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New devices are getting closer to replicating the Babel fish, which in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" sits in your ear and instantly translates any foreign language.

Timekettle Technologies has developed a device consisting of two earbuds that look similar to large AirPods, and allow users to talk in any two of 36 languages and 84 accents. Credit... Timekettle Technologies

Forget phrase books or even Google Translate. New translation devices are getting closer to replicating the fantasy of the Babel fish, which in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" sits in one's ear and instantly translates any foreign language into the user's own.

The WT2 Plus Ear to Ear AI Translator Earbuds from Timekettle are already available, while the over-the-ear " Ambassador " from Wavery Labs is scheduled for release this year. Both brands are wireless, and come with two earpieces that must be synced to a single smartphone connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data.

These devices "bring us a bit closer to being able to travel to places in the world where people speak different languages and communicate smoothly with those who are living there," said Graham Neubig, an assistant professor at the Language Technologies Institute of Carnegie Mellon University and an expert in machine learning and natural language processing.

Whether the technology is in the ear, hand-held or in an app, speech-to-speech translation has mostly occurred in the same three-step process since 2016, when neural networks were assigned to the task. First, automatic speech-recognition software transcribes the spoken words into text. Next, the text is converted using neural machine translation into the text of the other language, and finally text-to-speech voice modulation articulates the other language.

That conversion process causes a slight delay, while the imaginary yellow fish in Douglas Adams's comedy science fiction series translated instantaneously. Still, the new devices do allow a person to continue speaking even as the translation is occurring, and that allows for a more natural flow to the conversation.

"This is important, because otherwise the conversation will become twice as long, where one person speaks, the system translates, then the other person speaks, the system translates. This is ponderous and can test people's patience," Mr. Neubig said.

The WT2 Plus requires speakers to take turns, but simultaneously transcribes the conversation, and later this year it should be able to translate English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian while offline. Credit... Timekettle Technologies

The Ambassador in Wine Red. Both the Ambassador and the WT2 Plus are wireless, and come with two earpieces that must be synced to a single smartphone connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. Credit... Waverly Labs Inc.

The WT2 Plus consists of two earbuds that look similar to large AirPods, and in any of the three modes, users can talk in any two of 36 languages and 84 accents. (The modes, Simul Mode, Touch Mode and Speaker Mode, allow control over the earbuds to address ambient noise and whether you want to lend the person you're conversing with an earbud or use your phone's microphone and speaker.)

The Ambassador, which supports 20 languages, allows people to chat when they are each wearing one of the clip-on earpieces that look like a small headphone. Or, a single user in "Listen Mode" can use microphones embedded in the earpiece to hear a translated version of what others are saying while standing a few feet away. In addition to the Converse and Listen modes, the Ambassador has a "Lecture Mode" to stream your words through your phone or pair the earpiece with an audio system.

To see how advanced the ear pieces are, we compared them to two translation tools on the market, Google Translate's conversation mode and the hand-held CM Translator ($117 retail) from Cheetah Mobile. A preproduction model of the Ambassador ($150 retail) was tested at company headquarters in Brooklyn, while the WT2 Plus earbuds ($230 retail), were used by two multilingual students at the University of Colorado Boulder. The upshot: Google Translate and the CM Translator would be fine for ordering a beer or asking the location of a museum, but both would fall short if trying to engage with the person sitting next to you on the train.

"I thought it was really cool that you could talk in one language and a few seconds later it would come out in a different language," Maya Singh, a freshman who speaks English, Russian and Spanish, said of the WT2 Plus earbuds.

The WT2 Plus and the Ambassador each offer unique advantages. In its conversation mode, the Ambassador allows one user to interrupt another, as is done in real life, and translates simultaneously to both. The WT2 Plus requires the speakers to take turns, but simultaneously transcribes the conversation, and later this year it should be able to translate English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian while offline, said Kazaf Ye, head of marketing for Timekettle, in an interview from company headquarters in Shenzhen, China.

"Efficiency is a key element in deciding whether one person wants to continue talking to the other person," Mr. Ye said. "If it is too much trouble or if I have to wait too long then I will not want to talk with him, I'd rather just speak to someone in my language."

Andrew Ochoa, the chief executive officer of Waverly Labs, said the ultimate goal in translation devices would be an earpiece that works offline, in real time, and can translate everything you hear.

If that device is ever developed, "I can drop you off in the middle of Tokyo ... and it will translate everything in your proximity," Mr. Ochoa said.

While we're not there yet, translation has taken a quantum leap forward in the past few years because neural machine translation can process phrases, not just words.

"It went from something that was barely intelligible and barely useful to something that was syntactically and grammatically very useful, at least for some of the major languages," said Florian Faes, managing director of Slator, a Zurich-based provider of news and analysis on the global language industry.

So although today's translators can't seem to differentiate "phat" from "fat" in a sentence, all the ones we compared were sophisticated enough to translate the Spanish phrase "No hay mal que por bien no venga," which literally means, "There is no bad from which good doesn't come," into the more relatable English expression, "Every cloud has a silver lining."

As for the future, translation will likely be faster, more accurate and maybe even mimic your voice, tone and emotion. Google is already experimenting with a new way of translating altogether, titled " Translatotron."

"Translatotron is the first end-to-end model that can directly translate speech from one language into speech in another language" without first converting to text, said Justin Burr, a spokesman for Google AI & Machine Learning.

He cautioned that so far it's just research, and Google has no plans to develop it into a stand-alone translation device. Still, that doesn't mean that someone else won't. And if it happens, it might blow the Babel fish right out of the water.

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It will only take 15 minutes to read this post!

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I have to admit, I'm not the best student. I've been in China for a number of years, and I've learned a lot of lessons that I wish I'd known before I started learning Chinese.

For a start, I wish I'd been more disciplined, because what I found was that unless I actually opened my ears and listened to this language, I would never actually learn anything.

To help those of you who are maybe new to learning Chinese, are considering studying a new language or even just need a push in the right direction, I've come up with some suggested do's and don'ts I wish I had known a long time ago. I feel as though my studying would have been smoother, more enjoyable and my Chinese would have progressed way quicker!

My list obviously doesn't need to be followed to the letter, and you probably all have other do's and don'ts that you would like to share with fellow learners. If you would like to share any ideas, please share them in the comments below! Also, I wouldn't expect everyone to agree with my list, it's just based on my (and my friends/ colleagues/ and other Chinese learners) experiences, but they might not fit everyone.

To keep things positive and to move forward with our Chinese learning, I've got more do's than don'ts.

Here's my list to help you find the best way to learn Chinese:

DO...learn to read and write

If I'd have known this a few years back, I wouldn't feel like I'm now back in kindergarten learning to write ABC again. I can't stress enough how much more difficult it is to learn to read and write all those characters you are now able to speak. So many people are put off from learning to read and write Chinese characters, including myself, because it's 'too hard'. Since I started learning to read and write Chinese Characters, I'm way more excited about learning Chinese. That probably sounds a bit strange, but I find learning and understanding characters so interesting! Characters are made up of smaller 'parts' known as radicals ( that you can read more about here) that help understand pronunciation and meaning. Although, I don't suggesting learning characters as soon as you begin learning to speak, after a month or so, you could begin to learn some basic 'pictograph' characters to get you started.

If you're not convinced, take a look at some other reasons why Characters are great!

DO...get a teacher

I think until I got a teacher, I wasn't disciplined enough to focus on seriously learning Chinese. Once I finally got a teacher, it was a bit disheartening to realize my tones were atrociously bad and I basically had to start from scratch. Now obviously that's my personal experience, and I do know a lot of people who've learned Chinese, although not fluently, without formal classes, I believe getting a teacher can really benefit your Chinese learning. Not only can they guide you in the right direction, and give encouragement, but they're also someone to practice speaking with! A teacher doesn't have to be someone who works in a school either, they can just be a friend or a colleague (one that speaks Chinese, obviously). On a side note, a lot of men I know here who've had Chinese girlfriends, have great Chinese, although I'm not suggesting you go on the hunt for one just to improve your Mandarin!

DO...immerse yourself in the Language

If you have an opportunity to come to China to travel or teach, then take it! Nora and I record a weekly podcast where we talk about living in China, so if you're interested in making the move over here, have a listen! Seriously though, plonking yourself (for a short time) in a 2nd tier City here in China, is probably gonna not only improve your Chinese, but teach you some valuable lessons about culture and Chinese people! You might have to go without some home comforts, but your Chinese will be great!
Of course, if you can't get to China right now, there are still plenty of ways in which you can become more immersed in Chinese. You can visit your nearest Chinatown or local Chinese restaurant. There you can listen to them speak, try and read the Chinese characters on the menu and even try and order your food in Chinese. Nora strongly recommends watching game shows and reality TV shows to improve your Chinese, although movies are great too! Finally, make some Chinese friends!

DO...make time to study

Even if you don't have a lot of free time, it will really help your studies if you're able to put time aside each day to learn some vocabulary, or do the Written Chinese Dashboard homework. Why not use your commute to review some flashcards, or take 10 minutes of your lunch break to practice writing some characters. This is my current study schedule:

One 1 ½ hour Chinese class per week where I might get 20 - 30 new vocabulary words for speaking and around 20 characters to learn to read and write. I then add those words to a new flashcard list in my Written Chinese Dictionary app. Either on my way to work or if I take a break at work, I use the 'study' function to learn the vocabulary words, first beginning with Chinese - English and gradually making it more difficult to English - Chinese. Also, each day at work, I take a break in the afternoon when I try and complete the Daily homework. I have a notebook I keep by my desk where I write the character, pinyin and meaning and then find the top 2 or 3 bigrams since these are extremely useful. Then I try and use the character to write 1 or 2 sentences. I don't put too much pressure on myself to be able to write all the characters without checking the stroke order, it's more about just practicing writing and using correct grammar! I share my homework on the dictionary, and wait for Chamcen 老师 (lǎo shī) to tell me where I went wrong! Finally, when I get home, I practice writing the 20 or so characters for about 10 minutes. I don't do this every night, but I try and mix it up by using my hanzi note book, my 'magic' writing mat and also using my mobile to write the characters. Overall, I spend around 20-30 minutes a day studying, in 10 minute slots.

My method might not work for you, find out how my colleague, Mike studies Chinese!

DO...learn about Chinese culture

A few months ago, I had some great classes from a local non-profit organization where the teacher taught a lot about culture, specifically geography and food. Learning just a little about Chinese culture can actually teach you a lot about the language. Once you begin to understand about China and its traditions, both the spoken and written language will probably make a lot more sense. Plus, it's a great opportunity to pick up a hobby too. You could learn to play Mahjong, learn about Chinese tea or how to cook Chinese dishes!

DO...look at the Traditional Characters

As you might already know, Chinese characters have changed considerably since their beginnings, but looking back at Traditional characters, or sometimes even further back, can help us get a better understanding of a specific character. Some simplified characters bare very little resemblance to their traditional counterpart, which is why many people find traditional characters more beautiful and also informative. There are great books out there that teach a bit about the etymology of a character. I especially like 'Fun with Chinese characters'. You can find links for the whole series here.

You can see both simplified and traditional characters in our Online Dictionary and Written Chinese Dictionary mobile app, just tap the button to flip between them quickly!

DO...learn Radicals

I can't emphasise enough how essential radicals can be to your Chinese learning! I kind of have a strange obsession with radicals, because I love making connections between characters with similar radicals. Not only are radicals the 'building blocks' of characters, but they will also make your learning both more interesting and easier. Recognising some radicals will help you understand both the pronunciation and the meaning of a character. You'll also begin to look at a character and associate it with a specific area. For example, characters that have 2 strokes on the left side, like this: 冰 (bīng) are associated with ice. The following characters all have the 'ice' radical on the left side of the character so this means they are all 'cold' in someway: 冷 (lěng - cold) , 冻 (dòng - freeze) and 凝 (níng - congeal).

DO...listen to different regional accents

You've probably listened to the mp3s that come with your textbook and know the typical Beijing accent. But if you're going to travel around China, or communicate with Chinese people, chances are they won't speak like a Beijing-er. For example, in our city of Shenzhen, there are lots of people from Hunan, although if you take what they say to be true, they're actually from 'Funan'. Hunan people, speak 'H's as 'F's, and it doesn't stop there. Many other Chinese accents have similar differences compared with the standard Beijing accent you might only have heard. Try and listen to Chinese podcasts and regional TV shows to listen to different accents. These resources are easy to come by and will probably be free! You can use LizhiFM to download Chinese podcasts and there are a variety of video streaming sites such as YouKu and Viki.

DO...learn Tones

As I mentioned previously, in the early days my tones were terrible, and I quickly realized that context could help me get away with it! However, trying to cop out of learning tones has only my spoken Chinese sloppy, and yet another thing I now have to go back and learn from scratch! You can try out Tone trainer to practice listening to the different tones; once your ear becomes accustomed to the 5 dfferent sounds, it will be easier to speak them yourself. Finally, both our Online Dictionary and Written Chinese Dictionary have audio files for each character and bigram to help you learn from pronunciation and tone.
Now let's look at some 'don'ts' for learning Chinese, most of which I've been a culprit of myself!
DON'T...learn each individual character

Seriously, the idea of initially trying to learn every individual character gives me nightmares!
If you're learning to read and write Chinese characters, forget this idea that you should start from scratch with each individual character. It makes more sense to begin learning with bigrams. A bigram is a 2 character combination that basically makes a 'word' in Chinese. The meaning of a character can sometimes be vague and it can be daunting to know how to use it. Once you begin to learn Chinese bigrams, you'll start to recognize and understand individual characters much more!

DON'T...be so serious!

Use games, get a hobby or listen to Chinese music! Using a book and a dictionary is not the only way to study; there are so many great resources and tools out there to make learning fun! Written Chinese has its own game, Chinese Match Game Mobile App, that you can check out here.

There are plenty of hobbies that will help you learn Chinese. Nora recommends finding a calligraphy class, or learning Mahjong with Chinese people without speaking English (if possible!) Listening to music or watching Chinese tv shows or movies, can be a brilliant way to practice your listening and reading skills (from the subtitles), and the best thing is, many of these resources are free! Finally, I suggest learning some Chinese slang, which can give you an insight into contemporary Chinese culture and mindset. Plus, they can often be pretty funny and they'll impress your friends!

My final, and possibly most important point is

DON'T... give up!

I'd like to preface this final comment, by congratulating all of you for sticking with learning a language. If you've gotten this far, then I really hope that you continue to enjoy learning this great language!

I think that once you have a method to learning Chinese, you'll realize it's not as difficult as everyone told you. Yes, it has tones, and you don't recognize the written language, never mind write it, but many people have learned Chinese, and many fluently enough to communicate as a native. Learning a language should be a bit of a challenge anyway, otherwise where's the fun?!

If anyone of you out there have any issues, or are feeling complacent or fed up with Chinese, leave us a comment below and we'll try and offer you some advice. The same goes for any of you who can offer any suggestions on how to remain involved and interested in learning Chinese!

If you're interested in learning Chinese, you can check out our Written Chinese Dictionary! You can learn more about our Chinese Learning Toolkit here! You can also click on the links below to download it for your iOS and Android devices!

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How the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements are organized

Aligned with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 and the ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners the Can-Do Statements reflect the continuum of growth in communication skills through the Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior, and Distinguished levels.

The NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements for Intercultural Communication and the Reflection Tool for Learners provide a set of examples and scenarios that show how learners use the target language and knowledge of culture to demonstrate their Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC).

Just as the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements for language clarify the Communication standards in the World Readiness Standards, this tool is intended to clarify and support the Cultures standards (use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices or products and perspectives of cultures) and lead learners toward developing ICC. For the purpose of this document, ICC refers to the ability to interact effectively and appropriately with people from other language and cultural backgrounds. ICC develops as the result of a process of intentional goal-setting and self- reflection around language and culture and involves attitudinal changes toward one's own and other cultures. Intercultural communicative competence is essential for establishing effective, positive relationships across cultural boundaries, required in a global society.

Image Resource: How the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements are organized

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THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH THAT SUPPORT THE NCSSFL-ACTFL CAN-DO STATEMENTS

Too often, learners are seen as subjects of assessment, not users of assessments. To become the primary users of assessment information, learners must make what they learn part of themselves. One important means of involving learners in their learning process is having them participate in a goal-setting process to monitor their progress to determine how well they accomplish their learning targets. Learning goals form the foundation for motivation in an instructional setting and for where working memory is being allocated. Motivation is critical to learning because "without sufficient motivation, even the brightest learners are unlikely to persist long enough to attain any really useful language" (Dörnyei, 2010, p. 74). It is vital to understand the motivation to promote learner autonomy which is key to continuing language learning beyond the classroom.

Learning targets, expressed in Can-Do Statements, provide an important venue for setting learning goals to provide language learners the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning through the establishment of positive short-and long-term learning goals and to monitor their learning experiences to ensure the accomplishment of these goals. SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) goals, such as the Can-Do Statements, provide a clear direction to focus learners' language learning efforts to help them meet these goals. Such a constructivist or sociocultural worldview regards learning as an ongoing process where learners are continually involved in self-assessment and self-reflection about their own learning, ultimately aimed at developing self-regulation and self-efficacy.

The impact on learners and learner achievement of Can-Do Statements, as evidenced in LinguaFolio® (LF®) and its European predecessor, the European Language Portfolio (ELP), has been investigated through a growing body of research. LinguaFolio® was designed to help language educators develop autonomous learning and learner empowerment. Research at the classroom level has revealed that goal setting, which is at the heart of LF® and ELP, promotes self-regulated learning, increases language and academic achievement, enhances motivation and task value, and improves self-assessment when implemented regularly and frequently (Burton & Swain, 2014; Ciesielkiewicz & Coca, 2013; Little, 2009; Little, 2003; Little, Goullier, & Hughes, 2011; Moeller, Theiler, & Wu, 2012; Ziegler, 2014; Ziegler & Moeller, 2012; Clarke, 2013; Moeller & Yu, 2015). Learners who experienced LF® as an intervention in the world language classroom achieved higher academic outcomes as measured by cumulative GPA and ACT scores in math, science, reading, and English compared to students who were not exposed to LF® (Clarke, 2013).

These studies have shown that the major components of setting goals, documenting progress, and self-assessment of learning are critical in developing learner autonomy and self-regulation in language learners that contribute to increased motivation, higher language achievement, and academic success.

References

Burton, B., & Swain, M. (2014, August) Student Success with LinguaFolio®. Presentation at the Growing Success for ELLs conference in Greensboro, NC.

Ciesielkiewicz, M., & Coca, D. (2013) The electronic language portfolio as a tool for lifelong learning. In International Conference ICT for Language Learning: Conference Proceedings. Florence, Italy: Libreria Universitaria.

Clarke, O. (2013) LinguaFolio® goal setting intervention and academic achievement: Increasing student capacity for self-regulated learning. Retrieved from ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI3604640

Dörnyei, Z. (2010) Researching motivation: From integrativeness to the ideal L2 self. In Hunston, S., & Oakey, D. (Eds). Introducing applied linguistics: Concepts and skills, (pp. 74-83). London: Routledge.

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A stroll through the halls of almost any Canadian workplace will testify to the cultural diversity of its workforce.

By 2050, around 40 per cent of the population of Canada, as well as the United States and Australia, will be immigrants or the children of immigrants. Many of these people, who make up an increasing portion of the workforce, share something in common - they are bicultural.

Bicultural individuals identify with more than one culture. Examples include Chinese-Canadians, Turkish-Germans and Arab-Americans. Despite employing many bicultural workers, most organizations don't yet understand how their special skills might be leveraged to improve organizational performance.

What's more, many bicultural individuals themselves may not fully appreciate the valuable skills they offer to their organizations.

The three of us decided to find out whether, and how, bicultural people contribute to their organizations. We conducted three studies with a total of 1,196 participants to determine how bicultural employees contribute to their workplaces. Our results are described here and published in The Journal of International Business Studies.

We found that many bicultural people keep one foot in each of their cultures. This access gives them special knowledge and causes them to think differently than mono-cultural employees.

There are several activities in which bicultural employees tend to excel.

Working effectively across cultures

One obvious advantage of multicultural employees is their language skills. Many are able to help with translation inside or outside the workplace. In our study of a health-care organization, we found that employees who spoke a second language were often asked to translate for patients informally. This happened even though there were professional interpreters on staff.

Bicultural employees may also have better intercultural skills, such as adapting to cross-cultural situations. This happens because people understand values, norms and appropriate behaviour for more than one culture. They are able to change their behaviours to suit the requirements of the context.

For example, a Chinese-German will probably be able to switch between communicating directly (common in Germany) and speaking more indirectly (common in China), depending on his or her audience. This kind of flexibility is particularly useful for global virtual teams.

Solving complex international problems

Biculturals commonly use more than one cultural lens at a time. This means they can analyze international issues at a deeper level than monoculturals, who have access to only one cultural framework.

For example, a French-Irish-Cambodian team member, working for L'Oréal on the development of skin-care products for the French market, saw the opportunity to combine wrinkle-reducing features with tinted makeup, something her French colleagues had not considered. He was able to combine his insider knowledge of both Cambodian and French beauty products to create a successful new product.

Bicultural individuals develop more complex thinking about issues by thinking through different perspectives on it. This helps them develop more alternative strategies to resolve international problems.

A multicultural social network for others

When individuals belong to multiple cultural groups, they naturally have more diverse social networks. This happens because people tend to think positively about fellow group members. As a result, most people develop more connections with people who share their own cultural background than with those who do not.

For example, a monocultural Australian individual is likely to view Australians as her cultural group, and thus develop close social ties mostly with other monocultural Australians.

On the other hand, an Australian-Indian-Spanish bicultural is likely to view all three cultures as his own, and therefore have a social network that includes people from all these cultures.

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By connecting individuals from across these cultural groups, bicultural employees can change the social network at their organizations. They help to connect people who would not otherwise be connected.

For example, in a multinational technology company, bicultural individuals helped software development teams overcome serious challenges that threatened their projects. These teams had members in the U.S., Germany and India, who all had to work together on their projects. When delicate communication was necessary, team members turned first to their bicultural colleagues, who acted as informal connectors.

Teammates commonly expect their bicultural team members to act as liaisons because they are more likely to have boundary-crossing social networks and additional language skills.

The downside: Psychological wellbeing

Despite the advantages of being bicultural, there are also challenges. Bicultural employees often say it is hard to answer the question: "Who am I?" For them, it's psychologically difficult to reconcile conflicting demands from multiple cultures, such as different sets of values, norms, assumptions and expected behaviours.

For example, some cultures, such as the United States, tend to encourage people to be independent and autonomous. Others, such as India, tend to encourage people to be more interdependent with close family and friends. We found that when one person straddles multiple cultures, such as an Indian-American, they are more likely to feel torn by conflicting norms. This is especially hard when individuals try to mentally separate their cultures, for example, by emphasizing one culture at work, and a different culture at home.

The silver lining to this challenge is that, as a result of their deeper thinking, individuals who struggle to make sense of their two cultures seem to develop other cross-cultural skills. For example, thinking deeply about how to internally reconcile their own cultures allows them to be better at integrating multiple perspectives about international problems.

What does it mean for organizations?

Organizations everywhere are facing a labour force and a customer base that is increasingly culturally diverse. Working effectively across cultures is now a fundamental requirement for today's business people.

To thrive in this environment, today's organizations should recognize bicultural individuals as a valuable asset.

That means finding ways to support them and recognizing their potential contributions. Engaging and motivating bicultural individuals is the latest challenge for managing people in organizations. But it is a challenge that - if met - promises significant rewards.

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"The main thing that impresses me about the Kubi is its simplicity and small size," Ms. Attwa said. "Kubi is a robot, yet you just see an iPad on a white stand (the Kubi) that sits on a tripod. We emailed a link to Annie, and she managed to log on in order to control the Kubi from home. Using the arrows on her keyboard, she could turn 360 degrees to view the whole class, and move the Kubi up and down in order to work on or discuss group activities. I think the Kubi fulfilled the task that was required, and Annie didn't miss a session. Very few times would the Kubi freeze for a few moments, and Annie would quickly reconnect."

"Of course, this smoothness in having the Kubi would not have been possible without the help of OIT, ALTEC, and Noah Dahm, a student in our class who set up the Kubi each day. I met with Italian Instructor Giorgio Corda, who had previously used the Kubi in his classroom, and Mark Werner from OIT's Academic Technology Design Team and they gave me all the directions on Kubi and how to best use it in class. Mark Knowles, the director of ALTEC, offered to store and charge the Kubi in his office, right next to my classroom."

The student experience was equally successful. "My experience with the Kubi was only positive," Ms. Miller said. "It was incredibly helpful to be able to continue my studies with Arabic despite my hip surgery due to an injury. Without the Kubi I would have been unable to attend class every day, which would have left me significantly behind in the course. It was my hope to stay on track with the language and not fall behind, and the Kubi made that possible. The technology itself is very simple and easy to use. It was also nice that I was able to control it myself without the help of my peers in class; I was not a distraction to them, as I could move myself and position myself to see either the board or my professor as she moved around the room. All in all, my experience using the Kubi was very helpful throughout the time that I needed it, as it allowed me to be present in class and stay on track with my studies."

"It was indeed a success," Ms. Attwa said. "Now Annie is back to physical attendance in class. It was really very nice and smooth. I am very happy we could accommodate Annie that easily."

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations is proud of its exceptional faculty, including Ms. Attwa, who are dedicated to supporting their students' success. For more information about OIT's pilot program, visit the Kubi Innovation Grant Pilot page. Photo credit: Glenn Asakawa, Strategic Relations Associate Director for Photo and Video Production. This article is also featured in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine.

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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban offered a perhaps bleak prediction on the future of jobs in an interview Friday with Bloomberg's Cory Johnson at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit in New Orleans.

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Johnson: So essentially what you're making the case for is education and job training for grown ups.

Cuban: No, no. I think that won't matter. What are you going to go back and learn to do?

Johnson: What it takes, right? Whether it's finance, whether it's software programming.

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It takes extra time, money, and effort for ed-tech developers to use research as they design and develop their products. And with no requirement or obvious incentive for developers to do this, we've heard many in the education community skeptically ask, "Are any of these products actually research-based?"

The answer is yes. Earlier this year, we issued a call for developers to tell us how they use research. Fifty-three companies shared an array of approaches: from applying learning science theory in the design of new products, to conducting user research, to launching evaluations of product effectiveness.

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Top Submission in the Learning Sciences Category: BrainQuake, Inc.
Honorable Mentions: Teachley and Woot Math

Top Submission in the User Research Category: Cogent Education
Honorable Mentions: Accelerate Learning and Smithsonian Learning Lab

Top Submission in the Evaluation Research Category: Woot Math
Honorable Mentions: Cell-Ed and Dreambox Learning

We talked with leaders from Woot Math, Cogent Education, and BrainQuake, Inc., to learn more about their strategies for using research. Check out their stories on EdSurge. You can also read our analysis of all 53 submissions.

We received many impressive applications, and want to recognize all participating companies, which you can view below, for their efforts to use research. We hope their examples inspire other developers to use research, ultimately creating a marketplace filled with strong ed-tech products that are more likely to improve student learning outcomes.
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Product: 21Teach
One way they use research: "During the prototype development phase, early adaptors evaluated the usability and function of the app. This feedback was directly related to the product design and development, with their suggestions being used for implementation."

Cell-Ed
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One way they use research: "We also conducted a 'Cell-Ed User Experience Assessment' with a University of California Berkeley UX/UI team. This study was based on two sets of informational interviews with different study cohorts. The interviews covered the following topic areas: attraction, adoption, retention (technology endurance and learning acquisition), completion, and an overall Cell-Ed journey for each participant."

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Product: Zinc Reading Labs
One way they use research: "We looked to the academics and experts in literacy to direct us on how best to augment Zinc Reading Labs to achieve our goal. The key research finding we used was their number one recommendation to improve adolescent literacy: to provide explicit vocabulary instruction."

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O ne way they use research: "The learning theories used include andragogy, a model of assumptions developed to describe learning in adults (Knowles, 1970); self-directed learning model with its three overlapping dimensions of self-management, self-monitoring, and motivation (Garrison, 1997); and the four-phase model of interest development, which we used in relation to the shift from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation (Hidi & Renninger, 2006)."

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Having a background in language coaching, I tend to keep a close eye on the latest global trends in language learning. After a period of little innovation in the space, there is definitely a new wave of language learning startups hitting the market.

Live video lessons, the hot trend from seven years ago that proved to be little more than a flash in the pan, certainly had a chilling effect for edtech entrepreneurs and investors in the language learning space.

Today language learning technology is once again on the upswing, powered by mobile devices as well as better broadband and mobile coverage. This leads to the following five key trends in language learning I see for the coming years.

Mobile

Mobile is the rocket fuel for the new wave of language learning products. Smartphones and mobile Internet made it possible to add bite-sized lessons and learning sprints to the daily routine of commuters. From serious approaches based on curated web content, like Voxy or Lingua.ly, to more playful approaches like MindSnacks and Duolingo, mobile is THE learning environment to conquer in the language space.

But not only smartphones power the mobile trend. Feature phones are still playing an important role in developing countries, and services like EduMe come up with audio and SMS based services that reach and serve these users.

Personalized and Adaptive

One-size-fits-all educational content for language learning will become a thing of the past. Learners today want content tailored to their interest and needs. Again, Voxy being one of the early movers in this space, adding an educational layer to news articles and pop culture.

Another important factor is adaptiveness when it comes to the learning path. Language learners are not alike, have different levels at the start and will continue to learn differently throughout the program. Therefore, language learning products need to adapt to the progress of each individual learner, from reinforcing weak points to accelerating topics that are known already or mastered quickly.

Constant Feedback

Learners want to know where they are on their learning path at any moment, not at the end of the month, or after they completed a text or exam.

Language learning startups, like busuu.com and Duolingo for instance, that implement a learning path into their products early on make it easy for learners to visualize their current level.

The next step, I imagine, will be quick assessments that evaluate the level more precisely. A model for such a feature could be Smarterer (acquired by Pluralsight), which evaluates the skills of tech workers based on 10 questions.

Faster Results

Based on personalized learning content, an adaptive learning path and constant feedback, language learners will expect faster results. Overall, our society is being constantly trained for instant gratification thanks to Google, Amazon and other web services that get us answers, solutions or services right away.

Startups like Lingvist are working on language learning curricula that will lead users through their learning path the most efficient way. In the case of Lingvist, the startup promises to teach a learner French in just 200 hours.

Live and On-Demand

Yes, live lessons will also make a comeback in the language learning space. The difference today is that both technology and infrastructure can handle video and audio connections between tutors and students with ease. And with more and more tutors coming online and searching for ways to earn money teaching languages, the problem of scaling a 24/7 live lesson service will settle down the line, as well.

Edtech startups outside of the language learning space have already built working platforms for on-demand tutoring, with InstaEDU (acquired by Chegg) being the most successful one. In the community / language exchange space busuu.com with its millions of users someone is probably also able to find a language partner on-demand.

These impromptu sessions will most likely last under 15 minutes. I doubt that learners will schedule an entire tutoring session spontaneously, as such a setting requires preparation from both sides. On-demand sessions work well for Q&A and quick help on a specific problem which could be an interesting service or additional feature for test and exam prep.

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Ever since Stephen Krashen made it central to his Input Hypothesis, since rebranded as the Comprehension Hypothesis, "comprehensible input" (CI) has been part of both academic discourse and shop talk among language teachers. It's easy to have misunderstandings surrounding a concept that has engendered so much spinoff research and so much water-cooler conversation, so let's clear up some stuff!

Myth 1: Comprehensible input is a method

Fact: Comprehensible input neither is nor requires a particular method. It's simply a type of language that occurs either by nature or by intention. If someone says or writes something and someone else who isn't a native speaker understands, comprehensible input has happened. Many language teachers make an extra effort to provide their students with lots of language that their students can understand, because of the widely documented association of comprehension with the acquisition of language. Some teachers have combined ways of providing and sustaining CI into full-fledged methods, such as Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling ( TPRS®), but comprehensible input itself is not a method, approach, or philosophy.

See also: Ellie Arnold's " CI Methods: an obvious epiphany "

Myth 2: The need for comprehensible input is hotly disputed

Fact: Just about every theory of second language acquisition (SLA) affirms the importance of target-language messages that learners can understand. What's disputed is whether comprehensible input is you need in order to acquire a language or whether other factors or actions (social interaction, explicit awareness of textbook rules, targeted practice,...) can or must play a role.

Even if there weren't support for the value of CI from diverse researchers and practitioners, remember that, since comprehensible input is simply a type of language event, there is not really such a thing as being "for" or "against" it, any more than there is such a thing as being for or against trees. Trees spring up by nature. One can also plant trees. If one thinks that trees are good and that there aren't enough, one plants more. Teachers convinced of the efficacy of CI for acquisition find and plant lots of CI. Teachers who haven't heard, haven't noticed, or aren't convinced of the efficacy of CI spend more time on other things.

Myth 3: Comprehensible input is inauthentic

Fact: Since comprehensible input is any bit of language that is understood by a particular learner, and there are learners who can understand at least some "authentic" language, CI can be "authentic" even in the narrowest definition of authentic language as "language produced by a native speaker for other native speakers." What is rare is that Novice and Intermediate learners thoroughly understand extended instances of language (several minutes of speech, several continuous pages of writing) that does not take their proficiency into account when it is created.

In any case, there are alarming problems with avoiding input produced by or for non-native speakers or implying that such input can't be of great value. Some are philosophical: What is the point of calling anything a native speaker says to a non-native speaker "inauthentic"? What are the implications of labeling all the Spanish I will ever produce until the day I die, no matter how correct and situationally appropriate, "inauthentic"? What does it mean to say or imply that every single thing ever said in a language class is "inauthentic" because it is said either by or for the sake of a non-native speaker? Then there are practical issues: For one thing, good communicators modify their speech all the time in order to be understood better. Should a language classroom be the one place where we avoid this basic feature of human communication? For another, although it is not logically necessary, my observation is that students who are exposed only, or almost only, to "authentic" input tend to receive not only a much lower amount of comprehensible input, but also a lower total amount of target language input of any kind.

So, comprehensible input does not have to be "inauthentic," and there are really good reasons to pursue it even when it is.

Myth 4: Comprehensible input is outdated

Fact: By now you know what I'm going to say-how can language that a learner understands be outdated?

That said, one does come across comments that Krashen's work is outdated, and the question of the value of comprehensible input is sometimes attached to either the intention or the reception of such comments, even though Krashen is far from being the only scholar treating CI. These comments often originate in the UK, where, for various reasons (including, as rumors have it, non-academic ones), Krashen's influence is not as apparent as elsewhere. In the United States, where I do most of my teaching, training, and observing, reliance on comprehensible input is as strong as ever-probably stronger than ever, as Krashen continues to interact with teachers more closely than almost any other researcher, as his work has had time to be taken up and expanded on by many other researchers, as the results of this research have trickled down to a critical mass of classroom practitioners, and as these practitioners have found their students to be unprecedentedly successful.

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