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  • Dr. Burghardt Pivots Language Teaching in the AvatarWorld

Dr. Burghardt Pivots Language Teaching in the AvatarWorld

Friday, March 27, 2026

SLS's Dr. Beatrix Burghardt has just completed an innovative project using the Virtual Speech platform to bring AI and virtual reality technology into her Communication Skills for International AIs (SLST-T502) course. During an 8-week long project, international graduate students practiced high-stakes classroom interactions with an AI-avatar to meet required English language proficiency standards of the course.

Read more about this project on the VirtualSpeech website: https://virtualspeech.com/resources/case-studies/case-study-indiana-university-bloomington

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