L’IA menace-t-elle l’apprentissage des langues vivantes ?

I was recently interviewd for this feature in this French magazine. Here it’s the content of the article. Sciences Humaines, Servane Duquénois, Published October 5, 2026 URL: https://www.scienceshumaines.com/lia-menace-t-elle-lapprentissage-des-langues-vivantes L’IA menace-t-elle l’apprentissage des langues vivantes ? Le développement de l’intelligence artificielle, qui démocratise la traduction instantanée, fait craindre un désintérêt pour les langues étrangères. Vraiment ? Depuis … Read more

GLOTECH plenary 2025

Conference website: https://web.ua.es/es/dl2/glotech-2025 Plenary: Critical AI literacy (CAIL): language education and applied linguistics as central disciplinary areas Download here the comptencies outlined in the Pérez-Paredes, P. Curry, N. & Ordoñana-Guillamón, C. (2025). Critical AI literacy for applied linguistics and language education students. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning (JCCALL). Special Issue Theme: Cultivating AI literacy in … Read more

Usage based and the emergence of L1

The following quotes are from Lieven, E. (2016). Usage-based approaches to language development: Where do we go from here? Language and Cognition,8(3), 346-368. doi:10.1017/langcog.2016.16 Young children show differential and restricted competence in comprehension and production early on; second, that children’s linguistic productivity is tied closely to their linguistic experience, but this interacts with processing capacity, the … Read more