Workshop | TEAL series
Second TEAL Workshop
- Date
- Wednesday 3 June 2026
- Time
- Serie
- Teaching East Asian Languages (TEAL): Challenges, Ideas and Innovations
- Address
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Herta Mohr
Witte Singel 27A
2311 BG Leiden
This year's Teaching East Asian Languages (TEAL) workshop is organised in collaboration with the Language Learning Resource Centre (LLRC) and the Expertise Centre for Teaching and Learning (ECOLe). It will take place on June 3, 2026.
The second TEAL workshop covers:
- An invited talk about the theory and practice of AI in language education.
- A workshop on using AI in language education at Leiden University. This workshop focuses on the chatbots LUCA (Leiden University Cognitive Agent) and LULA (Leiden University Language Assistant). Technical experts and instructors of different languages will give talks about their experiences with these chatbots. Following these talks, participants will be provided the opportunity to try out the chatbots themselves.
Details on participation:
Our participation capacity is limited. Registration is needed. For members of TEAL and LLRC: Please complete the registration form sent to you via email. For other interested colleagues: Kindly email us to inquire about availability. Participants may bring their own laptop, but it is not required.
Coordinators:
- Eline Sikkema e.c.sikkema@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- Zhaole Yang z.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Agenda
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Time |
Session |
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13:30 – 13:40 |
Tea Start (Herta Mohr/0.31) |
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13:40 – 13:45 |
Welcome (Herta Mohr/0.02) Opening by Zhaole Yang and Nivja de Jong |
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13:45 – 14:45 |
Invited Talk (Herta Mohr/0.02) *45 minutes talk+15 minutes discussion Moderator: Ying-ting Wang “(Non-)use of AI in Foreign Language Education” by Serge Bibauw |
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Tea Break (Herta Mohr/0.31) |
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15:00 – 17:00 |
Workshop on LUCA and LULA in Language Education (Herta Mohr/0.02 and Herta Mohr/0.04) Moderator: Ae Ree Nam |
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15:00 – 16:10 |
LUCA in language education (Herta Mohr/0.02) |
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15:00 – 15:25 Introduction by Ferdinand Harmsen and Julian van der Kraats |
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15:25 – 15:40 ‘LUCA for Arabic’ by Hossam Ahmed |
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15:40 – 16:55 ‘LUCA for Korean’ by Jin Hee Park |
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16:55 – 16:10 ‘LUCA for Chinese’ by Yinzhi Zhang |
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16:10 – 16:30 |
LULA in language education (Herta Mohr/0.02) |
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16:10 – 16:15 Introduction by Gea Hakker |
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16:15 – 16:30 ‘LULA for Italian’ by Gea Hakker and Brigitt Relli |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Discussion and experimentation with LUCA and LULA (Herta Mohr/0.02 and Herta Mohr/0.04) |
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17:00 – 17:05 |
Conclusion (Herta Mohr/0.02) Closing by Eline Sikkema and Nivja de Jong |
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17:05 – 18:00 |
Drinks (Herta Mohr/ground floor) |
Invited Talk: (Non-)use of AI in Foreign Language Education: From Theory to Practice
Abstract
Artificial intelligence tools are now everywhere in language education, yet teachers face a fundamental question: when does using AI actually help learners — and when does it not? This talk takes a research-informed approach to that question, moving beyond the hype-and-fear binary that often dominates public discourse.
The first part of the talk will review theoretical affordances of AI systems and their relation to what we know about foreign language acquisition, as well as empirical evidence on the positive and negative effects of AI in education.
The second part will explore, in more detail, the conversational uses of AI chatbots for productive practice. In practice, what makes an AI implementation pedagogically sound? Drawing on a typology of conversational AI tools, I argue that the critical variables are not which AI system is used, but how it is integrated: through technical configuration, instructional design, teacher role, and classroom framing.
Bio
Serge Bibauw is an Assistant Professor of French Language Teaching at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). He studied Romance Languages at UCLouvain and a PhD in Linguistics at KU Leuven. He has been a teacher trainer in French and English in Belgium and Ecuador. His research focuses on the use, potential and effectiveness of conversational AI, such as chatbots or dialogue systems, for foreign language learning, particularly in language learning contexts where opportunities for meaningful practice are limited.