Conference Keynote, Plenary and Featured Speeches - January to June 2023

Dr Julia CHEN, Department of English and Communication
Directions for English Across the Curriculum: Lessons from WAC. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference 2023. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, 14-17 June 2023.

Prof. Eric FRIGINAL, Department of English and Communication
Positioning TESOL in Global Professional Workplaces. TESOL International Convention 2023. TESOL International Organization, Portland, OR, USA, 21-25 March 2023.

Compiling and annotating professional spoken corpora: Trends, tools, and recommendations. AELFE-LSPPC International Conference, Zaragoza, Spain. 21st annual conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE) and the 7th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Languages for Specific Purposes & Professional Communication Association (LSPPC), University of Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, 20-28 June 2023.

Linguistic features of (mis)communication in professional, multimodal workplaces: Patterns from corpora and their language policy implications. AELFE-LSPPC International Conference, Zaragoza, Spain. 21st annual conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE) and the 7th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Languages for Specific Purposes & Professional Communication Association (LSPPC), University of Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, 20-28 June 2023.

Dr LAM Chuen Pan, Chinese Language Centre
Memory & Metaphor: Spatial Writing of Literature. Lecture Series on Chinese Literary Genres & Techniques. Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 20 March 2023.

“A Research of Hong Kong’s Classical Ci-poetry Theory Studies of Renjian Cihua”. International Conference on Hong Kong Studies from Cross-disciplinary Perspective. Business, Economic and Public Policy Research Centre, Hong Kong Shue Yan University and Leung Po Chuen Research Centre for Hong Kong History and Humanities, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 23-24 June 2023.

Prof. LI Ping, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
語言學習的計算神經機制研究與現代科技發展的展望. 新世紀論壇講座. School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangdong, China, 12 May 2023.

Digital Language Learning (DLL): Technology, Data, and the Brain. The 29th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29). Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), University International College, Macau, 27-29 May 2023.

From the perspective of large language models (LLM) examining human brain’s learning and representation of language. 2023 Brain Science and Technology Summit Forum. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China, 28-29 May 2023.

Digital Language Learning (DLL): Computational and Neurocognitive Mechanisms. Sun Yat-sen University Conference on Bilingualism. Department of Chinese (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai Campus, Guangdong, 9-11 June 2023.

Digital Language Learning (DLL): Technology, Data, and the Brain. Symposium on AI-mediated Language Learning in the Metaverse Era. National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 16-17 June 2023.

Prof. William S-Y. WANG, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
語言與「生老病死」. 「實驗語言學+」雲上論壇. Nankai University (online), 13 March 2023.

Biological foundations of language: since 1967. Chair Professor Distinguished Lecture Series. Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (online), 18 April 2023.

Human communication: language and its biological bases. International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29). Macao University of Science & Technology, Macao, 27-29 May 2023.