Faculty Publications and Conference Presentations

Conference review(Hong Kong Baptist University)

1) Which Conference it is

Engagement in the Digital Age: International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning (Baptist University)

2) How the conference relates to what do in term of teaching and learning or the professional work at the CLE

This is the AHKLC sponsored annual conference. And the President of AHKLC is our Director, Prof. Whong. With a focus on language teaching and learning, it is titled “Engagement in the Digital Age: International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning.” This is one of the most reasonable conference for us.

3) Purpose of your review 

A) I have joined International Conference of Japanese Language Education. They were conducted mainly in Japanese. And needless to say, people who were engaged in Japanese Language education joined the conference. This time I wanted to join the conference of Teaching and Learning beyond Japanese Language Education. And I wanted to touch the different perspectives of Teaching and Learning.

B) And I wanted to show what I could practice of Digital Age in my course as TEAM CLE.

4) What the review is about e.g. themes, organizers, speakers etc. including overall effectiveness of the conference.

“Engagement in the Digital Age: International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning.” This theme was wonderful and suitable. And we could meet a lot of people who were working for Language Centers in Hong Kong, etc. And we could reflect ourselves from the presenters or speakers.

5)Your overall experience i.e. if you'd recommend this conference (to whom and why).

In this conference I could understand how TEAM CLE was so great and powerful. I believe everybody could understand the strength of CLE. I recommend all CLE members. I would like to say "Thank you, Team CLE."

※ Many CLE colleagues were joining and giving their scholarly talks. I could not visit all of them. I just showed the Poster of our colleagues I could visit. They gave me the permission. Thank you. 

I want to share some PPTs from Glenn Stockwell's Keynote: "Artificial Intelligence in Language Teaching & Learning: Exploring the Road We're Travelling" from the International Conference on Technology-enhanced Language Learning and Teaching (TeLLT) & Corpus-based Learning and Teaching (CoLLT) ​2024 at EdUHK. I thought it was an informative overview on the topic, referencing the latest literature if we wish to follow up / dig deeper ... (See key Bolded points below).

ABSTRACT

Despite having been with us for decades, the past few years have witnessed phenomenal leaps in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), making this one of the most transformative periods not only for education but also for society at large. ... AI-driven tools, including intelligent tutoring systems, adaptive learning platforms, and chatbots, have gradually shaped language learning frameworks over several years, catering to diverse learner needs and fostering a more engaging, interactive, and efficient learning environment. The monumental shift brought about by recent advances in sophisticated machine translation (MT) and large language model (LLM) technologies has led to an almost instantaneous transformation in teaching and learning practices, and keeping pace with these developments has proven challenging for many. This presentation offers a comprehensive overview of the journey we've undertaken thus far, providing insights that allow us to envision the path ahead. Going beyond hype and conjecture, it explores the steadily growing body of empirical evidence, realistically assessing what lies before us. The discussion considers the interconnected threads in second language teaching and learning, encompassing pedagogical, research, ethical, policy, and legal implications.

Glenn Stockwell is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies, Waseda University. He is the author of Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Contexts and Challenges (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and editor of Smart CALL: Personalization, Contextualization, & Socialization (Castledown) and Computer Assisted Language Learning: Diversity in Research and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He is editor-in-chief of Computer Assisted Language Learning and the Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics. His current research interests include the impact of technology on teaching and learning, mobile-assisted language learning, artificial intelligence in language education, teacher and learner training with technology, and the development of learner autonomy.

<p>The semantic meaning of the Chinese word 杠 gàng ‘wooden bar at the front of bed,’ has experienced a long derivational process driven by cognitive mechanisms such as metaphor and metonymy. In this study, we elaborated on the extended meanings of 杠 gàng based on the dictionaries and the corpus data. We have found a tendency of grammaticalization, denominalization, and deterioration of affective connotations for 杠 gàng. Further, we summarized five representative meanings of 杠 gàng and created image schemas respectively to discuss how the new meanings are generated and associated through the cognitive mechanism. With a radial framework of the semantic change of 杠 gàng presented in the end, we reiterate a continuum of metaphor and metonymy through realizations of image schemas and further highlight the interrelations between the cognitive mechanisms.</p>