【研討會徵稿】《2024華岡英語與文學國際學術研討會》中國文化大學英國語文學系

Conference Theme:

English Learning in the Era of AI: Empowerment & Challenge

 

Organizers: Department of English Language & Literature, Language Teaching & Learning Center, Chinese Culture University

Date: May 4, 2024

Venue: Chinese Culture University, Hwa Kang, Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

 

Website: https://sites.google.com/pccu.edu.tw/2024-hwa-kang-international-co/welcome

 

AI has been impacting English learning, as in many other areas. With its powerful function of effective generation of human-like language and summarization of the searched data, AI has become a useful tool for foreign language learning and communication. On the other hand, the authenticity of learner performance, the potential misinformation in AI-generated output, the issue of academic ethics and copyright infringement, as well as the role of the English teacher and language instruction and assessment necessitate reexamination and redefinition to rise to the challenge caused by AI-induced paradigm shift in language education.

Moreover, AI raises critical questions and offers new possibilities in the humanities. It challenges scholars to redefine human identity, aesthetics, creativity, ethics, life and death, and others. While some believe that AI can take over menial work and facilitate speedy data processing that supports better research, others are concerned that over-dependence on AI may backfire as it undermines individuality, subjectivity, affect, senses and sensitivity—all of which humankind treasures deeply as human qualities. While some technicians think that human life may be greatly optimized with the help of AI, others raise concerns regarding the potential threats it may pose to the human world. Similar reflections, speculations, and debates can widely be found among leaders in AI technology, social commentators, humanist thinkers, and scholars. Various forms of concern, discussion, and vision on the impact of AI are also abundant in literature, such as science fiction, utopian and dystopian narratives, futuristic imagination, and other genres. Regardless of one’s attitude, the importance of AI is safely entrenched in the present-day world. It is therefore worthwhile to examine our relations with AI, explore further possibilities, and push our understanding of this “equivocal hound” to the limit.

In keeping with this year’s theme, we welcome submissions on the following topics as well as others:

 

Subtopics in English Teaching

AI in English Education

E-Learning and English Teaching

ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Skills in English Language Teaching

Bilingual Education

CLIL (Content and language integrated learning) Approach

English-medium instruction (EMI)

English and Globalization

Inter-cultural Communication

Translation Studies

AI and teaching of translation/interpreting

Curriculum Design and Development

Collaborative and Problem-based Learning

Language Testing and Assessment

Teacher Education for English Language

Research & Application in Linguistics

Others

 

 

Subtopics in Literature

Learning/teaching literature through AI technology

Literary studies in the age of AI

AI dependency vs. creativity

AI vs. critical literacy

Authorship/readership in the age of AI

AI, personhood, and human identity

AI and the uncanny valley

Mortality and immortality in literature in the age of AI

Tecno utopia, futurology, and apocalyptic  dystopia

The machine god, the creator deity, and the         Messiah

Aesthetics in the age of AI

Ethics, morality, and justice in the age of AI

 

 

Important Deadlines

Conference Date: May 4, 2024

Submission of abstracts: January 15, 2024.

Notification of acceptance of abstracts: March 8, 2024

 

Submission Guidelines

  1. We accept papers written either in English or in Chinese. No full-paper submission is required.

  2. We accept online submissions only. To submit your proposal, please follow these steps: 

(a)  Submit your abstract (300-500 words with 3-6 keywords in English) by filling out  the abstract submission form at https://forms.gle/rJqeDddRt25UTrT36.

(b)  Fill out the contributor data form at https://forms.gle/TspTcawyVsuJnFC47.

    Your submission will NOT be considered unless the above steps are completed.

  1. All abstracts will be subject to blind reviews by two reviewers.

  2. Hwa Kang English Journal welcomes submissions of the full papers presented in this conference. Submissions may be considered for Vol. 28, to be published in July 2024. Please visit the journal website for further information: https://sites.google.com/a/pccu.edu.tw/hkej/

 

Contact Us

Please write to eng_conf@pccu.edu.tw or call Ms. Erika Chin at 02-28610511 ext. 23705 for further information.

 

Please use the following address for written correspondence:

The Committee for the 2024 Hwa Kang International Conference on English Language & Literature

Department of English Language and Literature

Chinese Culture University

55 Hwakang Rd., Yangmingshan

Taipei, 11114, Taiwan, R.O.C.

 

 

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