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School of Languages at XJTLU Conference 2024
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We find ourselves at a pivotal moment where the role of generative AI and other technological tools is reshaping the way we teach and learn languages. The question that lies before us is not whether these innovations will shape the future, but rather how we, as educators, will harness their potential to create meaningful and effective language instruction.
 
The title of our conference, No Fate: The Future is Not Set, underscores our belief that the future is not predetermined. We hope that our conference will serve both as a platform for collaboration and a catalyst for change as it is via the collective effort of educators, researchers, and innovators that the trajectory of language teaching and learning will be determined. By fostering collaboration, sharing insights, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible, we can shape the future of language education.
 

Saturday, June 1 • 11:30 - 12:00
L2 postgraduate students' feedback literacy - New insights from an EMI university in the age of AI

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Despite intensive research in recent years to understand feedback engagement in higher education, L2 postgraduate students’ engagement with feedback in the context of academic writing remains under-investigated. The situation is further complicated by the increasing use of generative AI as a learning tool. To what extent students use technology-facilitated (including AI-facilitated) feedback merits more studies. Drawing upon recent theoretical and empirical discussions of feedback and feedback literacy (e.g. Carless & Boud, 2018), this presentation aims to explore how master’s and PhD students in an English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) university in China perceive and engage with multiple sources of feedback in the process of handling different academic writing tasks/genres. The following research questions will guide our data collection.

1. How do the L2 postgraduate students perceive their feedback literacy?
2. What are the individual, contextual and social factors that shape the L2 postgraduate students’ feedback literacy?
3. How do the L2 postgraduate students apply feedback practices in different settings?
4. How do the L2 postgraduate students utilize technology-facilitated (including AI-facilitated) feedback to supplement human-facilitated feedback (by teachers, supervisors, peers)?
5. How do the L2 postgraduate students perceive the role of various stakeholders (teachers, supervisors, peers) in their development of feedback literacy?

A mixed methods research design will be employed and data will be collected through a feedback literacy questionnaire developed based on validated feedback literacy instruments in publications, in-depth interviews, and students’ writing samples. Inferential statistics as well as thematic and textual analyses will be employed to analyze the quantitative and qualitative data. It is hoped that the findings of the study will result in recommendations for postgraduate supervisors and EAP teachers to facilitate their students’ development of feedback literacy.
Speakers
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Yunyan Zhang

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Dr Yunyan Zhang is a Principal Language Lecturer in EAP at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, where she currently works a member of the PGR Support team to provide language support for PhD students at the university. Yunyan has a PhD degree in Foreign and Second Language Education... Read More →
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Hua Li

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Dr Hua Li is the Academic Lead for PGR Support in the ELC at XJTLU. She has been helping to support the Ph.D. students since September 2021 and has over ten years of experience teaching English in the USA and China. Her research interests include quantitative analysis and measure... Read More →
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Ting Li

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Dr Ting Li (Molly) is the PG-T Coordinator in the English Language Centre at XJTLU. She has worked in the ELC for over 13 years, currently supporting the master's students, and has nearly 20 years of experience teaching English. Her research includes corpus-based study, meta-discourse... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2024 11:30 - 12:00 CST
IA 103
  EAP/ESP, Presentation

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