NEWS & EVENTS
2026 AHKLC Annual Symposium: Innovations in Language Education & Research
Symposium Website: https://caes.hku.hk/conference2026/
Dates: 02-03 June 2026
Keynote Speakers: Helen Basturkmen, Ken Hyland, Kay O’Halloran, Xiaofei Lu
Venue: The Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre: Mass Transit Railway (MTR) – HKU Station Exit C.
Language Education Conferences & Calls
If you present at one of THESE CONFERENCES, consider writing it up for submission to STiLE.
AHKLC Best Paper Award 2025
Congratulations to Xin Liang and Jing Luo, for their outstanding work: 'Integration of ChatGPT into Project-based Learning: A Course Design Framework'
UPCOMING
EVENTS
2026 AHKLC Annual Symposium: Innovations in Language Education & Research
Keynote Speakers: Helen Basturkmen, Ken Hyland, Kay O’Halloran, Xiaofei Lu
HKU Centennial Campus, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre: MTR HKU Station Exit C.
Tuesday, 02 June 2026
PAST
EVENTS
Beyond Admission Scores: understanding academic English readiness in Hong Kong universities
Room AG311, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Friday, 27 March 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
This workshop will explore how diagnostic language assessment can provide clearer information about students’ academic language readiness and support programme-level decision making. It will feature contributions from the CEO of Password, academic experts involved in test development, and university partnership leaders.
AHKLC Best Publication Award 2026
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
2026 AHKLC Best Publication Awards
The Association of Hong Kong Language Centres (AHKLC) is delighted to announce the 2026 Best Publication Awards. These awards are established to echo the missions of AHKLC and offer recognition to language teaching practitioners who have conducted outstanding scholarly work that informs teaching and learning within the realm of language education.
Project VoicED- Transforming Oral Communication
Hybrid
Wednesday, 08 October 2025, 15:10 - 16:20
Many students struggle with English fluency, holding them back academically and professionally. A powerful collaboration between HKUST, PolyU, HKBU, HKU, and CityU is about to change everything. Get a first look at Project VoicED, the centralized platform using AI and community to redefine how we learn to speak.
Developing Students’ Global Englishes-oriented Critical GenAI Literacy: An Intervention Study
Zoom (link sent after registration)
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 3 pm
What if AI is the new linguistic gatekeeper? As the world speaks English in a dazzling array of accents and forms, why do our tools and our classrooms, still insist on one "correct" version? Discover how students in Hong Kong are hacking Generative AI to challenge these very norms, turning it from a tool of conformity into a weapon for linguistic justice. This talk reveals how the future of English isn't about speaking like a native, it's about who gets to define the standard in the age of machines.
Building Skills in Multimodal Genres – A UGC Project Showcase (2024-2025)
Rm 3301 (HKUST Academic Building)
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 15:10-16:20