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🚨 #FinalCall #AIinLT2026 at #PolyU 🚨Don't miss the Registration Deadline (22 May)! Join global experts to explore the future of #pedagogy 🚀🔗https://t.co/x7lHv3vT0H 📅 21–22 June: #Summit 📅 23–24 June: Workshops ✅ Free for all @EdTechTeacher21 #EdTech #AI #LanguageLearning

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How can task design be used to maximise learner involvement in the #SecondLanguage classroom? In this seminar, Prof. Michaud from @umontreal explores task design as a critical lever for #L2Engagement. Registration 👉 https://t.co/sCleAtyuSa #AppliedLinguistics @OpenAppLing

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Registration is now OPEN for both the #Summit & #Workshops at #AIinLT2026! 🚀Join us @HongKongPolyU on:
🔗 Summit (21-22/6): https://t.co/x7lHv3vT0H
🔗 Workshops (23-24/6): https://t.co/2oNchuVrA4
Free for all! #LanguageLearning @EdTechTeacher21 #AI #EdTech #PolyU #AIinEducation

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How does #Coarticulation shape speech variation, from individual speakers to across #Languages? In this seminar, Prof. Justin Lo @LancasterUni explores coarticulation with implications for sound change. Registration👉https://t.co/XRlk9WcR88 #Linguistics @OpenAppLing

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🌟 Relive #AIinLT 2025! 🌟Reference materials including slides, videos, and supporting docs from last year's Keynotes, Panels, and Workshops are now available online! 📖💻Catch up on all the #AIinEducation insights here: 🔗 https://t.co/Kcgka2StAU @hongkongpolyu #EdTech #PolyU

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📢 Registration is now OPEN for #AIinLT2026! 🌟Join us for this #AI in #LanguageLearning & #Teaching summit at📍@HongKongPolyU on 📅21–24 June💡Free for all attendees! Register (21-22/6 Summit) 🔗 https://t.co/x7lHv3vT0H @EdTechTeacher21 #AIinEducation #EdTech #PolyU

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Dr Daria Dayter @ITC_TampereUni will discuss how #influencer is being redefined across waves of #TwitterX to #BlueSky migration using corpus-assisted #DiscourseAnalysis & #PositioningTheory in this seminar. Registration👉https://t.co/TqaWz3h0Gm @OpenAppLing

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How do speakers' discursive and physical voicing of #CourtroomDiscourse contribute to comprehension challenges for jurors? Join Prof. Eva Ng @HKUniversity as she presents findings on English-medium court proceedings in HK. Registration👉https://t.co/o5fcS567Sl @OpenAppLing

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📢Call for Presentation Extension! Submit your abstract by 13 Mar to present or demonstrate your findings and share insights on the use of #AI in #language #education at #AIinLT2026 (21-24 June) @HongKongPolyU! Details 🔗 https://t.co/fEDcvq8dg1 @EdSurge @EdTechTeacher21

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How does #MorphologicalDecomposition in #WordRecognition vary across languages? Join @DKCayado for insights into Tagalog experiments that challenge English-based models. Explore the limits of #psycholinguistic theories. Register: https://t.co/Roin2vkBzt

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✨Happy #ChineseNewYear 2026! 🎉May the Year of the Horse🐴bring you vitality, good health, & guide you towards new horizons & meaningful accomplishments!🌟#CNY2026 #LNY2026 #SpringFestival

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How do fluctuations in learners’ #AffectiveResponses impact #LanguageTaskPerformance & memory? Join Prof. Craig Lambert (@curtinuniversity) as he shares insights into auto #FacialExpressionAnalysis software for its potential in #SLA research. Register: https://t.co/EbqNrYBb5z

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🌟Call for Presentations: #AIinLT2026, 21-24 Jun @HongKongPolyU ! We invite teachers, academics, and edu professionals to submit abstracts for presentations, teaching demonstrations and workshops on AI in #LanguageEducation. More: https://t.co/fEDcvq8dg1 @EdSurge @EdTechTeacher21

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@PeteridecostaG @michiganstateu @OpenAppLing [Please note that this is an in-person only seminar.]
[Update 19 Jan 2026] Venue has now been changed to HHBUG05, UG/F, PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus.

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Join Prof. De Costa @PeteridecostaG @michiganstateu for insights into digital tech's impact on ideologies, inequities, & exclusion via critical autoethnography, focusing on transnational educators, critical digital/ethical literacy. Register: https://t.co/toa2fRFF72 @OpenAppLing

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The 4th #PolyU #Undergraduate #Conference on Applied #Linguistics and #Language Studies will be held on 28 March 2026! We invite undergraduate students from HK & worldwide to submit proposals📝 and participate. For details👉 https://t.co/fzpBetCIg1 #PolyUCALLS @OpenAppLing

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🌟 Welcome Prof. McEnery as our Chair Professor of #CorpusLinguistics & AI for the Humanities! A top 2% scientist (Stanford list), with expertise in computational analysis of language & AI in language research. #PolyUstaff @OpenAppLing

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Inspiring Stories of Strength & Resilience: we partnered with Equal Opport. Commission to commemorate #InternationalMigrantsDay on 14 Dec. Over 120 attendees, incl. consuls from Philippines & Indonesia @indonesiainhk. Panel & fireside chat highlighted migrants’ vital role in HK.

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Learn about "Teaching and Assessment in Global Aviation English" @BloomsburyBooks, co-edited by our Prof Friginal @EFriginal74729, with @MalilaPrado & Jennifer Roberts @EmbryRiddle. Topics include @icao language requirements & more. Read more👉🏻https://t.co/PUO3LAVflD @OpenAppLing

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This new book by Dr Jin @blairjin05, published by @routledgebooks, explores emotional support in text-based doctor-patient interactions using conversation analysis & discursive psychology. Read more👉https://t.co/1R1f1daral @OpenAppLing @Comm_in_Care #PolyUresearch #PolyUstaff