TaiwanCALL 2025 International Conference
Organized by TaiwanCALL Association (formerly as PPTELL), Providence University,
and National Science and Technology Council
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Featured Speaker
Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Thomas Robb, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Kyoto Sangyo University, where he chaired the Department of English until 2017. A pioneer in CALL and Internet-based learning, he created mreader.org, used by 40,000 students worldwide. Robb has held leadership roles in JALT, International TESOL, and PacCALL, and is editor-in-chief of TESL-EJ. He received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Computer Assisted Language Learning Journal.
Apps for Speaking Practice with AI - "For Fee" apps & "For Free"
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Apps for speaking practice are popping up like bamboo shoots in the spring. We can look forward to the integration of speaking practice in all of our textbook apps sometime soon.
In the meantime, however, there are some "one trick ponies" that are useful, although it means that the students need to make yet another account and remember yet another paasword.
In this brief talk, I will review the currently available apps and what teachers have to say about them. We will also look at some apps that are free yet still allow speaking practice with an AI generated partner.
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We will also discuss how you can track the progress of your students who are (or are not) using the apps.
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There will be time for the participants to provide their own opinions about the speaking apps that they have used.