Computer Assisted Language Learning Roundtable With WLLC Authors and Contributors Today

On May 1, 5-7 p.m., the final WLDH Studio event of the spring semester will be held in JBHT 207, the World Languages & Digital Humanities Studio. The event will be a roundtable of WLLC authors who are contributing to the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) 2026 Volume (University of Toronto Press).  

WLLC authors and contributors will share their research and collaborations both within and beyond the department. Speakers include co-editors Linda Jones, David Fredrick and Curtis Maughan, and faculty and grad students from Spanish, Italian, Classics and French, and guest speaker Jake Abell (French, Baylor University). Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. 

The full line-up of presenters, along with the titles of their presentations, is included below: 

CALL Presenters and Titles 

• Jake Abell (Baylor): "Chatting with the Past: AI-Facilitated Learning and Medieval French" 

• Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Claudia Devich, Valentina Morello: "Gaming Italian Style: Adopting Commercial Videogames in the Elementary Italian Curriculum" 

• Maria Comsa: "Digital Innovations that Enrich French Language Instruction in Higher Education" 

• Michael Hall: "Holographic Universe: The Story and Mission of the VR Classroom at UARK" 

• Heather Offerman: "L2 Pronunciation Instruction Methodology and L2 Perception: Assessing Production Instruction Effects on Perception in L2 Spanish" 

• Maria Comsa, Curtis Maughan, Sung-Hye Yang: "Immerse at UARK: AI-Powered Language Practice for French and Spanish" 

Wrap up the spring semester with WLLC today, May 1, from 5-7 p.m.!