Frederik Cornillie
@fcornillie.bsky.social
Language education, games & play, technology. Research for impact. Interdisciplinary thinker and designer. Research manager at KU Leuven & imec - https://www.kuleuven.be/itec 🚀 @fantales.bsky.social 🏠 https://kulak.kuleuven.be/~u0037921/
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Digital gaming for second language acquisition has been hyped for too long and needs to be demystified. What are the key terms, issues, and theories? What have we learned from empirical research? Going forward, is a new hype coming up?
Interactive fiction is considered a niche game genre for geeks who like to play with language and puzzles, but it is both underexplored and IMO undervalued in research and practice of language learning and teaching. So I'm excited about our chapter in a new book that connects research and pedagogy!
Chapter 13. Interactive fiction and narrative games in instructed second language learning
Interactive fiction (IF) and narrative games are rich with opportunities for foreign and second language (L2) learning in both informal and institutionalized learning contexts. As multimodal, interact...
benjamins.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Interactive fiction is considered a niche game genre for geeks who like to play with language and puzzles, but it is both underexplored and IMO undervalued in research and practice of language learning and teaching. So I'm excited about our chapter in a new book that connects research and pedagogy!
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Hello CALICOers! This is a friendly reminder that the Call for Proposals deadline for #CALICO2026 is Sunday, November 2nd!
What should you do?
👇 Check out these simple steps for submission!
#CALL #ComputerAssistedLanguageLearning
What should you do?
👇 Check out these simple steps for submission!
#CALL #ComputerAssistedLanguageLearning
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello CALICOers! This is a friendly reminder that the Call for Proposals deadline for #CALICO2026 is Sunday, November 2nd!
What should you do?
👇 Check out these simple steps for submission!
#CALL #ComputerAssistedLanguageLearning
What should you do?
👇 Check out these simple steps for submission!
#CALL #ComputerAssistedLanguageLearning
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Give Gemini AI a quote from a woman and it still attributes it to a man. Even though it could Google it. And in this case the man is much more obscure than the actual author.
September 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Give Gemini AI a quote from a woman and it still attributes it to a man. Even though it could Google it. And in this case the man is much more obscure than the actual author.
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📅 The deadline for submitting your abstract proposal will be November 2, 2025.
Learn about the beautiful Miami University campus and more details about the conference:
Learn about the beautiful Miami University campus and more details about the conference:
CALICO - Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (@caliconsortium.bsky.social)
calico.org
bsky.app
September 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
📅 The deadline for submitting your abstract proposal will be November 2, 2025.
Learn about the beautiful Miami University campus and more details about the conference:
Learn about the beautiful Miami University campus and more details about the conference:
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"It is shameful that we know far more about the surface of Mars and its atmosphere than we know about parts of our oceans."
Gaia’s Fever: Why an Overheating Earth Could Turn Deadly
An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s fatal accidents.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"It is shameful that we know far more about the surface of Mars and its atmosphere than we know about parts of our oceans."
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new paper 🔓! Teachers are having to put *considerable* amounts of work into making GenAI outputs suitable for their classrooms ... amidst the going hype we need to talk more about what GenAI clearly *cannot* do, and the uniqueness of teacher expert knowledge: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
![When the prompting stops: exploring teachers’ work around the educational frailties of generative AI tools
Neil Selwyn, Marita Ljungqvist and Anders Sonesson [1]
Abstract: Teachers are now encouraged to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to complete various school-related administrative tasks, with the promise of saving considerable amounts of time and effort. Drawing on interviews from 57 teachers across eight schools in Sweden and Australia, this paper explores teachers’ experiences when working with GenAI. In particular, it focuses on the large amounts of work that teachers put into reviewing, repairing and sometimes completely reworking AI-produced outputs that they perceive to be deficient. Rather than reflecting teachers’ lack of skill in prompting GenAI effectively, the paper shows how this work foregrounds the educational limitations and frailties of AI and other automated technologies – with teachers having to act on a wide range of complex professional judgements around pedagogical appropriateness, social relations and overall educational value to bear on AI-generated content. The paper concludes by considering the need to challenge ongoing industry and policy claims around the labour-saving benefits of artificial intelligence in education, and instead focus on the ways in which these technologies are dependent on the hidden labour of humans to co-produce the illusion of automation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y6hdumjyq5qq566lpzcgm5oc/bafkreigekoonls6r72cp2u5ijx43qaubp546k7x6a34svbiz4i4phkpytq@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
new paper 🔓! Teachers are having to put *considerable* amounts of work into making GenAI outputs suitable for their classrooms ... amidst the going hype we need to talk more about what GenAI clearly *cannot* do, and the uniqueness of teacher expert knowledge: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Korean government looks set to give up on its much-heralded national 'AI textbook' policy after only a few months ... www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
AI textbooks targeted for phaseout under South Korea's new administration - The Korea Times
Following Korea’s presidential transition, significant changes are expected in education policy, as President Lee Jae-myung appears poised to halt the rollout of AI-powered digital textbooks. Once cha...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
July 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Korean government looks set to give up on its much-heralded national 'AI textbook' policy after only a few months ... www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
🤖 LLM-based chatbots are increasingly being used as personal tutors for language learning, and will make you believe that they intelligently adapt to your proficiency. But adaptive systems for language teaching need to be transparent, in particular with regard to how they assess learning. [1/3]
July 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🤖 LLM-based chatbots are increasingly being used as personal tutors for language learning, and will make you believe that they intelligently adapt to your proficiency. But adaptive systems for language teaching need to be transparent, in particular with regard to how they assess learning. [1/3]
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After 35 years of continuous activity with rigorous accountability, the network of 16 language resource centers in the US nflrc.org is being dismantled. If you are affected by or concerned about this, and are a US citizen, please contact your members of Congress via the link below!
July 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
After 35 years of continuous activity with rigorous accountability, the network of 16 language resource centers in the US nflrc.org is being dismantled. If you are affected by or concerned about this, and are a US citizen, please contact your members of Congress via the link below!
Researchers in #CALL who were previously into games and play, and now seem to have disappeared onto the bandwagon of GenAI 🥱: you can still come back! 🙃 You can resist hype cycles! Slow research is fine!
July 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Researchers in #CALL who were previously into games and play, and now seem to have disappeared onto the bandwagon of GenAI 🥱: you can still come back! 🙃 You can resist hype cycles! Slow research is fine!
Language education programs in the US are risking serious cuts, and these are imminent. If you are a US citizen, consider signing this petition: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
Language Education Funding in Jeopardy - Take Action Now
Language education funding for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026 is in jeopardy. The Department of Education is months late in allocating to states the already enacted FY 25 funding for key language educatio...
www.votervoice.net
July 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Language education programs in the US are risking serious cuts, and these are imminent. If you are a US citizen, consider signing this petition: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
I like getting out of my academic comfort zone and write with people who challenge my views. This collab with @york.bsky.social helped me rethink my position on games in language education. Games mustn't always be digital. Teachers are key. Tech can have other uses than teach language. Out now!
A chapter that I wrote with @fcornillie.bsky.social is finally out!
Teaching Languages with Games
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
As with my other recent work, its published in a tech handbook, but we push for the inclusion of all digital and non-digital games under a #ludic umbrella.
Teaching Languages with Games
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
As with my other recent work, its published in a tech handbook, but we push for the inclusion of all digital and non-digital games under a #ludic umbrella.
Teaching Languages with Games (Chapter 10) - The Cambridge Handbook of Technology in Language Teaching and Learning
The Cambridge Handbook of Technology in Language Teaching and Learning - June 2025
www.cambridge.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I like getting out of my academic comfort zone and write with people who challenge my views. This collab with @york.bsky.social helped me rethink my position on games in language education. Games mustn't always be digital. Teachers are key. Tech can have other uses than teach language. Out now!
Very insightful read on the drawbacks of relying fully on current speech recognition systems like OpenAI's Whisper, without humans in the loop. Raises questions for education and in particular use cases that can have far-reaching consequences like high-stakes (language) testing. #EdTech #AI
“There is no ‘one weird trick’ that removes experts and creates miracle machines capable of doing everything humans can do but better.”
Replacing Federal Workers with Chatbots Would Be a Dystopian Nightmare
The Trump administration sees an AI-driven federal workforce as more efficient. Instead, with chatbots unable to carry out critical tasks, it would be a diabolical mess
www.scientificamerican.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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CALICO has a new opportunity to contribute to research in our field. Check out the following opportunities in partnership with University of Toronto Press:
Chapter Proposals: bit.ly/4e17gX6
Book Proposals: bit.ly/3FV1ols
Chapter Proposals: bit.ly/4e17gX6
Book Proposals: bit.ly/3FV1ols
CFP 2027 - Advances in CALL - CALL and the intersection between language and culture
Dear colleagues, We are currently seeking chapter proposals for the 2027 Advances in CALL Research and Practice edited volume. In the volume, entitled CALL at the intersection between language and cu...
bit.ly
June 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
CALICO has a new opportunity to contribute to research in our field. Check out the following opportunities in partnership with University of Toronto Press:
Chapter Proposals: bit.ly/4e17gX6
Book Proposals: bit.ly/3FV1ols
Chapter Proposals: bit.ly/4e17gX6
Book Proposals: bit.ly/3FV1ols
"De relatie tussen kennis en welbevinden: tweerichtingsverkeer"
duurzaamonderwijs.com/2025/05/27/d...
#evidence-based #onderwijs
duurzaamonderwijs.com/2025/05/27/d...
#evidence-based #onderwijs
De relatie tussen kennis en welbevinden: tweerichtingsverkeer
Als kinderen zich goed voelen op school, kan dat de mate waarin ze op school nieuwe kennis verwerven positief beïnvloeden. Omgekeerd kan het succesvol verwerven van nieuwe kennis het welbevinden va…
duurzaamonderwijs.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"De relatie tussen kennis en welbevinden: tweerichtingsverkeer"
duurzaamonderwijs.com/2025/05/27/d...
#evidence-based #onderwijs
duurzaamonderwijs.com/2025/05/27/d...
#evidence-based #onderwijs
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We have a new banner (long overdue 😷) for our website. 😁Let us know what you think !
May 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We have a new banner (long overdue 😷) for our website. 😁Let us know what you think !
Join us for the LaunchPad competition at #CALICO2025 !
The live pitch event showcases 3 groundbreaking language learning startups.
🕦 Fri May 30, 11:30–12:45pm
📍 SDSU Aztec Union Theatre
Don't miss one of the conference highlights for EdTech & CALL innovation
thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/
The live pitch event showcases 3 groundbreaking language learning startups.
🕦 Fri May 30, 11:30–12:45pm
📍 SDSU Aztec Union Theatre
Don't miss one of the conference highlights for EdTech & CALL innovation
thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/
LaunchPad – Int’l Language Education Tech Competition
A lifetime opportunity for startups to showcase their innovation to an audience interested in foreign language learning or teaching.
thelanguageflagship.tech
May 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Join us for the LaunchPad competition at #CALICO2025 !
The live pitch event showcases 3 groundbreaking language learning startups.
🕦 Fri May 30, 11:30–12:45pm
📍 SDSU Aztec Union Theatre
Don't miss one of the conference highlights for EdTech & CALL innovation
thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/
The live pitch event showcases 3 groundbreaking language learning startups.
🕦 Fri May 30, 11:30–12:45pm
📍 SDSU Aztec Union Theatre
Don't miss one of the conference highlights for EdTech & CALL innovation
thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/
LaunchPad – Int’l Language Education Tech Competition
A lifetime opportunity for startups to showcase their innovation to an audience interested in foreign language learning or teaching.
thelanguageflagship.tech
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Join us for the LaunchPad competition at #CALICO2025 !
The live pitch event showcases 3 groundbreaking language learning startups.
🕦 Fri May 30, 11:30–12:45pm
📍 SDSU Aztec Union Theatre
Don't miss one of the conference highlights for EdTech & CALL innovation
thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/
The live pitch event showcases 3 groundbreaking language learning startups.
🕦 Fri May 30, 11:30–12:45pm
📍 SDSU Aztec Union Theatre
Don't miss one of the conference highlights for EdTech & CALL innovation
thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/
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LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.
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Whenever I encounter scholars extoling the benefits of AI for fans, I can’t help but wonder what kind of fans they are talking about because it’s absolutely not the fanfic writers on the fanfic archive AO3. This includes me, btw.
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Whenever I encounter scholars extoling the benefits of AI for fans, I can’t help but wonder what kind of fans they are talking about because it’s absolutely not the fanfic writers on the fanfic archive AO3. This includes me, btw.
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List piece on dualshockers about linguistic games - and great, HV is in it, but also - PataNoir! The Gostak! Suveh Nux! This is a good list.
The Gostak is an all-timer.
The Gostak is an all-timer.
8 Best Games For Linguistic Experts
The best video games for players than consider themselves linguistic aficionados.
www.dualshockers.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
List piece on dualshockers about linguistic games - and great, HV is in it, but also - PataNoir! The Gostak! Suveh Nux! This is a good list.
The Gostak is an all-timer.
The Gostak is an all-timer.
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Books are worthless which is why Meta needed to steal more than 7 million of them
April 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Books are worthless which is why Meta needed to steal more than 7 million of them
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March 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Typo! #TBLT2025 And a spoiler alert for the talk: come find out who got killed at the conference dinner, and why 😵🕵️🍷🔪😎
👋 #TLBT2025 participants on Bluesky: come find @fcornillie.bsky.social and @meryenda.bsky.social play around with our ideas and materials for teaching with fanfiction in English and Spanish language contexts! Tomorrow at 9:50 in room 1312.0025 with @matthewpattemore.bsky.social as session chair ❤️
April 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Typo! #TBLT2025 And a spoiler alert for the talk: come find out who got killed at the conference dinner, and why 😵🕵️🍷🔪😎