Conference Keynote, Plenary and Featured Speeches - July to December 2024

Prof. Emmanuele CHERSONI, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
A general evaluation of distributional semantic models for Mandarin Chinese. 6th Academic Forum on Language Acquisition, Cognition, and Brain Science. Center for the Cognitive Scienec of Language (CCSL), Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China, 13 December 2024.

Prof. HU Guangwei, Department of English and Communication

A testing time for testing global Englishes. Global English Education China Assembly. China Daily, Beijing Normal University, and Shanghai International Studies University, Zhuhai, China, 25-28 July 2024.

Research on EMI in the Asia-Pacific: Where we are and what remains to be done. The 22nd AsiaTEFL International Conference. AsiaTEFL and Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Thailand, 15-17 November 2024.

Disciplinary knowledge-knower structures and their influences on academic discourse. The First International Conference on English for Specific Purposes in Action. The University of Béjaïa, The University of Béjaïa, Béjaïa, Algeria, 27-28 November 2024.

Prof. KE Sihui, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies

Prof. Hans LADEGAARD, Department of English and Communication
Language, discrimination and employability: Hong Kong employers’ othering of Filipino and Indonesian domestic migrant workers on social media. Marginality and migration: Narratives of resilience and belonging. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Baptist University, 25-26 July 2024.

Prof. LI Ping, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
Language sciences in the era of digital technology and generative AI: Some examples. Highlights in the Language Sciences Conference 2024. Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 8-11 July 2024.

Dynamics within the mind. 2024 Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 24-27 July 2024.

人腦與大模型的語言學習與加工: 數位時代語言科學研究的機會與挑戰. Summer Institute of Chinese Linguistics. Centre for Chinese Linguistics, Peking University, Tai Yuan, China, 12-14 August 2024.

多模態語言呈現與多媒體學習：數字時代的教育神經科學. Symposium on Integrating Horizons: Advances in Educational Neuroscience. The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 27 August 2024.

Model-brain alignment for discourse comprehension. Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL 2024) 16th Annual Meeting. Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Brisbane, Australia, 24-26 October 2024.

人腦與大模型的語言學習與加工: 數位時代語言科學研究的機會與挑戰. 中國心理學會語言心理學專業委員會第七屆學術年會. School of Psychology, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China, 1-3 November 2024.

人工智慧時代的社會科學. 創新發展論壇·社會科學分論壇圓桌研討會. Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China, 12 November 2024.

AI大模型時代語言科學研究的機會與挑戰. 華南師範大學心理學院專家委員會. South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China, 26-27 December 2024.

Prof. LIU Ming, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
Representations of climate change in news media: A corpus-assisted discourse study. The 7 International Conference on Ecolinguistics. School of Foreign Languages, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 22-26 August 2024.

Discursive constructions of ethical business leadership: A corpus-assisted discourse study. The Forum on Ecolinguistics and Area Studies cum The 9th Strategic Development Symposium on Ecolinguistics in China. School of Foreign Languages, Yili Normal University, Yili, 28-30 September 2024.

Prof. PAN Lu, Department of Chinese History and Culture
The depiction of Yue Fei in Ming and Qing Dynasty dramas and novels. Chengming Seminar on Humanities. New Asia Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies, Hong Kong, 19 October 2024.

Problematic and literature reviews in academic writing. Talk Series on Chinese Language, Literature and Culture. Chinese Language Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 1 November 2024.

Dr WU Ka-chun Gary, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
Inheritance and subversion of Chinese chivalrous spirit: From Tang Dynasty stories "Nie Yinniang" to the modern Chinese movie "The Assassin". The 22th Conference of the Tang Literature Association of China and International Symposium on Tang Literature. School of Literature and Cultural Communication, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, China, 16-19 August 2024.

Prof. ZHANG Caicai, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
The neurocognition of developmental disorders of language. The 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects. Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, 13-14 December 2024.

Prof. ZHU Xinhua, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
Online reading: Competence and assessment. 19th Shen Yuan Forum. College of International Education, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, 25 October 2024.

Investigating changes and causes in pre-service teachers' feedback on students' compositions with ChatGPT assistance: A short-term teaching experiment. Language Teacher Development Through the Lens of Quality Education: Standards and Evaluation. CACSEC Association for Language Testing and Assessment & College of International Education, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, 25-27 October 2024.

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