The Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center

Today's featured Flagship Flashback session is...

AI and Professional Language Proficiency
This Flagship Forward event explores ways that AI is being harnessed for working towards professional level language proficiency:

AI and Language for Specific Purposes
Dr. Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University

AI in the PBL Process for Professional Proficiency
Meejeong Song, Cornell University

https://vimeo.com/1161967235/0547433b91

See more of our 2025-26 Flagship Forward session recordings:
https://thelanguageflagship.tech/flagship-forward/

Today's featured Flagship Flashback session is...

AI-Powered Immediate Feedback to Enhance Writing Tutoring
Dr. Attia Youseif, Indiana University

This presentation introduces WriteWise, a Custom GPT developed to evaluate and assess Arabic learners’ writing based on ACTFL, ILR, CEFR standards.

https://vimeo.com/1171199921/614a3a5290

See more of our 2026 Tutoring Summit session recordings: https://thelanguageflagship.tech/tutoring-summit/2026_presentations/

Today's featured Flagship Flashback session is...

AI and Writing Assessment
Dr. Kit Pribble, Wake Forest University

This Flagship Forward event focuses on integrating generative AI chatbots into portfolio-based writing assessment in the Russian language classroom.

https://vimeo.com/1187925160/b00cad7ec4

See more of our 2025-26 Flagship Forward session recordings:
https://thelanguageflagship.tech/flagship-forward/

Flagship Flashbacks: This summer we are highlighting recorded sessions from both our 2026 Tutoring Summit and our 2025-26 Flagship Forward series, two posts per week. Check them out to learn of innovative and informed uses of AI for language learning, teaching, and tutoring. Here's our next one:

Using the Mizou Chatbot to Help Chinese Learners Handle Complicated Real-Life Situations
Dr. Yao Tu, University of Minnesota Chinese Flagship Program

While the ability to handle unexpected situations is both a key indicator of Advanced proficiency and an essential life skill, students in advanced Chinese classes are more accustomed to discussing abstract societal issues than everyday problems. This presentation walks through the development, use, and evaluation of a Mizou Chatbot to help Chinese learners handle complicated real-life situations.

https://vimeo.com/1171968555/c1619e262c

See more of our 2026 Tutoring Summit session recordings: https://thelanguageflagship.tech/tutoring-summit/2026_presentations/

Today's featured Flagship Flashback session is...

Innovating Interaction: Designing & Customizing AI Chatbots
Dr. Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, Faculty Specialist in Language Technology at the Tech Center
Dr. Richard Medina, Faculty Specialist in Human-Computer Interaction at the Tech Center

This first session of Flagship Forward explored creating custom AI chatbots using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for language learning. No coding experience is required.

https://vimeo.com/1124367814/276e1afe7f

See more of our 2025-26 Flagship Forward session recordings:
https://thelanguageflagship.tech/flagship-forward/

Introducing Flagship Flashbacks: This summer we will be highlighting recorded sessions from both our 2026 Tutoring Summit and our 2025-26 Flagship Forward series, two posts per week. Check them out to learn of innovative and informed uses of AI for language learning, teaching, and tutoring. Here's our first:

The Wild Frontier of Chatbots – The Good, The Bad, and the Unknown
Dr. Rebecca Cravens, Indiana University Russian Flagship Program

This presentation describes the creation, distribution, and impact of a Custom GPT designed for first-year Russian Flagship students and tutors at Indiana University. The purpose of the chatbot was to prepare students for tutoring sessions by reviewing current course textbook material.

https://vimeo.com/1171966438/8bfd00214c

See more of our 2026 Tutoring Summit session recordings: https://thelanguageflagship.tech/tutoring-summit/2026_presentations/

🚀 Meet Talio Language – a LaunchPad Finalist!

Meet Matt Wise, founder of Talio Language. Speaking is a major bottleneck–hard to practice and hard to assess. Talio provides conversation practice for university and intensive language programs, with AI-assisted scenario creation for teachers and analytics on every student exchange.

The LaunchPad educational technology competition will be held at the 2026 CALICO conference on July 10th at Miami University in Oxford, OH.



https://thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/

🚀 Meet Speakology AI – a LaunchPad Finalist!

Led by Ben Altschuler, Chief Executive Officer, Speakology AI is an AI-powered language learning platform that helps students develop language proficiency through real-time conversations with human-realistic AI instructors. Educators can create custom topics, assignments, and interpersonal speaking activities aligned with their curriculum and proficiency goals.

The LaunchPad educational technology competition will be held at the 2026 CALICO conference on July 10th at Miami University in Oxford, OH.



https://thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/

🚀 Meet Socrates Lab – a LaunchPad Finalist!

Co-founded by Haluk Tuncay, Socrates Lab is a language learning platform for higher education that helps students build fluency through interactive conversation, pronunciation practice, collaborative activities, and customizable AI tutors that provide instant feedback. Designed for educators, the platform combines AI-assisted content creation, analytics, rubrics, and progress tracking to deliver scalable, research-backed, and privacy-focused language education.

The LaunchPad educational technology competition will be held at the 2026 CALICO conference on July 10th at Miami University in Oxford, OH.



https://thelanguageflagship.tech/launchpad/

The Flagship Forward program, offered by the Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center, is a professional learning series that explores how AI can be leveraged to support professional-level language proficiency. Recordings of all the events are now available on our website:

https://thelanguageflagship.tech/flagship-forward/

From chatbots with RAG, to tutoring with AI, to portfolio writing assessment and beyond - these six recordings will be helpful for anyone interested in learning more about how to leverage AI for language learning.