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Nicholas Carr (University of Aizu)18/05/2024, 09:30AI for TeachingPractice-based Presentation (30 minutes)
The provision of written corrective feedback on language learners' writing has been the focus of much investigation over the last three decades. Amongst this literature, there has been growing evidence that the provision of graduated feedback, which increases in explicitness as per learner needs in real time, can increase the learning potential of feedback on writing. However, the provision of...
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Mr Robert Cvitkovic (Teikyo University), Mr Omar Massoud (Sofia University Junior College)18/05/2024, 10:10AI for TeachingResearch Presentation (30 minutes)
This presentation explores the use of AI in evaluating speaking and pronunction. It addresses the challenges in assessing them quickly and accurately, specifically its impact on the metrics of comprehensibility and intelligibility. Pronunciation, in particular, significantly influences comprehensibility and intelligibility, essential components for effective communication. Historically,...
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Dr Freek Olaf de Groot (City University of Hong Kong), Dr Jackie L. K. Yeoh (BNU-HKBU United International College)18/05/2024, 10:50AI for TeachingPractice-based Presentation (30 minutes)
In recent years, universities have been dealing with the concerns of the utilisation of artificial intelligence, especially with the emergence of ChatGPT. This technology can not only generate written contents, i.e. human-like responses to questions and prompts, it can also affect assessments and evaluation methods. This paper presents a pedagogical approach that focuses on integrating...
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Brent Warner (JALT CALL)18/05/2024, 11:30AI for TeachingPractice-based Presentation (30 minutes)
While the AI revolution has opened up a lot of conversations around chatbots and image generation, many teachers haven’t considered the ways that AI can be used in spreadsheets to simplify tracking of student information, easily import content into apps like Kahoot, and most importantly, differentiate instruction for each of your students depending on their level, skillset, and interests.
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Rob Hirschel (Sojo University), Christopher Tempest (Sojo University)18/05/2024, 14:20AI for TeachingPractice-based Presentation (30 minutes)
Many EFL and ESL teachers do not provide corrective feedback on L2 writing. Reasons include but are not limited to: 1. considerable time required; 2. unhelpful but necessary delay in returning corrective feedback; 3. concerns about comprehensibility of the feedback in the L2; and 4. concerns that students may simply disregard feedback. In recent years, automated corrective written feedback has...
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Suzan Stamper (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)18/05/2024, 15:00AI for TeachingPractice-based Presentation (30 minutes)
This presentation provides an update on developments of a new university-level English course with a high proficiency enrollment requirement (IELTS 7+). The course, which was initially designed before the emergence of tools like ChatGPT, made revisions in Year 1 in response to the university’s stance to encourage AI use as it is a university of science and technology. These course developments...
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Tosh Tachino18/05/2024, 15:40AI for TeachingResearch Presentation (30 minutes)
ChatGPT and other generative AI likely constitute the most significant technology in recent years to affect writing studies, and their impact has been widely discussed in public (Rudolph, Tan, & Tan, 2023). The technology is still too new and still too fast evolving to have any consensus on how to use it, how to manage it, how to regulate it, or how to guide its future development, but the...
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Paul Raine (Ritsumeikan University)18/05/2024, 16:20AI for TeachingResearch Presentation (30 minutes)
Recent advancements in Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) have opened up new possibilities for language teaching and learning. Leveraging the Vygotskian concepts of the More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), this report presents an investigation of the viability of GPT-3 as an MKO for English Language Learners (ELLs). The study introduces the...
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