JALTCALL 2024 Conference

Session

DN 407: Professional Development and Teacher Training

407

18 May 2024, 09:30

DN 407 (North Building)

161. Teachers' Perspectives on the Integration of AI in the Classroom: A Global Survey

Deborah Broadby (Sugiyama Jogakuen University), Jaime Morrish (Sugiyama Jogakuen Univesity)

18/05/2024, 09:30

Professional Development and Teacher Training

Research Presentation (30 minutes)

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has opened new horizons in education, potentially transforming the traditional classroom into a dynamic and adaptive learning environment. This presentation explores the findings of a comprehensive global survey, including educators from diverse teaching backgrounds, teaching experiences, and geographical locations. Our research sought to...

59. Digital Games in the Language Classroom: Designing Better Curricula Through Exploratory Factor Analysis

Kevin Wrobetz (Kobe Gakuin University)

18/05/2024, 11:30

Professional Development and Teacher Training

Research Presentation (30 minutes)

Digital game-based language learning is a growing field of study which has begun to highlight the potential of digital games as language learning tools. Much of the literature in the field has addressed the potential benefit of engagement outside the classroom with digital games for second language acquisition. However, when digital games are used in the controlled environment of a foreign...

113. Technological Support as a Foundation to AI-integrated Teaching Practice

Bao Nguyen (Waseda University)

18/05/2024, 15:00

Professional Development and Teacher Training

Research Presentation (30 minutes)

“[T]he entire ELT community needs to see any threats to individual well-being as a collective community issue” (Mercer, 2021, p.19). However, in this day and age, the extent to which language teachers are prepared to handle AI and sustain their mental well-being still needs more insight. With that in mind, a case study focusing on the context of Vietnamese higher education was conducted to...

121. Addressing Machine Translation and AI Tool Use in the English Language Learning Classroom

Ms Kym Jolley (Baika Women's University), Troy Rubesch (Baika Women's University)

18/05/2024, 15:40

Professional Development and Teacher Training

Practice-based Presentation (30 minutes)

Recently, machine translation (MT) services such as Google Translate and DeepL, and generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard have become a topic of interest for many language teachers. Some teachers are concerned about threats to academic integrity, while others are interested in the educational potential of such tools and how best to effectively harness them for learning. In this...

187. ICLE SIG - (Can) (Will) AI be used for teaching Intercultural Communicative Skills in Foreign Language Education?

Mr Javier Salazar (University of Tsukuba)

18/05/2024, 16:20

Forum

JALT Intercultural Communication in Language Education (ICLE) SIG Presentation

The advent of widely accessible generative AI tools such as ChatGPT has taken foreign language education by storm; fueling a raging debate regarding the possibilities, limitations and even the adequacy of using AI for language learning. Under this context, it could be said that there is one particular area that...

17. ‘What did you learn today?’: Analysing teacher-led questions in Asian Chinese-speaking secondary CLIL classrooms

Prof. Wen-hsien Yang (National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism)

Professional Development and Teacher Training

Research Presentation (30 minutes)

Using teacher-led questions is of utmost importance in the educational setting, as it allows teachers to convey knowledge and ascertain students' comprehension levels effectively. Educational professionals utilise these tools to facilitate purposeful engagements, foster increased student engagement, and shape cognitive processes, logical reasoning, and active involvement among their pupils....