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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.
 

Sunday, June 2 • 10:30 - 12:00
Categorization of cues in L2 input and their implications for L2 acquisition

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It is generally agreed that cues in the target language input are crucial for triggering all necessary feature reconfigurations in second language (L2) grammars. However, cues necessary for L2 feature reconfiguration can be obscured as a result of L1 influence and may vary with regard to their robustness and detectability in the input. The main question asked in this talk is to what extent different types of cues in the input can affect the success, failure, indeterminacy or delay in the acquisition of certain linguistic features in L2. This question will be addressed with L2 Chinese and L2 English data. L2 grammars are examined and analysed on the basis of comparisons and contrasts of features between the L1 and the target language and whether features that are absent or different in the L1 grammar can be acquired in L2 grammars. Attempts will be made in the talk to categorize cues in the input into different types on the basis of their saliency and robustness in the target language input, and they will be labelled as macro-cues, micro-cues, nano-cues. In addition, the case of no cue in the input will be discussed as well. The categorization of cues will be argued to have pedagogical implications for L2 teaching.
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Professor Boping Yuan

Professor Emeritus in Chinese Language and Linguistics, University of Cambridge
Boping Yuan is Professor Emeritus in Chinese Language and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. He continues to be a PhD supervisor at Cambridge and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He is currently also a Distinguished Professor in Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:30 - 12:00 CST
IA G028
  Plenary Talk

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