Chatting with Al Capone: Leveraging virtual conversational agents in emotional landscapes

This article explores the extent to which virtual conversational agents generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are being leveraged by language learning apps to develop social, emotional and intercultural skills in language learners. While the affordances of natural language processing (NLP) tec...

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Published in:	Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Main Authors:	Nisha Sriganesh, Allyson Eamer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Castledown Publishers 2025-07-01
Subjects:	artificial intelligence language learning apps Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) intercultural dialogue natural language processing virtual conversational agent
Online Access:	https://www.castledown.com/journals/ajal/article/view/102513

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