Presentations
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Invited Plenary Talks
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November 2023. How CALL can help save language learning in critical times. WorldCALL 2023 Conference. ChiangMai, Thiland.
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April 2023. Technology for the development L2 pragmatic competence. Spring 2023 Student Research Symposium. University of South Carolina [online].
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June 2022. Pragmatics learning in digital spaces: How to apply it. ITAP Spring Seminar. Barcelona. Spain [online]
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July 2020. Invited Online Talk. Online task-based teaching: from needs analysis to learner assessment. Trinity Language Council. Duke University, US. [online]
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November 2019. La adquisición de la lengua extranjera y la tecnología. LangTIC Conference. Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia.
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October 2019. Technology-mediated Task-based Language Learning: A Window into Other Worlds. New Zealand Association of Language Teachers (NZALT) Annual Conference. Auckland. NZ.
July, 2019. Invited Guest Speaker. Technology-Mediated Task-Based Language Teaching. School of Language Studies. US Department of State Foreign Service Institute. Washington D.C. You can watch this presentation at the FSI YouTube channel
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​September 2017. Technology-mediated Task-based Language Teaching: Principles and Applications. GloCALL Conference. Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam.
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April 2017. Tasks in technology-mediated contexts. 7th International Conference of Task-based Language Teaching. Barcelona Spain.
August 2016. Innovación tecnológica y nuevas metodologías para la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras (Technological Innovation and New Methodologies for Foreign Language Teaching). 17 Encuentro Nacional de Profesores de Lenguas Extranjeras. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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October 2014- Tendencias actuales en el diseño de tareas de aprendizaje para desarrollar la competencia socio-pragmática. Primeras Jornadas sobre el diseño de materiales para el desarrollo de la competencia socio-pragmática. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
April 2012 - Forming communities on-line: Language, culture, and identity. 16th LLL Conference. University of Hawai‘i, Manoa.
September 2011- Usos de la red para el desarrollo de competencias: desde la gramática hasta la interculturalidad. [Internet uses for the development of competencies: from grammar to interculturality]. XXII ASELE [Association for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language] International Conference. University of Valladolid, Spain.
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Recent invited Conference Presentations/Workshops
2024
Pragmatics and Technology-Mediated Environments. Invited Colloquium organizer and presentation with J. Sykes. Pragmatics
and Language Learning Conference. University of Indiana. Bloomington.
AI in Higher Education Panel. Faculty Puwalu Research Forum. Organized by UHM Office of the Vice Provost for Research and
Scholarship and the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence .
L2 Pragmatic Tasks with and without Technology. Dept. of Languages, Cultures and Literatures. University of San Diego.
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2023
Pragmatic competence: How to communicate in diverse contexts. Instituto Cervantes. Manchester
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TBLT & Technology. A Q&A session. Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona, Spain. [Online]
2022
Learning to disagree through social media. Part of invited colloquium Task-Based Interaction and Learning in L2 Pragmatics [Kim & Taguchi organizers]. 9th international Conference on Task-based Language Teaching. University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Why Pragmatics should be an essential component of language learning. ConnecTalks. National Language Resource Centers and the Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center. University of Hawaii. https://connectalks.org/ [Click picture to watch]
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​The potential of technology to support learner motivation. Technology in Language Education series.
Cambridge University Press. [Podcast]
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Collaborative tasks for online learning. School of Education, Culture and Communication
Mälardalen University. Västerås, Sweden.
Technology-mediated Tasks for the Development of Pragmatic Competence. University of Stockholm. Sweden.
2021
Bringing the best of online teaching back to the face-to-face classroom. Instructional Innovation Workshop (IIW) for Center for
Language Study. Yale University. [Online]
Panel discussant. Investigating L2 writing, L2 writing processes & feedback appropriation in pen & paper and digital environments. Research insights from controlled studies. L2 Writing Research Symposium. Universidad de Murcia, Spain. [Online]
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Tareas en entornos virtuales. LdeLengua 138. International House. Directed by Francisco Herrera [Podcast]
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Online teaching: Tasks and Evaluation. 15hr Workshop. Centro de Estudios y Certificación de Lenguas Extranjeras. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico. [Online]
TBLT, Needs Analysis & Technology. A Q&A session. Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona, Spain. [Online]
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2020
TBLT in the Distance Language Classroom. Columbia Language Resource Center. Columbia University, US. [Online]
Technology-mediated TBLT. Invited Online Talk. TBLT at Issue: Online Discussions. Universidade Federal de
Santa Catarina, Brazil. [Online]
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2019
Invited Workshop. Herramientas para las metodologías actuales: CLT, TBLT & PBLL. Universidad de Antioquia.
Medellín, Colombia.
Invited Colloquium: Technology-mediated tasks: Development, implementation, and assessment. 2019 International
Conference on Task-based Language Teaching. Ottawa, CA.
2018
Assessing Pragmatics. Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning Online Institute. NFLRC. University of Hawaii.
Enhancing PBLL through Pragmatics. Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning Online Institute. NFLRC. University of Hawaii.
Pragmatics: Appropriate Use of Language in the Real World. Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning Online Institute. NFLRC. University of Hawaii.
Invited webtalk. Preparing Teachers to Design Project-Based Language Learning Experiences. Online Symposium on Project-Based Language Learning. NFLRC. University of Hawaii. Presented with Stephen Tschudi)
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2017
Invited Workshop (20hrs). Tecnologías para la enseñanza de lenguas [Technologies for Language Teaching]. Centro de Estudios y Certificación de Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico.
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Two-hour Workshop. Formative Assessment through in Class Mobile Game Playing. University Brunei Darussalam. Brunei.
Technology-mediated Task-based Language Teaching: Principles and Applications. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. University Brunei Darussalam. Brunei.
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2016
Language Variety in online materials. Invited TedEd talk by the National Foreign Language
Resource Center. https://ed.ted.com/on/UKmoPzbH
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Invited Colloquium organizer and discussant. Evaluating technology-mediated language education.
Georgetown Round Table. Washington DC.
2015
CALL in contexts with no expert speakers of the L2. 4th ESOL Online Roundtable Discussion.
University of Illinois at Urabana-Champaign, USA.
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Collaborative and cooperative projects for language learning. Otaru University of Commerce. Otaru, Japan.
Technology-mediated Tasks. English Lecture Series. Otaru University of Commerce, Sapporo Satellite, Sapporo, Japan.
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Innovation in education: Technology and new methodologies for learning. Otaru University of Commerce. Otaru, Japan.
Task-based Language Teaching and technology. Seminar for faculty of the Applied Linguistics Program, Universidad del País Vasco, Vitoria. Spain.
Tareas y nuevas tecnologías [Tasks and new Technologies] Seminar talk for Second/Foreign Languages Acquisition and Learning Research Group. Universidad de Alicante, Spain.
Technology-mediated TBLT. Seminar talk for MA and PhD graduate students of the Humanities College. University Jaume I. Castellón. Spain.
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Teaching and researching technology-mediated language learning. Technical Workshop for Initiative for Multilingual Studies. Georgetown University.
Recent Refereed Conference Presentations
May 2024.Virtual exchanges for beginner language learners: Do they work? CALICO Conference. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh
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March 2023. Telecollaboration: Virtual exchanges for language learning and mentoring. Colloquium. American Association of Applied Linguistics. Portland [with A. Oskoz].
August 2022. Learning to disagree through social media. EuroSLA 31. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
June 2022. “A good teacher is…?” Building Cultural Schemas in a Virtual Exchange. CALICO Conference. Seattle, WA. [with M. Díez-Ortega]
March 2022. L2 pragmatics as a locus of multilingual and intercultural relationship building: The role of technology. American Association of Applied Linguistics. Pittsburgh, PA. USA. [with MJ. Arrufat]
March 2022. Pragmatics and technology in L2 language learning and assessment. American Association of Applied Linguistics. Pittsburgh, PA. USA.
June 2019. Learning disagreement through social networks. Part of the panel L2 Speech Act Development in Virtual Worlds. IPRA Conference. Hong Kong.
May 2019. Gaming for beginning learners. CALICO conference. Montreal, CA. (with M. Ortega and S. Payne)
November 2018. Word clouds to promote intercultural awareness. 5th WorldCALL Conference- Concepción, Chile.
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August 2017. Closing sequences in L2 computer-mediated communication: A Conversation Analysis. 15th International Pragmatics Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
May 2017. Playing alone or together: Interactional analysis and learning outcomes of individuals and dyads during gameplay. CALICO Conference. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. (with M. Ortega and S. Payne)
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May 2016- A needs Analysis of Technology-mediated Language Education. CALICO Conference. Michigan State University. East-Lansing, MI.
September 2015- Feedback, corrections and repairs in real-world computer-mediated tasks. 6th International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching. Leuven, Belgium.
May 2015- Tag clouds for Intercultural communication. Part of the Colloquium: Exploring Intercultural Awareness in Diverse Language Learning Contexts (with M. Vinagre). CALICO Conference. Boulder, Colorado.
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March 2015- The effectiveness of SCMC to develop L2 null-subject use. Part of Colloquium CALICO: The complexity of language development in technology-rich contexts. AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada.
May 2014- Repairs, corrections, and feedback in text-based SCMC. Disentangling the chaos through Conversation Analysis. CALICO Conference. Ohio University, Ohio.
April 2014- The construction of emotion in multilingual computer-mediated interaction. Part of invited colloquium: Interlanguage Pragmatics and Digital Technologies for Research and Practice" 19th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning. Indiana University, Bloomington.
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