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Robert Godwin-Jones

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Special issue of LL&T on AI, with my take on “distributed agency” in generative AI for language learning (doi.org/10125/73570). 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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Blog post on eggs over easy and language authenticity in ChatGPT: acrossculturesweb.com/wp/egg…

Eggs “over easy” and reflections on the authenticity of ChatGPT’s language - Communicating Across...

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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“You can’t see me” gesture and racism in sports acrossculturesweb.com/wp/you…

"You can't see me" gesture and racism in sports - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Working longer? No thanks! acrossculturesweb.com/wp/wor…
Working longer? No thanks! - Communicating Across Cultures

Working longer? No thanks! - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Caste discrimination banned in Seattle acrossculturesweb.com/wp/cas…

Caste discrimination banned in Seattle - Communicating Across Cultures

This past week the City Council of Seattle voted to ban discrimination based on caste. This references the hierarchical social division in South Asia which places some castes, such as Brahmins higher...

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ChatGPT and the human-machine relationship acrossculturesweb.com/wp/cha…
ChatGPT and the human-machine relationship - Communicating Across Cultures

ChatGPT and the human-machine relationship - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Creative symbols of protest acrossculturesweb.com/wp/cre…
Creative symbols of protest - Communicating Across Cultures

Creative symbols of protest - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Hamilton auf Deutsch acrossculturesweb.com/wp/ham…

Hamilton auf Deutsch - Communicating Across Cultures

Translating always means approximating the meaning of the original text. That is especially the case for translating literary texts, where it’s not just a matter of finding equivalent meanings but...

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Quiet quitting or bringing your whole self to work? acrossculturesweb.com/wp/qui…

Quiet quitting or bringing your whole self to work? - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Monuments, cultural identity, and language acrossculturesweb.com/wp/mon…

Monuments, cultural identity, and language - Communicating Across Cultures

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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You don’t like kimchi? You’re not really Korean. acrossculturesweb.com/wp/you…
You don’t like kimchi? You’re not really Korean. - Communicating Across Cultures

You don’t like kimchi? You’re not really Korean. - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Loneliness: Can AI and robots help? acrossculturesweb.com/wp/lon…

Loneliness: Can AI and robots help? - Communicating Across Cultures

Japan has a Ministry of Loneliness with a Minister whose mission is to combat social isolation in the country. This is a widely recognized problem in Japan, with a special term, hikikomori, created...

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Cultural themes in US society and their deadly consequences acrossculturesweb.com/wp/cul…

Cultural themes in US society and their deadly consequences - Communicating Across Cultures

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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“I’m a fraud within my own identity”: Racial Impostor Syndrome acrossculturesweb.com/wp/im-…

“I’m a fraud within my own identity”: Racial Impostor Syndrome - Communicating Across Cultures

There was a compelling story this week on NPR dealing with individuals from families with mixed ethnic backgrounds.  In the story, Emily Kwong discusses her decision to learn Mandarin Chinese at the...

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Is Ukraine a country? acrossculturesweb.com/wp/is-…

Is Ukraine a country? - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Chinese-American athletes: How Chinese are they? acrossculturesweb.com/wp/chi…

Chinese-American athletes: How Chinese are they? - Communicating Across Cultures

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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Big brothers’ aggression fosters local patriotism acrossculturesweb.com/wp/big…
Rewriting history: The Soviet Union, the Confederacy, January 6th acrossculturesweb.com/wp/rew…

Rewriting history: The Soviet Union, the Confederacy, January 6th - Communicating Across Cultures

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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What? Scones with fried chicken? acrossculturesweb.com/wp/wha…

What? Scones with fried chicken? - Communicating Across Cultures

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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School politics escolates: Burning books? acrossculturesweb.com/wp/sch…

School politics escolates: Burning books? - Communicating Across Cultures

Here in Virginia the fight over schools has recently intensified. As in other US states, school board meetings have become battlegrounds over what should be and should not be taught in schools and...

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