Abstract: Language learning involves the accumulation of experiences across settings. In-class and out-of-class learning contribute significantly but uniquely to language development. Learners' out-of-class experience is also related to in-class learning experience. Augmenting the connection and strengthening the transferability between the two is hence essential to support language learning. Technology can catalyse this integration. How teachers respond to the potential connection between the two deserves attention. This seminar introduces existing literature on this phenomenon, and reports the findings from my research studies in the Chinese context.

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Speaker: Professor Chun Lai

Chair: Professor Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini

Coordinator: Professor Kevin Tai

Date: Friday, April 19th 2024

Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Venue: Zoom Meeting

Speaker Bio: Chun Lai (Ph.D. Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are technology and language education, with a special focus on technology-enhanced language learning beyond the classroom. Her current projects include investigations into language teachers' digital bridging initiatives that connect in-class and out-of-class language learning.

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Registration: Link~Link~

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Hosted by Academic Unit of Language and Literacy Education (LALE), Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Co-hosted by

• Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education & Research (CACLER)

• Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE)