Competence: Three Experiments
- 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. L2 Learning with AI: Developing Skills in Grammar and Writing
- 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Tips for Student Media Production: Animation, AI, Comics, and Podcasts
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Enhancing Students’ Writing Skills in Foreign Languages Using AI
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. AI, ChatGPT, and Linguistics in Chinese Instruction
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Did My Students or ChatGPT Write This? AI-Proofing Your Assignments
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Enhancing Spanish SLA via ChatGPT: Pedagogical Potentials and Outcomes
- 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. AI-Powered Task Design in TCSOL Instruction: An Action Research Study
- 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Embracing the Future: Collaborative Language Learning with AI

Town Hall Discussions

Online Resource Linguistic Justice: Black, Indigenous, and Queer Languaging

A Language as Liberation Town Hall Session with Tasha Austin, James Coda, and Maria Datel, August 29, 2024

Online Resource Equitable, Imaginative, and Justice-Centered AI in WLE

A Language as Liberation Town Hall session with Carmela Scala and Amanda Ramirez, moderated by L. J. Randolph Jr. Recorded on May 30, 2024.

The Language Educator Resources

Online Resource Embracing GenAI: A Teacher's Journey from Hubris to Humility*

Educator Voices by Sarah Dutton, The Language Educator, Summer 2024

Online Resource Q&A: A Conversation with Richard Culatta about Technology and AI in Language Education Today and Tomorrow

The Language Educator, Summer 2024

Article President’s Message

L. J. Randolph Jr., The Language Educator, Spring 2024

Article 30 ChatGPT Prompts for Language Learners—Ways to Use AI in the World Language Classroom

Natalia Álvarez-Morillo. The Language Educator, Winter 2024

Article A Global Perspective on AI—Opportunities and Questions for Language Educators

Mohamed Abdel-Kader, The Language Educator, Winter 2024

Article Ten Ways Teachers Can Take Advantage of Generative AI

Maureen Lamb. The Language Educator, Fall 2023

Article Duolingo Bots

The Language Educator, January-February 2017

Article Interview with 2016 ACTFL Convention Keynote Speaker

Mike Walsh, The Language Educator, August-September 2016

Article Q&A interview

Luis von Ahn, founder of Duolingo, The Language Educator, January-February 2016

Foreign Language Annals Resources

Online Resource Investigating L2 Writers' Uses of Machine Translation and Other Online Tools

Kimberly Vinall, Wen Wen, and Emily A. Hellmich, November 21, 2023, Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 57, Issue 2

Online Resource Looks Like Google to Me: Instructor Ability to Detect Machine Translation in L2 Spanish Writing

Luciane Maimone and Jason Jolley, May 9, 2023, Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 56, Issue 3

Online Resource A Case Study: A Technological Insight on Teaching Translation

Cristina Pardo-Ballester, July 14, 2022

Online Resource Machine Translation and the L2 Classroom: Pedagogical Solutions for Making Peace with Google Translate

Cynthia Ducar and Deborah Houk Schocket, October 22, 2018

ACTFL Position Statement

Online Resource Role of Educators in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning

ACTFL Position Statement, May 19, 2017

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