Author: HASALD

This three-day international forum is dedicated to exploring the latest frontiers in language aptitude research and its practical applications. Building on over six decades of inquiry into language aptitude theory, testing, and pedagogy (see Wen et al., 2019; Wen et al., 2023), the forum will examine how our understanding of language learning potential is being…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Is more interaction always better in group writing? Evidence participation patterns in Google Docsby Dr Mik Fanguy Online collaborative writing is a widespread learning approach in higher education, but practitioners still ask a basic question: does more interaction…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: (How much) do students prefer native speaker teachers? Insights from online tutoring platforms (OTPs)by Prof. Nate Ming Curran Online tutoring platforms (OTPs) are digital marketplaces that connect language teachers and language learners for one-off lessons. Because they facilitate…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Applied linguistics scholars’ disclosure of AI use: Emerging conventionsby Prof. Benjamin Moorhouse As generative AI (GenAI) tools enter academic research and writing, norms for what to disclose—and where—remain unclear with discipline conventions still emerging. In this talk, I…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Unlocking New Affordances of a Hybrid Intelligence-enhanced Writing Assessment System: Redesigning Writing Pedagogy and Assessmentby Dr. Esther Tong Advances in digital and generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technologies have expanded the affordances of technological tools that can strategically be…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Breaking Boundaries – Microlearning as a Catalyst for Innovation in Language Curriculaby Dr Nora Hussin Microlearning, with its concise, interactive, and adaptive modules, offers a scalable model for creating language curricula aligned with the principles of self-directed…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Critical Engagement with Generative AI Through the 4T Lenses by Professor Angel Lin In the age of generative AI, teachers and students are navigating excitement and anxiety in equal measure. Pressures to “integrate AI” can both inspire…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Technology-enabled shadow education: Implications for self-access learning and educational equityby Dr Kevin Yung Technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), has been widely used in education, including out-of-school contexts such as shadow education, i.e., supplementary tutoring that students use…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Multiparty Co-Learning and Critical AI Literacy: The developmental process of the automated speaking assessment for HKDSE English speaking paperby Dr Nick Wong Although AI-enabled edtech tools are proliferating in recent years for supporting various self-directed or blended…

The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development (HASALD) would like to invite you to attend the following seminar: Positioning Applied Corpus Linguistics: Advancing Research and Practice for Real-World Impactby Prof. Eric Friginal Applied Corpus Linguistics (ACL) represents a dynamic and impactful domain of corpus linguistics that bridges the gap between linguistic research and practical applications. Its central mission…