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    "pk": 53954,
    "title": "Generative AI for L2 Materials: Disruptor or Perpetuator of the Status Quo? ",
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    "abstract": "<p>Generative AI has been called a disruptor of the status quo. However, what does status quo mean when it comes to World Language (WL) education? In this reflective essay, I describe my forays into generative AI tools wearing the hat of a language program director and foreign language teacher-educator to explore the affordances and constraints of generative AI tools for materials development in WL education. First, I discuss what I consider to be the status quo in WL education, followed by a discussion of how materials creation is a literacy process. I then describe several use cases with AI tools (Twee, Questionwell, ChatGPT, Claude.ai), demonstrating uses that might constrain innovation in WL education, either by producing materials that align with past practices or by not affording a dialogic process of co-construction between user and tool. Finally, I explore ways that generative AI can serve as a helpful collaborator in language teacher workflows and conclude with implications for policy guidelines for AI use among WL teachers.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "section": "Teachers' Forum",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/08z2t1mq",
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        {
            "first_name": "Kristen",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Michelson",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "None",
            "department": ""
        }
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    "date_submitted": "2025-11-14T03:50:27.152000Z",
    "date_accepted": "2026-02-18T18:48:34.167623Z",
    "date_published": "2026-03-17T21:14:00Z",
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