Opening AI for Language Learning (OAILL)

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… is a series of conversations on topics at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular Generative AI (GenAI), and Language Education.

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The people in conversation are Phil Hubbard and Mat Schulze.

The people behind the scenes are: Shahnaz Ahmadeian Fard: moderator; Chris Brown: editor; Mari Ocando Finol: production coordinator; Evan Rubin: publicist; Tillmann Spiegl: composer.

It is hosted on RSS.com …

016 Good (Slow) AI is excellent – Opening AI for Language Learning

  1. 016 Good (Slow) AI is excellent
  2. Teaching with AI: 2 times 3 takeaways
  3. What's next, AI? In teacher education
  4. The Chinese Room Argument
  5. CALICO 2026 in Oxford (Part 2)

We are using the acronym OAILL, pronounced /owaıl/. With my accent, this sounds like the German weil (=because), but it should be more the w in the English well.

… and also available on Spotify …

OAILL is supported by the Language and Applied Research Center at San Diego State University (SDSU-LARC) and the Southern Area International Languages Network (SAILN).

… and on YouTube …

If you would like to read the posts for individual episodes, you can generate a whole list by clicking here.

The podcast’s main website is https://rss.com/podcasts/oaill/. This site also has an up-to-date list of platforms and episodes. New episodes are dropped every other week on Tuesday.

updated October 3, 2026

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