37.3314, FYI: Webinar: What Does It Mean to Be a Competent Language Teacher in the Age of AI?

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Subject: 37.3314, FYI: Webinar: What Does It Mean to Be a Competent Language Teacher in the Age of AI?

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Date: 13-Oct-2026
From: Anthony Picot [a.picot at mmu.ac.uk]
Subject: What Does It Mean to Be a Competent Language Teacher in the Age of AI?


Dear All,
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to our first event of the
year:
What Does It Mean to Be a Competent Language Teacher in the Age of AI?
Teacher AI competence is about more than mastering tools. How can
language teachers use AI critically while responding to learners’
diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds and learning needs?
Participants will explore changing teacher–AI relationships and take
away innovative ideas for using AI.
Dr Huixin Wangn
Sat Nov 7th;11-12.30 GMT
Online Via Zoom
Registration is free (via our website or here:
https://lnkd.in/eMWF5gCp)
Abstract
What does it mean to be a competent language teacher in the age of AI,
beyond knowing how to use the latest tools? In this interactive
session, I will invite participants to explore this question through
their own teaching experiences and perspectives. Drawing on our recent
study published in thenbsp;Journal of Research on Technology in
Education, I will introduce a frameworknbsp;fornbsp;critical
multilingual and multimodal AI competencenbsp;that foregrounds the
linguistic and cultural dimensions of English language teaching.
Through guided discussion and classroom-based examples, we will
consider how AI competence takes different forms across linguistic,
cultural, institutional and classroom contexts.nbsp;Together, we will
explore how teachers can critically evaluate AI-generated materials
across languages and modes, respond to learners’ diverse needs, and
negotiate the respective roles of teachers, learners and AI.
Particular attention will be given to teachers’ professional agency
and the question of epistemic authority: who decides what counts as
trustworthy and appropriate knowledge in the classroom? By reflecting
on their own contexts and exchanging perspectives with colleagues,
participants will take away innovative ideas for using AI in their
language teaching, alongside practical questions to guide more
critical, inclusive and context-sensitive practice.
Bio
Dr Huixin Wangnbsp;is a Boya Postdoctoral Fellow at Peking University.
She completed her PhD in Education at the University of Edinburgh,
where she also worked as an Associate Tutor and dissertation
supervisor in Language Education. Her research explores language
teacher and learner agency, motivation, and critical AI competence,
with a particular focus on designing and researching AI-supported
English language teaching systems. She has also advanced a 3D model of
Directed Motivational Currents to understand sustained motivation in
language education. Her work has appeared in international journals
includingnbsp;TESOL Quarterly, thenbsp;Journal of Research on
Technology in Education, andnbsp;Language and Education. Her research
on AI-supported language learning received BAAL/Cambridge University
Press funding in 2025. Alongside her research, she has helped organise
international academic conferences and academic talks.

Date: 07-Nov-2026 - 07-Nov-2026

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition




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