Been awhile since I posted some unabridged gameplay for my language learning #rpg, so here it is. 4 minutes of beginner spanish gameplay... It feels so good using your language for in-game outcomes 🤤

I have a new article out in Corpora titled “Introducing the Single Player Offline Game Corpus (SPOC): a corpus of seven registers from digital role-playing games”. euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.336…

The Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC) is now available for download. sites.google.com/view/ee-corpor… The corpus makes it possible to investigate the impact of extramural activities on learner writing. euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/co… With Ying Wang and Tove Larsson

Dr. Christison played a huge role in my academic journey to where I am today. She is an amazing mentor, colleague, and friend! She is definitely well-deserving of this recognition! Congrats, Dr. Christison!

We received two grants to support our research on generative AI! It is great to be a part of the amazing and innovative Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL at GSU!

Giving a talk at CALICO Annual Conference 2024, "Confluences and Connections: Bridging Industry and Academia in CALL" on Games for Language Learning: Connecting Industry, Research, and Practice. Looking forward to it! #CALICO2024

Heading to Pittsburgh for #CALICO2024!

We are pleased to announce that our LL&T Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Language Learning (Volume 28, Issue 2) is now available in full at lltjournal.org. The special issue is guest edited by Mark Warschauer and Ying Xu.

This summer, the Intensive English Program at Georgia State University had the unique opportunity to host 19 Ukrainian Civil Servants on our Atlanta campus! Read about their experience: t.gsu.edu/3VAhAg2 .International Initiatives #TheStateWay

I have a new research article in Register Studies: "Measuring the linguistic similarity of discourse from open-world role-playing games to the real world through an additive multidimensional analysis" doi.org/10.1075/rs.230…

Now available (free to download) on GSU's repository: My 2022 CALICO Journal article (preprint version) titled "The Linguistic Environments of Digital Games: A Discriminant Analysis of Language Use in Game Mechanics" scholarworks.gsu.edu/alesl_facpub/7/

Anyone want to, ahem, replicate this database/tool for L2 research?

If you are interested in doing a study using the corpus, I can send it to you. Details are on my website, which is linked in my bio. Thanks The LANA corpus for helping spread the word!

🚨 𝟴 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 Left to 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 TSLL 2024! 🚨 Join us for our 21st annual conference! With 79 presentations, including 6 plenaries & attendees from 60+ countries on Language Use and Gen AI. 🗓️ Oct 24-26 🌍 Hybrid 🔗 Register now: [ bit.ly/tsll24registra… ]

We are excited to announce the Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL at Georgia State University is hiring a TT Assistant Professor for Fall 2025 with expertise in psycholinguistics or a related field. Please share this job post: facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/4847

With a historic gift from the Woodruff Foundation, GSU will soon begin its largest transformation: a Panther Quad with a car-free Gilmer Street, an expanded Greenway that connects to Hurt Park & major improvements to Woodruff Park! That's #TheStateWay! t.gsu.edu/48PxY2s

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Are you interested in our Ph.D. Program in Applied Linguistics? We invite you to chat with faculty and current students to ask questions and learn more. RSVP using the link below and join us on Thursday Dec. 5 from 9:30 to 10:30 (Eastern Time)! ***RSVP: cas.gsu.edu/graduate-servi…

Snow in Atlanta!

I am excited about sharing our recent research with the Korea Association of Multimedia-Assisted Language Learning (KAMALL) this coming Friday!