AL Forum, February 2024
Letter from the Editors
Andy Jiahao Liu, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Raj Khatri, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada
Letter from the Past Chair
Rashad Ahmed, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, USA
Embracing Codemeshing in Language Teaching: A Corpus-Based Approach to Writing Pedagogy
Malila Prado, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, China
In a Chinese EFL classroom, a corpus-based approach to language learning transforms students into applied linguistic researchers. By examining their own writings, students explore the way they can produce their work using Chinese words, uncovering patterns and rules that go beyond traditional learning—a process that has helped students turn their language study into an expression of their own culture.
Uncanny Writing: Reader Responses to LLM Text Generating Tools
Ryan Morrison, George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
How would it feel to receive a lengthy letter of gratitude if you knew the text had been automatically generated? While we are still struggling with the ethical and educational issues of automatically generated text, perhaps we should start considering the effects on a message when a reader suspects it has been automatically generated.
Book Review of “Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development”
Newton Paulo Monteiro, Centro Universitário Alfredo Nasser, Brazil
Have you collaborated with local stakeholders in language testing and assessment projects? Have you faced challenges while striving to do your best? Whatever your situation, you will benefit from this review article of a book on local test development with the insights from a language teacher and administrator.
My References are Embodied: A Book Review Of “Social Justice, Decoloniality, And Southern Epistemologies Within Language Education: Theories, Knowledges, And Practices on TESOL From Brazil”
Dr. Alex Alves Egido, Federal University of Maranhão, São Bernardo, Maranhão, Brazil
My references are embodied. They not only exist, but they look like me, they sound like me, they know and lived my struggles; or, at least, similar to mine. They know where I come from.