As part of the English seminar series, Amy Wanyu Ou presents her research on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in Academic Writing. Warm welcome!
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is significantly changing the landscape of academic writing in higher education, presenting both opportunities and challenges for students and educators. In this seminar, I will introduce the concept of Critical GAI Literacy (C-GAI-L), a framework developed to promote the ethical and effective integration of GAI tools in academic writing processes. Drawing on recent research, I will explore the core dimensions of C-GAI-L: interaction with GAI, understanding GAI ethics within academic contexts, evaluating the technical limitations of GAI, and developing self-directed learning strategies. I will also present a C-GAI-L micro-curriculum based on self-regulated learning, which empowered PhD students to develop a more critical and nuanced understanding of GAI's role in academic writing, moving past both uncritical acceptance and unwarranted scepticism and recognising the potential impacts of GAI on writer identities and academic norms. Practical implications for language educators will also be discussed.
Amy works at the crossroads of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and language education. Her research interests include AI in language education, English-medium instruction (EMI), intercultural communication, multilingualism, and language-in-education policy. Recently, she has been researching and publishing about student communicative competence (development) in digitalised and internationalised learning contexts. Relevant works are seen in international journals such as System, Journal of Second Language Writing, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language Teaching, and International Journal of Multilingualism. She is Book Review Editor of the Journal of English-Medium Instruction (John Benjamins).