Programme

Day 1: Inspiring Talks (January 20)

• Keynote by Prof. Angel M. Y. Lin: Discover ethical, practical ways to use generative AI in English teaching, guided by the PAA Model (plurilingualism, affect, agency).
• Prof. Guangwei Hu: Learn a framework for productive teacher questioning to boost student engagement in EMI classrooms.
• Prof. J R Martin: Explore pedagogic discourse through Systemic Functional Linguistics to scaffold teaching and learning.
• Prof. Shaofeng Li: Dive into task-based language teaching, with evidence-based strategies for real-world communication.
• Prof. Peter I. De Costa: Understand teacher emotions and their role in fostering well-being and effective teaching.

Day 2: Interactive Workshops (January 21)

• Enacting Teacher Well-Being: A Research-Practice-Reflection Dialogue: Engage in a collaborative discussion on teacher agency, emotional labor, and well-being, using case studies and reflective group activities to empower your professional practice.
• Working with Appraisal: A Re-appraisal (Dr. J R Martin): Apply the Systemic Functional Linguistics appraisal framework to analyze evaluation in educational discourse, exploring implicit/explicit attitudes, lexical metaphors, and multimodal elements like emojis.

Practical Takeaways: Leave with tools like AI prompt patterns, questioning frameworks, task design strategies, emotion regulation techniques, and reflective practices to transform your teaching.

Networking: Connect with Hong Kong's TESOL community and global experts to share ideas and build collaborations.