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Technology for Second Language Learning Conference October 19-21, 2023 |
Detailed Schedule
(Abstracts for each presentation are directly accessible by clicking their title)
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Please note: Registered participants can access all presentations remotely and in the physical locations appearing on the schedule
Thursday, October 19th |
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Ross 212 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 3:45pm (CDT) | Welcome: Volker Hegelheimer, Chair, Department of English, Iowa State University | ||
| 4:00-5:00pm | Plenary Generative AI and the end of corpus-assisted data-driven learning? Not so fast! [remote presentation] Peter Crosthwaite (The University of Queensland, Australia) |
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| 6-6:30pm | Individual Papers Data-Driven Learning for pronunciation: A study of prominence and lexical stress in the EAP context [remote presentation] Kevin Hirschi, Lia Martin, and Okim Kang (Northern Arizona University) |
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| 6:30-7pm | Detecting Writing Quality in L2 English: At the Crossroads of Learner Corpus and NLP [remote presentation] Hakan Cangir (Ankara University) |
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| 7-7:30pm | Evaluating pragmatic competence of Artificial Intelligence with the Lens concept: ChatGPT-4 for Chinese L2 teaching [in-person presentation] Danjie Su and Kevin Goslar (University of Arkansas) |
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| 7:30-8pm | The Use of AI in Teaching Translation [remote presentation] Marus Mkrtchyan and Gayane Hovhannisyan (Brusov State University) |
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Ross 406 & 412 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 5-5:50pm | Poster Session Look Whoโs Speaking [remote presentation] Kate Knill, Mark J.F. Gales (University of Cambridge and Enhanced Speech Technology Ltd.); Diane Nicholls, Paul Ricketts, Scott Thomas (English Language iTutoring Ltd.) |
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| ChatGPT in Language Learning: A Content Analysis of Bilibili Videos [remote presentation] Shan Chen and Weiwei Han (Weifang University); Yanhong Liu (Yangzhou University) |
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| Exploring Acceptance of ASR Tools for Pronunciation Learning: ChatGPT for qualitative data analysis [in-person presentation] Agata Guskaroska (Iowa State University) |
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| The Discourse Styles of ChatGPT: A Corpus-Based Study [in-person presentation] Shangyu Jiang (Iowa State University) |
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Ross 412 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 6-6:30pm | Individual Papers Reshaping College English Teaching and Learning in China: An AI Perspective [remote presentation] Kun Sun (Universiti Malaya) |
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| 6:30-7pm | Promoting LearnerโComputer Interaction with Extractive Question-Answer Technologies [remote presentation] Joseph Collentine and Karina Collentine (Northern Arizona University) |
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| 7-7:30pm | Gearing up for the ChatGPT Era: Technological Trajectory in Second Language Writing Education [remote presentation] Solbee Kim, Youngjoo Yi (The Ohio State University); Jinsil Jang (Dongshin University) |
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| 7:30-8pm | Virtual Tourism in Amplifying Studentsโ Speaking Skills: A case study in Indonesian EFL Classroom [remote presentation] Laela Hikmah Nurbatra and Benny Dele Bintang Ananta (University of Muhammdiyah Malang) |
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Friday, October 20th |
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Ross 212 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 7:50am (CDT) | Opening: Carol A. Chapelle | ||||||
| 8-9am | Plenary Expanding Pedagogy: New Ways of Teaching, Learning and Assessment with AI [remote presentation] Mike Sharples (The Open University, UK) |
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| 9:30-10am | Individual Papers An Empirical Analysis of the use of AI-based Text Tools in Academic Writing: Attitudes, Usefulness and Interactions [remote presentation] Joanna Baumgart, Thomas Mandl, Ulrike Bohle-Jurok (University of Hildesheim) |
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| 10-10:30am | Efficient Automated Essay Scoring using Feature Extraction from Transformer-based Large Language Models [remote presentation] Massimo Innamorati (Cambridge University Press and Assessment) |
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| 10:30-11am | Empowering EFL Learners and Teachers: Harnessing AI for Writing Instruction [remote presentation] Thomas Stringer (Kwansei Gakuin University) and Lydia Eberly (Konan University) |
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| 11-11:30am | Exploring the Pedagogical Potential of VR-Based Language Learning Applications: Immerse vs. ImmerseMe [remote presentation] Roman Lesnov and Sofia Wolhein-Nava (Oakwood University) |
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| 11:30-Noon | ChatGPT-3.5 as an Automatic Scoring System and Proofreader: Strategies for Grading and Revising Essays [remote presentation] Ziqian Zhou and Xinming Chen (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College) |
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| 1-2pm | Plenary Researching Generative AI in Writing [remote presentation] Mark Warschauer (University of California, Irvine) |
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| 2-2:30pm | Individual Papers Using ChatGPT for EFL writing feedback: Teachersโ perspectives [remote presentation] Jining Han (Southwest University) and Mimi Li (Texas A&M University-Commerce) |
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| 2:30-3pm | Student Engagement with Teacher and Automated Written Corrective Feedback on L2 Writing: A Multiple Case Study [in-person presentation] Sara Afifi (Iowa State University); Mohammad Rahimi (Shiraz University); Joshua Wilson (University of Delaware) |
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| 3-3:30pm | Exploring Meaning-packing Use in EFL Learners’ Writing Over Genre-based Pedagogy in Augmented Virtual Reality [remote presentation] Esmaeel Ali Salimi and Seyedfarid Beheshtinezhad (Allameh Tabataba’i University); Mohammad Mostafa Mohammadi (University of Zanjan) |
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| 3:30-4pm | AI-powered Tools as Agents of Change in Pre-service English Language Teacher Training [remote presentation] Sibel Sรถฤรผt (Sinop University) |
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| 4-5pm | Plenary Large language models in hybrid natural-language processing applications for language learning and assessment [in-person presentation] Evgeny Chukharev (Iowa State University) |
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| 6-7pm | Plenary Adaptive language learning in the new age of generative AI [remote presentation] Xiaoming Xi (Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority) |
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| 7-7:30pm | Individual Papers Analyzing the Potential of generative AI for Text Generation in Reading Assessment [remote presentation] Zhang Wenxin and Vahid Aryadoust (Nanyang Technological University) |
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| 7:30-8pm | Comparing ChatGPT-Generated and Human-Designed Multiple-Choice Test Items [remote presentation] Jean Chun, Natalia Barley, and Umer Farooq (DLIFLC) |
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Ross 412 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 9:30-10am | Individual Papers Which interactivity matters in TSLL? Agency, engagement and negotiation in conversational AI [remote presentation] Serge Bibauw (Universidad Central del Ecuador; UCLouvain) |
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| 10-10:30am | Design based research: ChatGPT-mediated speaking practice [remote presentation] Aya Owada and Sohyeon Lee (University of Hawaii at Manoa) |
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| 10:30-11am | Speaking to an AI chatbot as a foreign language learner: A pedagogical perspective [remote presentation] Ulf Schuetze (University of Victoria) |
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| 11-11:30am | Technology-Based L2 Intelligibility Feedback: Balancing Global and Local Pronunciation Feedback [remote presentation] Okim Kang and Kevin Hirschi (Northern Arizona University); John Hansen (University of Texas-Dallas); Stephen Looney (Pennsylvania State University) |
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| 11:30-Noon | Detecting Aberrant Responses in L2 Spoken English Automated Assessment [in-person presentation] Shilin Gao (Cambridge University Press & Assessment) and Mark Gales (Enhanced Speech Technology Ltd) |
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| 2-2:30pm | Individual Papers Building validity arguments for the use of measures of utterance fluency in Automatic Speech Evaluation [remote presentation] Haiping Wang (East China University of Political Science and Law) and Zoe Handley (University of York) |
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| 2:30-3pm | Exploring the affordance of ChatGPT as a Rating Tool in assessing interpreting accuracy [remote presentation] Yichen Jia (Nanyang Technology University) |
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| 3-3:30pm | ChatGPT for writing evaluation: Examining the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated scores compared to human raters [in-person presentation] Haeun Kim, Yasin Karatay, Shireen Baghestani, Jeanne Beck, Leyla Karatay, Sebnem Kurt, Shuhui Yin, and Mutleb Alnafisah (Iowa State University) |
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| 3:30-4pm | Investigating the Potential of a Computerized Dynamic Assessment With a New Testing Format in Assessing Critical Reading Skills Among International College Students [remote presentation] Hamidreza Moeiniasl (The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto) |
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| 7-7:30pm | Individual Papers How Students Use Machine Translation & Why: Insights from a Computer Tracking Study [remote presentation] Kimberly Vinall and Emily Hellmich (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 7:30-8pm | Using Digital Story Telling to integrate technology when Learning Academic Language and Literacy in English [in-person presentation] Sibusiso Cliff Ndlangamandla (University of South Africa) |
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Saturday, October 21st |
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Ross 212 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 7:20am (CDT) | Opening: Gulbahar Beckett | ||||||
| 7:30-8am | Individual Papers How Does ChatGPT Enhance Language Teaching and Learning? A Rapid Review of the Literature [remote presentation] Joel Meniado (SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Singapore) |
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| 8-8:30am | Generative AI technology and language learning: language learnersโ responses to ChatGPT videos in social media [remote presentation] Ziqi Chen and Wei Wei (Macao Polytechnic University); Xinhua Zhu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 8:30-9am | How Does Artificial Intelligence Affect EFL Learnersโ Cognitive Load and Learning Anxiety? A Neuroscientific Perspective [in-person presentation] Liwei Hsu (National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism) |
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| 9:30-10am | Individual Paper Prospective Teachers’ Competence in Creating Multimodal Chatbot-Based English Learning Media [remote presentation] Wiwik Mardiana (Universitas Islam Majapahit) |
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| 10-10:30am | Roundtable Effectiveness of Technology Enhanced Project-Based Language Learning (TEPBLL) Approach In L2 Pragmatics Enhancement [hybrid presentation] Ebtehal Asiri, Ali Garib, and Gulbahar Beckett (Iowa State University) |
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| 10:30-11:30am | Plenary Critical Project-Based Learning and Social Justice: Implications for Digital Citizenship [remote presentation] Michael Thomas (Liverpool John Moores University) |
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| 11:30-Noon | Roundtable PBLL @ ISU: A roundtable on PBLL projects, works in progress, and AI connections [hybrid presentation] Jeanne Beck, Ali Garib, Junghun Yang, Hwee Jean (Cindy) Lim, Gulbahar Beckett (Iowa State University) |
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| 1-2pm | Plenary Generative AI: Experiments in Writing and Learning [in-person presentation] Abram Anders (Iowa State University) |
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| 2-2:30pm | Roundtable Integrating AI tools into instructed SLA [hybrid presentation] Robert Godwin-Jones (Virginia Commonwealth University); Jim Ranalli (Iowa State University); Errol M. O’Neill (University of Memphis) |
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| 2:30-3pm | Individual Papers ESL graduate studentsโ use of ChatGPT for text revision: Insights into behavior, cognition, and emotion [remote presentation] Svetlana Koltovskaia (Northeastern State University); Hooman Saeli (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville); Payam Rahmati (Oklahoma State University) |
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| 3-3:30pm | Exploring Benefits and Challenges of Quizletโs Q-chat in Indonesian Language Instruction for Military Personnel [remote presentation] Gatot Prasetyo and Sisilia Kusumaningsih (University of Montana) |
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| 3:30-4pm | A five-ecosystems approach for applying AI to the language classroom [in-person presentation] Thor Sawin (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) |
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| 4:30-5pm | Individual Papers Exploring Open AI in Language Teacher Professional Development [in-person presentation] Carol Chapelle, Shireen Baghestani, Jeanne Beck, Sebnem Kurt, Widya Kusumaningrum, Hwee Jean (Cindy) Lim and Shuhui Yin (Iowa State University) |
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| 5-5:30pm | EFL school teacherโs AI assessment literacy: An exploratory study [in-person presentation] Hao Xu (Beijing Foreign Studies University) |
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Ross 412 ๐ | ๐ Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/ (emailed passcode required ๐ฉ) |
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| 7:30-8am | Individual Papers EFL Teachersโ Awareness and Opinions on the Use of Technology as 21st Century Language Education Skill [remote presentation] Lazgin Barany and Rayan Omar Azeez (Nawroz University) |
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| 8-8:30am | AI-powered technologies and English language teacher education [remote presentation] Betul Kinik (Inonu University) |
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| 8:30-9am | When iVR meets AI: practices and challenges for language educators [remote presentation] Ilaria Compagnoni (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) |
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| 9:30-10am | Individual Papers Digital Professional Development: Can it improve language teacher sense of competence, autonomy and relatedness? [remote presentation] Alison Porter, James Turner, Kate Borthwick (University of Southampton); Suzanne Graham, Pengchong Zhang (University of Reading); Travis Ralph-Donaldson (Niter Ltd.) |
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| 10-10:30am | Preservice Teachersโ Insights on AI in Language Education [remote presentation] Alba Paz-Lรณpez and Boris Vazquez-Calvo (University of Malaga) |
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| 11:30-Noon | Individual Paper Primary Level Learners’ Perceptions of Bilingual Voicebots in Indian ESL Classrooms: A Pilot Study [remote presentation] Harshitha H (The English and Foreign Languages University, India) |
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| 2-2:30pm | Individual Papers Using an AI program to assess accuracy in second language writing research [in-person presentation] Charlene Polio, Adam Pfau (Michigan State University); Yiran Xu (University of California Merced) |
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| 2:30-3pm | Generative AI, Research Writing, and Ethics in Applied Linguistics: How do we Identify Human-Produced Writing [remote presentation] J. Elliott Casal (University of Memphis) and Matt Kessler (University of South Florida) |
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| 3-3:30pm | Exploring the Impact of ChatGPT on English Language Learners’ Email Writing Process [in-person presentation] Widya Kusumaningrum, Kate Challis, Hwee Jean (Cindy) Lim, Jeanne Beck, and Carol Chapelle (Iowa State University) |
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| 3:30-4pm | ChatGPT as an AI-powered writing assistant: How reliable it is in editing L2 writing? [remote presentation] Shuyuan Tu (Georgia State University) |
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| 4:30-5pm | Individual Paper ChatGPT vs. Human IELTS Tutor: A Comparative Study of IELTS Task 2 Writing Sample [in-person presentation] Andrias Tri Susanto (Iowa State University) |
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