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
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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
Developing Students’ Global Englishes-oriented Critical GenAI Literacy: An Intervention Study
Prof. Ben Moorhouse
Zoom (link sent after registration)
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 3 pm
Prof. Benjamin Luke Moorhouse is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, China. He has extensive experience as a primary school English language teacher. He has worked for the Education Bureau, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), and the University of Hong Kong. He has received several teaching awards, including the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Individual Teaching from HKBU in 2023. His research focuses on the lived experiences, competencies and professional learning of language teachers and teacher educators. Currently, he is exploring the impact of GenAI on language teaching and learning. He has published widely in international journals, including System, TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics Review, and ETJ. He is the co-editor of the European Journal of Teacher Education. According to Stanford University, Benjamin was in the top 2% of cited scholars worldwide in 2022-2025.
For registration, please fill this Microsoft form or scan the QR code on the poster.
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.
Prof. Benjamin Luke Moorhouse is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, China. He has extensive experience as a primary school English language teacher. He has worked for the Education Bureau, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), and the University of Hong Kong. He has received several teaching awards, including the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Individual Teaching from HKBU in 2023. His research focuses on the lived experiences, competencies and professional learning of language teachers and teacher educators. Currently, he is exploring the impact of GenAI on language teaching and learning. He has published widely in international journals, including System, TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics Review, and ETJ. He is the co-editor of the European Journal of Teacher Education. According to Stanford University, Benjamin was in the top 2% of cited scholars worldwide in 2022-2025.
For registration, please fill this Microsoft form or scan the QR code on the poster.
PAST
EVENTS
This year's Leadership Forum will be hosted by the Center for Applied English Studies, University of Hong Kong
From Idea to Publishing on STiLE: A Workshop for Language Education Practitioners
MMC, Centre for Applied English Studies, 6/F Run Run Shaw Tower, University of Hong Kong
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 1:15pm-2:15pm
This workshop will be delivered by Professor Melinda Whong, the Chief Editor of STiLE, Head of AHKLC, Centre Director of the Centre for Language Education at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
From Idea to Publishing on STiLE: A Workshop for Language Education Practitioners
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Rm3301
Friday, 06 October 2023, 12:05pm-1:20pm
STiLE Reviewer Induction and Training
Online
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 16 Aug 4:00-4:45pm, 17 Aug 4:00-5:00pm
Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics: The 8th HAAL Conference (2023)