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Researching the Language and Use of
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2024 Technology for Second Language Learning Conference

October 24-26, 2024

Detailed Schedule

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Please note: Registered participants can access all presentations remotely and in the physical locations appearing on the schedule

Thursday, October 24th

Ross 212 📍    |    🔗 Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/join (passcode required 📩)
7:45am (CDT) Welcome: Dr. Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University
8-8:30am Individual Papers Session 1
Exploring ChatGPT3.5 and ChatGPT4 for AI-enhanced Move Analysis ⎋ [in-person]
Elena Cotos & Burak Şenel (Iowa State University)
8:30-9am Comparing Human and Generative AI Analysis of Emotions in U.S. Abortion Tweets ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Şebnem Kurt & Mahdi Duris (Iowa State University)
9-9:30am Subjectivity Taxonomy for AI-generated Content (STAC): The “Humanness” of Artificial Intelligence ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Danjie Su and Kevin Goslar (University of Arkansas)
9:30-10am Break/ Social (30 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
10-10:30am Individual Papers Session 2
ChatGPT, L2 pragmatics, and critical AI literacy ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Robert Godwin-Jones (Virginia Commonwealth University)
10:30-11am Framework for Evaluating Large Language Models’ Capabilities for Teachers of Low-Resourced Languages ⎋ [remote presentation]
Nicholas Swinehart, Phuong Nguyen, & Ellen Yeh, (University of Chicago)
11-Noon Plenary
GenAI or Student Writing? Taking a register approach to the human/machine language variation ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Larissa Goulart, (Montclair State University)
Noon-1pm Lunch/ Social (60 min) | 🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
1-1:30pm Individual Papers Session 3
EMI University Students’ Experiences with Using ChatGPT for Language and Literacy Practices: A Qualitative Study ⎋ [remote presentation]
Beyza Aypay & Michelle Bedeker (Nazarbayev University)
1:30-2pm The Secret Life of International Graduate Students’ Use of ChatGPT: Identity and (Dis)empowerment Impacts ⎋ [remote presentation]
Mobina Hosseini (State University of New York at Buffalo)
2-2:30pm Reliability of large language models at identifying and classifying information in research articles ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Kristin Terrill & Elena Cotos (Iowa State University)
2:30-3pm Break/ Social (30 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
3-3:30pm Individual Papers Session 4
Developing ArgCoach: Discourse Analysis to Support Specialized Natural Language Understanding of AI ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Droste Hennings, MacKenzie Novotny, Samantha Semelroth, Alina Reznitskaya, & Evgeny Chukharev (Iowa State University)
3:30-4pm Tracking the Use of Generative AI in Second Language Research ⎋ [remote presentation]
Ling Ding & Cecilia Guanfang Zhao (University of Macau)
4-4:30pm Leveraging ChatGPT for Language Learning: A Study on Foreign Teachers’ Swedish Acquisition ⎋ [remote presentation]
Sofie Johansson & Lina Larsson (Gothenburg university)
4:30-5:30pm Dinner (60 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
5:30-6:30pm Plenary
Artificial Intelligence and the Technology of Humankind: A roadmap for critical AI integration ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Eric York, (Iowa State University)

Ross 412 📍    |    🔗 Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/join (passcode required 📩)
10-10:30am Individual Papers Session 2
Generative AI for Language Learning: A Lexical Analysis of e-Jaadui Pitara Stories
[not presented]
Priya Prithiviraj (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad)
10:30-11am ‘A.I.’ and Language Learning – Student and Instructor Uses and Perspectives
[not presented]
Hung-Yun Liu, Rachel Quiles, & Russell Hugo (University of Washington)
Noon-1pm Lunch Ross 215 | Social (60 min) Ross 212
1-1:30pm Individual Papers Session 3
AI support and coding: Automated corpus analysis for language learners ⎋ [remote presentation]
Robin Couture-Matte & Maura Cruz Enriquez (TÉLUQ University)
1:30-2pm Exploring the Use of ChatGPT in Arabic Language Education: Evaluating Effectiveness and Optimizing Integration ⎋ [remote presentation]
Kamilia Rahmouni (Virginia Commonwealth University)
2-2:30pm Exploring EFL Teachers’ Training Readiness to Integrate AI Tools into Their Teaching Practice ⎋ [remote presentation]
Maria Perifanou (Hellenic Open University) & Alla Krasulia (Sumy State University)
2:30-3pm Coffee break Ross 215 | Social (30 min) Ross 212
3-3:30pm Individual Papers Session 4
Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for EFL Teaching within Higher Education: An Exploratory Research Study
[not presented]
Jinming Du (University of Otago)
3:30-4pm ChatGPT in ESL Writing: L2 Learners’ Perspectives ⎋ [in-person presentation]
In Young Na, Mahdi Duris, & Volker Hegelheimer (Iowa State University)
4-4:30pm Investigating the Influence of ChatGPT Writing Guidance on Peer Review Assessments ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Danilo Calle (Iowa State University)
4:30-5:30pm Dinner Ross 215 | Posters Moodle

Moodle 📍    |    🔗 Moodle Link: https://bit.ly/TSLL24MOODLE
5-5:30pm Poster Session
AI Feedback to support the Future Foresight Writing Process: Observations from the MyEssayFeedback.AI Tool ⎋
Lana Hiasat (Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE)
AI-Facilitated Literature Review: Testing a Proposed Framework with Graduate Student Writers ⎋
Kristin Terrill, Lily Compton, Elena Cotos, Sarah Huffman, Maryam Saneie Moghadam, & Shangyu Jiang (Iowa State University)
Breaking the English Language Barrier by Non-Native Speakers at the Workplace ⎋
Doaa Hamam (Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE)
Effective Integration GenAI Chatbots in Speaking Activities ⎋
Kassandra Sharren (University of Calgary)
Effectiveness of AI-assisted Instruction and Relationship between Gender and Achievement in Academic Writing Workshops ⎋
Mohammad Aliakbari & Mohammad Mahdi Maadikhah (Ilam University, Iran)
Explainable Generative AI in Higher Education: A Contrarian Position on Black Boxes and Glass Boxes ⎋
Shahneela Tasmin Sharmi & M.Gregory Tweedie (University of Calgary)
Exploring ChatGPT as a Role-Play Partner in Improving Interactional Competence: Implications for Language Teachers and Learners ⎋
Sun-Kwang Bae, Myoyoung Kim, & Jee Eun Gaetz (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC))
Exploring Language Ideologies in GenAI Chatbots: A Matched-Guise Qualitative Inquiry ⎋
Zeynep Arslan & Peter Sayer (The Ohio State University)
Exploring the Impact of AI-based Tools in IELTS Speaking Simulations ⎋
Andrias Susanto (Iowa State University)
Exploring the Relationship between EAP Learners’ Proficiency, Personality and Achievement in an AI-assisted Writing Course ⎋
Reza Khany & Mohammad Mahdi Maadikhah (Ilam University, Iran)
From “ASR-based” to “AI-based”: Upgrading Pronunciation Activities ⎋
William Gottardi & Rosane Silveira (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Interactive L2 Reading Enhancement: Combining AI Capabilities with Teacher Insights ⎋
Mihwa Lee, Björn Rudzewitz, & Xiaobin Chen (University of Tübingen)
Lithuanian University Students on Using AI Tools for Learning English ⎋
Aurelija Daukšaitė-Kolpakovienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
LLM’s performance in determining CEFR levels of texts: cases of English and Mandarin ⎋
Daniil M. Ozernyi (Northwestern University)
O uso de IA Generativa para o agrupamento e categorização das estruturas lexicais (The Use of Generative AI for Clustering and Categorizing Lexical Structures) ⎋
Simone de Oliveira (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), Júlia Tamagno, Ana Bocorny (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Tony Berber Sardinha (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), Deise Prina Dutra (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), & Gisele Rotta (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Pedagogical Paradigms Reimagined: Generative AI’s Influence on L2 Writing Instruction ⎋
Solbee Kim, Youngjoo Yi, (The Ohio State University) & Jinsil Jang (Dongshin University)
Responding to multiple-choice items without accessing passages— Implication of using ChatGPT for test validation ⎋
Hongli Li, Roula Aldib, & Chad Marchong (Georgia State University)
Strategies Employed by Students in EMI Programs to Enhance Second Language Learning for Academic Purposes ⎋
Duygu Ispinar Akcayoglu (Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University) & Omer Ozer (Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University)

Friday, October 25th

Ross 212 📍    |    🔗 Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/join (passcode required 📩)
8-8:30am (CDT) Coffee & Snacks
8:30-9am Individual Papers Session 4
Learners’ dialogic interaction with ChatGPT: Could it be an indicator for their proximal development? ⎋ [remote presentation]
Tuba Özturan (Erzincan University) & Prithvi Shrestha (The Open University)
9-9:30am Developing a GPT-powered dynamic pragmatics assessment for EFL learners ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Gi Jung Kim (Iowa State University)
9:30-10am Evaluating the Suitability of AI-Generated Spoken Texts for Listening Assessments: A Comparative Corpus-Based Analysis ⎋ [remote presentation]
Nazlınur Göktürk (Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education)
10-10:30am Break/ Social (30 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
10:30-11am Individual Paper Session 5
Register-driven prompt design and evaluation of GPT generated stimuli for assessment ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Geoff LaFlair, Andrew Runge, (Duolingo) Jesse Egbert, & Yağmur Demir (Northern Arizona University)
11-Noon Plenary 3
Generative AI, digital literacies and language learning online ⎋ [remote presentation]
Ron Darvin (University of British Columbia)
Noon-1pm Lunch/ Social (60 min) | 🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
1-1:30pm Individual Papers Session 6
Evaluating AI-Generated Prompts in CILS DUE-B2 exams: A Comparative Validation Study ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Sabrina Machetti, Giulia Peri, & Paola Masillo (University for Foreigners of Siena)
1:30-2pm Can ChatGPT Evaluate Reading Item Difficulty and Item Discrimination without Response Data? ⎋ [remote presentation]
Hongli Li & Chad Marchong (Georgia State University)
2-2:30pm Exploring ChatGPT’s Ability to Recognize and Generate Language Variations: North vs. South Korean Dialects ⎋ [remote presentation]
Jean Young Chun (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC))
2:30-3pm Break/ Social (30 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
3-3:30pm Individual Papers Session 7
The potential of GPT-4 in language test preparation: Investigating reading passage generation with zero-shot prompting ⎋ [remote presentation]
Zhengqing Luo (Beijing Normal University)
3:30-4pm Exploring ChatGPT’s potential as automated essay scoring with many-faceted Rasch measurement analysis ⎋ [remote presentation]
Taichi Yamashita (Kansai University)
4-4:30pm Using an AI-chatbot for teaching Korean grammar: A comparison between proficiency levels and task types ⎋ [remote presentation]
Ji-young Shin (University of Toronto Mississauga) & Yujeong Choi (University of Toronto)
4:30-5:30pm Dinner (60 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
5:30-6:30pm Plenary 4
Harnessing power of AI, the “most destructive technology since the atomic bomb was unleashed” ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Gary Ockey (Iowa State University)

Ross 412 📍    |    🔗 Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/join (passcode required 📩)
8:30-9am Individual Papers Session 4
Learner Agency in the Age of Generative AI: A Study of L2 Writing Skills in Higher Education ⎋ [remote presentation]
Sibel Söğüt (Sinop University)
9-9:30am ChatGPT as a metalinguistic awareness raising tool for supporting ESL students’ academic summary writing skills ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Marcin Kleban (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
9:30-10am The effects of generative AI in scaffolding L2 writing processes ⎋ [remote presentation]
Jianling Liao (Arizona State University)
10-10:30am Coffee break Ross 215 | Social (30 min) Ross 212
10:30-11am Individual Paper Session 5
Exploring the Efficacy of ChatGPT Integration on EFL Writing: A Study with Vietnamese Undergraduate Students ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Duong Nguyen (Iowa State University) & Trang Ho (Da Nang University of Economics)
Noon-1pm Lunch Ross 215 | Social (60 min) Ross 212
1-1:30pm Individual Papers Session 6
Can Chat-GPT Produce Corrective Feedback Learners Can Use to Self-Correct Their L2 Texts? ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Susanne Rott (University of Illinois Chicago)
1:30-2pm ChatGPT for Interactive Written Corrective Feedback in French as Second Language Learning and Teaching ⎋ [remote presentation]
Taegan Holmes (University of Ottawa)
2-2:30pm Enhancing Language Proficiency with GenAI: Investigating the Impact of Corrective Feedback in Academic writing ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Ali Ebrahimpourlighvani (Iowa State University)
2:30-3pm Coffee break Ross 215 | Social (30 min) Ross 212
3-3:30pm Individual Papers Session 7
Navigating the Frontiers: Unveiling the Impact of Generative AI on Self-Assessment in College Writing ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Hamidreza Moeiniasl (University of Toronto )
3:30-4pm ChatGPT as a Resource for Academic Writing: Students’ and an Instructor’s Perceptions ⎋ [remote presentation]
Susan Parks (Université Laval, Québec City)
4-4:30pm Artificial Intelligence and Second Language Writing: Undergraduate Writers’ Usage and Perceptions of GenAI Tools’ Ethicality ⎋ [remote presentation]
Kübra Çekmegelii, Juan M. Rostrán Valle, ∓ Matt Kessler (University of South Florida)
4:30-5:30pm Dinner Ross 215 | Social (30 min) Ross 212

Saturday, October 26th

Ross 212 📍    |    🔗 Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/join (passcode required 📩)
8:30-9am (CDT) Coffee & Snacks
9-10:30am Colloquium
Practicing and assessing interactional competence using AI-powered agents ⎋ [remote presentations]
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin, Tetyana Sydorenko, Larry Davis, Judit Dombi, Rahul Divekar, Saerhim Oh, Jung In Lee, Reza Neiriz, & Evgeny Chukharev

Colloquium Overview
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin & Tetyana Sydorenko
(1) Introduction: Interactional competence in an age of AI
Larry Davis (Educational Testing Service)
(2) Language learners’ perceptions of written interactions with ChatGPT for practicing English
Tanya Sydorenko (Portland State University)
(3) Spoken dialogue technology versus ChatGPT: Benefits and challenges for practicing and assessing oral interaction
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin (Educational Testing Service)
(4) Elicitation of IC in tests of oral communication: Humans and SDSs
Reza Neiriz (MetaMetrics)
(5) Commentary on the studies and implications for future research
Evgeny Chukharev (Iowa State University)
10:30-11am Coffee break/ Social (30 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
11-Noon Plenary 5
Generative AI in Language Learning: Genie in the Bottle or Devil in Disguise? ⎋ [remote presentation]
Melinda Dooly (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Noon-1pm Lunch/ Social (60 min) | 🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
1-1:30pm Individual Papers Session 9
Teaching Global Englishes with ChatGPT: Modeling and analyzing language varieties with generative AI ⎋ [remote presentation]
Peter Sayer & Ivan Stefano (The Ohio State University)
1:30-2pm A Generative AI tool for Dialogue Data Collection in Online Environments ⎋ [remote presentation]
Emma Caputo (University of Barcelona)
2-3pm Plenary 6
Research, theory, and practice: Imagining AI technologies in language education ⎋ [remote presentation]
Kimberly Vinall & Emily Hellmich (University of California, Berkeley)
3-3:30pm Break/ Social (30 min)   |    🎊 Zoom Social Meeting link 🎊 (passcode required 📩)
3:30-4pm Individual Papers Session 10
A Semi-systematic Review of Methodological Aspects in Early GenAI Research for Language Learning: Focus on Studies Published in 2023 ⎋ [remote presentation]
Anne-Marie Sénécal (Université de Sherbrooke)
4-4:30pm Comparing ChatGPT and human rater scores in measuring content in CLIL presentations ⎋ [remote presentation]
Rie Koizumi, Saki Suemori, & Yusuke Kubo (University of Tsukuba)
4:30-5pm Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI: Enhancing Spanish Language Learning through Humor Translation Strategie ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Cristina Pardo-Ballester (Iowa State University)
5-5:15pm Conference Closing:
Closing remarks, BEST Poster Presentation Award, and TSLL 2025 reveal

Ross 412 📍    |    🔗 Zoom link: https://iastate.zoom.us/join (passcode required 📩)
9-9:30am Individual Papers Session 8
Canceled presentation [remote presentation]
9:30-10am Leveraging ChatGPT-4 for Enhanced Spanish Language Learning: Insights from the Interactive Narrative ‘Escape the Haunt ⎋ [remote presentation]
Celia Bravo (University of Chicago)
10-10:30am /ˈfaʊntən/ or */ˈfaʊntaɪn/: Preservice English teacher engagement with AI and TTS for pronunciation self-learning ⎋ [remote presentation]
Alba Paz-López (University of Málaga), Kevin Randall Steil (University of Barcelona), & Boris Vazquez-Calvo (University of Málaga)

10:30-11am Coffee break Ross 215 | Social (30 min) Ross 212
Noon-1pm Lunch Ross 215 | Social (60 min) Ross 212
1-1:30pm Individual Papers Session 9
Empowering Youth Through Language, AI, and Sustainable Advocacy: A Telecollaborative Approach ⎋ [in-person presentation]
Maria Mont Algamasilla (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Onyemowo Ejeme (Oakbridge Foundation (Abuja, Nigeria), Ese Emmanuel Uwosomah, & Melinda Dooly (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
1:30-2pm Beyond Borders: Integrating Local and Global Perspectives in Project-Based Language Learning ⎋ [remote presentation]
Elif Kemaloglu-Er (Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University)
3-3:30pm Coffee break Ross 215 | Social (30 min) Ross 212
3:30-4pm Individual Papers Session 10
Exploring L1 Bias in the Automatic Speech Recognition Ability of AI Technology Across Diverse English Accents ⎋ [remote presentation]
Yuna Bae & Okim Kang (Northern Arizona University)
4-4:30pm Improving Speaking Skills of EFL Learners through AI-supported activities ⎋ [remote presentation]
Ayse Kizildag (Aksaray University)
4:30-5pm Algerian EFL Learners’ Views on Replika GenAI Chatbot for Speaking Skills Self-assessment ⎋ [remote presentation]
Aissa Berregui & Mohammed Naoua (University of El Oued, Algeria)

Contact: tsll@iastate.edu