This is the January 2025 JALTCALL Podcasts Studio Talk with Brian Gallagher and Geoff Carr. This month we explore wellness and good practice when using our computer for long periods of time. Brian explains how to set-up your positioning and posture to avoid pain, and also we discuss some exercises to reduce health problems that come from overuse.
Part 2 explores professional development and the skills necessary going forward into the near future for teaching and learning. Recommendations for free and low-cost courses to improve your knowledge and skills, as well as some ideas for lifelong learning and places to find good resources.

January 2025 Part 1 Wellness and Part 2 Upskilling

JALTCALL Jan2025 StudioTalk Part 2 PD

JALTCALL Jan2025 StudioTalk Part 1

In this episode of the JALTCALL Podcast, recorded live on January 25th at the Sojo University SUTLF conference in Kumamoto, Japan, our host Robert Dykes discusses an AI Corrective Feedback Moodle plugin with Rob Hirschel. Both researchers work at Sojo University and have implemented it there. Rob Hirschel explains how the new AI plugin created by Marcus Green benefits students and can be used by anyone on the Moodle platform. Programmer and JALTCALLwebmaster Luc Gougeon adds specific details to the conversation about Open Source AI and Ollama (large language models).

JALTCALL Robert Hirschel Interview at SUTLF 2025

JALTCALL Podcasts, StudioTalk, February 2025.
Your host for the day is Brian Gallagher from Meijo University, who is talking with Program Co-Chair Robert Remmerswaal about the technology they use in their classes and how they make it work. They include Poodll (a Moodle extension), Google Classroom, and ZenGengo from Paul Raine. We discuss discussion techniques, strategies for assessment, and getting the best out of our students in very different settings in both STEM and foreign language departments.
Recommendations are Napkin.AI for text-to-art wizardry, and Twinkl (K-12) for native-level teacher resources that follow the entire Scottish curriculum for excellence.

Feb2025 StudioTalk JALTCALL Podcast

Today Geoff Carr hosts Brian Gallagher, Robert Remmerswaal, and Luc Gougeon as they discuss student and teacher fundamental tech skills before the new academic year begins. In this episode, they recommend class management ideas, tips, and technologies. Everything from password management to typing skills, search engines to power cords. And finally, a host of resources that can make everyone's life a lot easier and more convenient.

March 2025 Studio Talk JALTCALL Podcast

David Kluge is interviewed by JALTCALL Podcast host Brian Gallagher. David Kluge was one of the founding members of the group that became the JALTCALL SIG  and has taught English for over forty years, 32 of them at the university level. He has co-authored three books, two for National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning and one for Macmillan Learning. His current areas of interest are readers theatre, oral interpretation, speech, presentation, drama, debate, oral communication, composition, cooperative learning, and materials writing.
In the interview, we discuss learning opportunities with technology over the years from early word-processing computer labs and early phone technologies. With a focus on creativity in academia, David explains how he created and curated courses with several elements that required student personalization and input. From cliffhangers to digital scrapbooks, from roleplays to divergent models, the ideas and answers flow from this very talented teacher.

David Kluge Interview by Brian Gallagher March 2025

This month Geoff Carr and Brian Gallagher talk about "Applied Classroom AI". We explore include some ideas for teachers who are new to the AI scene and want some easy tips to implement AI into their classroom activities and we also suggest some tools that will hopefully make that easy to do for everyone. Geoff explains Judy Wang and John Gayed's Automated Writing Evaluation project and his own "Help Me Improve My Diary Writing Chatty" narrowly-focused chatbot. In section 2 we highlight some current goings on in Education around the world and some ideas on professional development that are happening in the United States, specifically the Play Approach, the DIY PD Approach, and Magic School .

April 2025 Studio Talk JALTCALL

Geoff Carr interviews Chris Fry from the EUROCALL AI SIG, where they discuss his research with speech-to-text technology (STT) and Turboscribe. A veteran teacher in Europe for many years, Chris turned his attention from ER to CALL and spends his time researching technology usage for both students and teachers. Formerly of the British Council Barcelona, EOI Barcelona Drassanes, Bell English School, and La Casa Inglesa, Chris is a graduate of mathematics and moral sciences. An alumnus of Cambridge, he briefly held his own podcast and currently posts ideas on LinkedIn and on his blog. Chris’ Profile linkedin.com/in/chris-fry-5945b7240

Chris Fry of EUROCALL interview w Geoff Carr

In this episode, Geoff Carr, Brian Gallagher, and Luc Gougeon preview CALL SIG presentations that will be happening at the 2025 PANSIG Conference at Kanda University of International Studies in Kaihinmakuhari, Chiba, from May 16th to 18th. We learn what exactly the PanSIG conference is and what is the theme for this year's conference is "Agency and Autonomy in Language Learning."
Presentations include talks on AI in Language Education, Learner Autonomy, Digital Tools, Critical Thinking, Academic Skills, and Intercultural Contexts. If you are featured in this episode, we hope that people will be attracted to your presentation and that it is a great experience for you. Please send us your comments and ideas on how we can improve what we do and support you in everything that you do. Enjoy the show.

May 2025 Studio Talk JALTCALL Podcast w Geoff Brian Luc

Brian Gallagher interviews Paul Raine of ZenGengo and EigoAI. In this episode they discuss his research and experience over the last 2 decades, including text-to-speech, automatic speech recognition, GenAI, and machine translation. As a veteran JALTCALL member since 2011, Paul has contributed in many ways to the EFL community in Japan and beyond. He has developed several web-based language teaching platforms, including Apps4EFL, ABAX LMS, ZenGengo, and now EigoAI, among others. Looking back on the last decade of CALL-related reports and applications, they discuss the technologies that go end-of-life very quickly and those that last the test of time. The problems of link rot and technology aging prompt companies to develop more robust systems and pave the way to better evolution of technology that optimizes the user experience. EigoAI will be the main sponsor at this year's JALTCALL Conference, where you will be able to meet and talk with Paul in person. We hope you take this great chance. This interview was recorded online in April 2025, prior to the PANSIG conference, with a few extra questions from Geoff Carr. Check out Paul Raine's work at https://zengengo.com, https://eigo.ai/ and paulsensei.com. We hope you enjoy the show.

Paul Raine Interview w Brian G May 2025

In this episode Eric Hagley, who is the founder of the IVE Project, is interviewed by host Robert Remmerswaal (Sojo U.) Since the first large-scale International Virtual Exchange Project (IVEProject) in 2015, with the help of Japanese government Kaken grants (initially) and more recently the self-funding style they have adopted, the IVEProject has been achieving its goals of bringing the students of the world together in Virtual Exchange. In doing so, students improve their language and intercultural understanding. Now with over 10,000 participants, this huge project has benefited groups of students tremendously around the globe.
Recorded in May of 2025.
For more information check out their homepage https://iveproject.org/

Eric Hagley interview by Robert Remmerswaal for JALTCALL Podcasts

This conference edition podcast was recorded at the PanSIG 2025 conference at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan. In this episode, the panel share their responses to questions on "Applying AI in Language Education" from forum moderator Michael Hofmeyr. In the forum, each panelist briefly presented their credentials on AI by mentioning some of their ongoing research and recent publications. We join the panelists in this second part of the forum along with some brief questions from the audience. 
Gilbert Dizon (Himeji Dokkyo University),  Hiroyuki Obari (Globiz Professional University), Louise Ohashi (Gakushuin University), Nikan Fujii (Kyoto Notre Dame University), and  Michael Hofmeyr (Tokyo University of Science).

Editor Brian Gallagher for JALTCALL Podcasts  

JALTCALL Forum at PanSIG2025 Conference Edition

In this episode we celebrate 6 months of producing our podcast by reviewing the interviewees we have had so far in 2025. We talk about the events that we have held this year and what is coming up. We welcome aboard our latest team member, Joe Suzuki-Parker who briefly explains his background and the AI-powered, student-centred, teacher-first language app that he has developed and is ready to display at the JALTCALL conference next month. Check out https://www.tevo.jp
At the conference, Joe will be running a workshop on how to enhance student speaking with AI, and he will also present on a pilot study using the same technology. Good luck with it Joe.
Enjoy the show, everyone, and remember, we want to feature you; we want to share your work and research, we want to know what you want to hear, and what you don't. So, drop us a line at programs@jaltcall.org
2025 JALTCALL Conference https://jaltcall2025.edzil.la/
Academic platforms to list your work:
https://researchmap.jp
https://www.researchgate.net/
https://scholar.google.com/
https://scholar.google.com/

June 2025 JALTCALL Studio Talk "Blowing our Whistle" w Brian, Geoff, Joe & Luc

This episode is a conference special edition featuring keynote speaker Mathias Schulze of San Diego State University. In this episode, 2025 conference chair Michael Hofmeyr interviews Matt about his thoughts and ideas on a host of topics related to his keynote speech at the JALTCALL 2025 Conference.

Mat is a professor of German (Applied Linguistics) and Comparative International Studies at San Diego State University. By training, he is a teacher of German and Russian. Later, he earned his PhD with the dissertation “Textana—Grammar and Grammar Checking in Parser-Based CALL” at the Centre for Computational Linguistics at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Mat has conducted research on the intersection of artificial intelligence and language education for thirty years. His research on AI and CALL, grammar learning, online language courses, and societal bilingualism has been published widely in books and articles.

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Mathias Schulze pre-conference 2025 interview by Michael Hofmeyr

This episode is an interview recorded during the PANSIG conference in May of 2025. In this recording, Robert Dykes of Sojo University interviews Alex Burke as she shares her journey from musician and civil servant to educator and researcher in Japan. Driven by her experience with dyslexia and neurodiversity, she highlights the power of assistive technology, inclusive teaching, and audio-based learning. 2024 JALT Mid-Career Scholar Award winner Burke advocates reducing stigma around neurodiversity and designing classrooms that support all learners naturally.

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Alex Burke interview by Robert Dykes at PANSIG 2025

In this conference-week episode, Robert Remmerswaal hosts Geoff Carr and Joe Suzuki-Parker in the monthly "Studio Talk" They discuss the options we have for listening platforms and sources. So, who is listening to what? How about the JALT Listening SIG and their podcast?
What are students listening to and what should we recommend? They go on to talk about AI and copyright before some quick reminders about the conference this week.
Many thanks to Paul Raine and Eigo.AI for sponsoring this episode and joining us at the conference this week. Stop by our booth for a chat and to tell us what you want to hear next on the JALTCALL Podcast.
Enjoy the show!

July 2025 Conference Week Studio Talk w Robert, Geoff & Joe

Japan association for Language Teaching (JALT) Computer Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group. (JALTCALL)

January 2025 Part 1 Wellness and Part 2 Upskilling

JALT CALL Podcasts