NEWS & EVENTS
AHKLC Speaker Series Talk
Title: EMI and AI in Language Education
Featured Speaker: Prof. Peter De Costa
Date: May 29, Time: 10 am
Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/tSCgTBqkTE?origin=lprLink
CAES Conference 2026 - AHKLC Symposium Innovations in Language Education: Advancing Pedagogy, Practice and Research
Symposium Website: https://caes.hku.hk/conference2026/
Dates: 02-03 June 2026
Keynote Speakers: Professors Christine Goh, Ken Hyland, Kay O’Halloran, Xiaofei Lu
Venue: Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong (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
From Principles to Practice: Responsible AI in Language Teaching and Assessment
Dr. Mariano Felice
Room A302, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Wednesday, 04 November 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Dr Mariano Felice is an AI Research Lead at the British Council in London, specialising in Natural Language Processing for language learning and assessment. With over a decade of experience, he has published widely in leading NLP conferences, speaks regularly at international events, and is also a visiting researcher at the universities of Cambridge and Reading.
Explore how AI can be used responsibly in language teaching and assessment in this interactive 90-minute workshop. Led by Dr Mariano Felice, the session will move from core principles to practical classroom applications, offering hands-on activities, guidelines for responsible use, and space for critical discussion—with humans firmly in the lead. Sign up link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/T4g94T2FSg
Dr Mariano Felice is an AI Research Lead at the British Council in London, specialising in Natural Language Processing for language learning and assessment. With over a decade of experience, he has published widely in leading NLP conferences, speaks regularly at international events, and is also a visiting researcher at the universities of Cambridge and Reading.
PAST
EVENTS
AHKLC Annual Symposium Plenary Talk: The Long and Winding Road: Teaching and Scholarship
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, LT-D
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 10:15-11:15am
AHKLC Pre-Symposium Invited Speaker Series: Curriculum Development. EAP Myths, Development and Working in the Disciplines
City University of Hong Kong, LI-2513 Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building
Monday, 29 May 2023, 10:30-11:30am
AHKLC Pre-Symposium Invited Speaker Series: Practitioner Scholarship. Publish or be Damned?
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, AG311
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 12:00-2:00pm
AHKLC Pre-Symposium Invited Speaker Series: Where Next for EAP? Integrating language, Pedagogy and Scholarship into Disciplinary Considerations
Lingnan University, LKK G01
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 11:00am-12:00pm
Uncovering Scholarship in Teaching and Learning Materials
Lingnan University, LKK305
Monday, 20 March 2023, 4:30-6:00pm
Reviewing Scholarship: The Hows and Whys