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Table of contents vii Notes on contributors xxi Foreword Robert Godwin-Jones 1 Introduction Tita Beaven and Fernando Rosell-Aguilar 5 Decolonising the languages curriculum: linguistic justice for linguistic ecologies Alison Phipps 11 Dialogue facilitation: learning to listen Francesca Helm 17 Virtual exchange: connecting language learners in online intercultural collaborative learning Begoña F. Gutiérrez and Robert O’Dowd 23 The linguistic landscape: enhancing multiliteracies through decoding signs in public spaces Margarita Vinagre 29 Translanguaging: navegando entre lenguas – pedagogical translanguaging for multilingual classrooms Mara Fuertes Gutiérrez 35 Learning through wonder: imprinting wonder in language learning for lifelong engagement Alessia Plutino 43 Learning without a teacher: self-directed language learning in the digital wilds Ana Beaven 49 LMOOCs: free, self-access language learning on a global scale Ana Gimeno-Sanz iii Table of contents 57 Open badges: recognising learning through digital micro-credentials Teresa MacKinnon 63 Comparative judgement: assess student production without absolute judgements Josh Sumner 69 Technology-facilitated oral homework: leveraging technology to get students speaking outside the classroom David Shanks 77 Ipsative assessment: measuring personal improvement Antonio Martínez-Arboleda 83 The translation turn: a communicative approach to translation in the language classroom Ángeles Carreres and María Noriega-Sánchez 91 Action-oriented approaches: being at the heart of the action Aline Germain-Rutherford 97 Digital corpora: language teaching and learning in the age of big data Matt Absalom 103 Digital storytelling: multimodal meaning making Judith Buendgens-Kosten 109 Gamification: motivating language learning with gameful elements Joan-Tomàs Pujolà 115 Augmented reality learning: education in real-world contexts Mark Pegrum 122 Automatic speech recognition: can you understand me? Susana Pérez Castillejo 128 Speaking to machines: motivating speaking through oral interaction with intelligent assistants Joshua Underwood iv Table of contents 134 Speaking with machines: interacting with bots for language teaching and learning Müge Satar 140 TeachMeets: continuing professional development for teachers by teachers Jane Basnett 146 Author index v vi Notes on contributors Editors Tita Beaven is Director of Innovation and e-Learning at Sounds-Write, an education company in the UK. Before that, she was a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the UK Open University, where she worked for more than 20 years. She holds a doctorate in Educational Technology from the OU and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests are in the areas of Open Educational Resources and Practices and online language learning. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9074-8789 Fernando Rosell-Aguilar is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Spanish at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He holds a PhD in Computer-assisted Language Learning and an MA in Online and Distance Learning. His research focuses on online language learning, including the use of apps, Twitter, and podcasting as teaching and learning tools. Other research interests include the use of multimodal synchronous online conferencing and task design. Fernando is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has taught Spanish and CALL at UK Universities (The University of Buckingham, The University of Southampton, The Open University, and Coventry University) since 1996. ORCID: https:// orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-0565 Invited author Robert Godwin-Jones, PhD, is Professor of World Languages and International Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and past Director of the English Language Program there, as well as Director of the Instructional Development Center. His research is principally in applied linguistics, in the areas of language learning and technology and intercultural communication. Robert has published widely in those fields, as well as regularly presenting at international conferences and offering workshops. Most recently, he has worked in the areas of mobile- assisted language learning, open educational resources, telecollaboration, and informal language learning. He writes a regular column for the journal Language Learning & Technology on emerging technologies. His most recent book, co- vii Notes on contributors edited with Richard Lin and I. J. Weng (2018) is Internationalizing English Language Education in Globalized Taiwan. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-2377-3204 Authors Matt Absalom is a university teacher and researcher, linguist, Italian language coach, translator, and published author. His current appointment is in the Italian Studies program at The University of Melbourne. He holds qualifications in music, education, languages, and linguistics, and his research and publication interests cover Italian linguistics, computer assisted language learning, languages education, and a variety of related issues in applied linguistics. Matt’s university career in Australia spans three universities: the Australian National University, University of South Australia, and the University of Melbourne. In addition to his academic work, Matt has a background in teacher professional learning and in the development and leadership of overseas education programs to Italy. A passionate advocate for languages and languages education, Matt is a regular feature of languages-related events around Australia. He is a dedicated practitioner of hot yoga and has recently discovered the joys of running. Jane Basnett has been teaching for 26 years and heads up a large Modern Languages Faculty at a girls’ independent school near London. Despite the number of years at the chalk face, she has never stopped learning and undertook an MA in Digital Technology for Language Teaching which she completed in 2016. She has organised and presented at a number of TeachMeets over the years, both with and without themes, and orchestrated her first online TeachMeet during the pandemic. Ana Beaven teaches English as a Foreign Language at the University of Bologna Language Centre. She has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick, and her main areas of interest are intercultural language education, the use of technology in the language classroom, learner autonomy, and virtual exchange. She has taken part in numerous European projects, and was the viii Notes on contributors coordinator of Intercultural Education Resources for Erasmus Students and their Teachers (IEREST). She is also a trained Dialogue Facilitator with Soliya and a trainer for Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange. Judith Buendgens-Kosten is a postdoctoral researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt. They hold an MA in Online and Distance Education