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Robert Godwin-Jones
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1 year
Special issue of LL&T on AI, with my take on “distributed agency” in generative AI for language learning (. This issue points to the problem the accelerating pace of AI development poses for (slow) academic publishing. AI upending CALL from chatbots to VR.
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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1 year
Blog post on eggs over easy and language authenticity in ChatGPT:
acrossculturesweb.com
I was in Vietnam last fall on assignment from the US State Department (Public Diplomacy Division) to serve as an “English Language Specialist,” giving workshops to foreign language teachers (mostly...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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2 years
“You can’t see me” gesture and racism in sports
acrossculturesweb.com
The recent Women’s NCAA basketball tournament captured the attention of the US sports watching public, something unusual for women’s sports. Games were exciting and featured players like Caitlin...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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2 years
Working longer? No thanks!
acrossculturesweb.com
This post on work life is a follow-up to the comments on “quiet quitting”. Expectations for how long people should work (hours per week) and how long they should keep working (retirement age) vary...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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2 years
Caste discrimination banned in Seattle
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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2 years
ChatGPT and the human-machine relationship
acrossculturesweb.com
There has been an eruption of interest recently in generative AI, due to the public release of ChatGPT from OpenAI, a tool which, given a brief prompt, can generate in seconds texts of all kinds that...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Creative symbols of protest
acrossculturesweb.com
If it is not possible for citizens to verbalize their views on issues of concern, it may be possible for them to use nonverbal means of expression. That is a necessity for protesters in countries run...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Hamilton auf Deutsch
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Quiet quitting or bringing your whole self to work?
acrossculturesweb.com
Recently there has been a flood of media accounts and TikTok videos of “quiet quitting” – meaning not that folks are actually quitting their jobs, but rather that they are doing the minimum at work,...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Monuments, cultural identity, and language
acrossculturesweb.com
Where I live, Richmond, Virginia, has in the US been a center of the recent movement to remove public monuments to individuals or movements associated with causes on the wrong side of history. In the...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
You don’t like kimchi? You’re not really Korean.
acrossculturesweb.com
As I wrote recently in this blog, for those from mixed ethnic backgrounds, one avenue to reclaim what feels like a lost heritage from one of the parents is to learn that parent’s language. The...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Loneliness: Can AI and robots help?
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Cultural themes in US society and their deadly consequences
acrossculturesweb.com
In the US in recent weeks there has been a disturbing milestone – over 1 million deaths from COVID-19 – and several tragic events, i.e., mass shootings in New York and Texas. Although quite different...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
“I’m a fraud within my own identity”: Racial Impostor Syndrome
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Is Ukraine a country?
acrossculturesweb.com
One of the issues in the war between Russia and Ukraine is the insistence by President Putin of Russia that in fact Ukraine is not a “real” country but historically and culturally belongs to Russia....
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Chinese-American athletes: How Chinese are they?
acrossculturesweb.com
Interesting reactions in both the US and in China to Olympic athletes who grew up in the US but whose families have roots in China. These individuals are often referred to as ABC’s: American-Born...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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3 years
Big brothers’ aggression fosters local patriotism
acrossculturesweb.com
Much concern has been expressed recently about the rise of nationalism in a variety of countries, fueled by adverse economic conditions, religious intolerance, populist politicians, and/or xenophob...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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4 years
Rewriting history: The Soviet Union, the Confederacy, January 6th
acrossculturesweb.com
Recent events highlight attempts to whitewash history and to place past regimes in a positive light. In Russia, the civic organization, International Memorial Society, has just been banned. That...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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4 years
What? Scones with fried chicken?
acrossculturesweb.com
Today is Thanksgiving in the US, with many families enjoying the traditional meal of roast turkey, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, pies, etc. While the food is important, Thanksgiving...
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Robert Godwin-Jones
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4 years
School politics escolates: Burning books?
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