Lai Wan Yee
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Year 2 PhD student
English language
education
Principal Supervisor: Prof. Lee Ju Seong
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
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Artificial intelligence-assisted English
language educationInformal digital learning of English
(IDLE)English communication and
willingness to communicate (WTC)Conversational AI tools in student
and teacher educationDigital storytelling
Technology-assisted language
education
Zadorozhnyy, A., Lai, W.Y.W. & Lee, J.S. (2025). EFL teachers’ ecological barriers to integrating Informal Digital Learning of
English. TESOL Quarterly. [Accepted]
Lai, W. Y. W., & Lee, J.S. (2024). A systematic review of conversational AI tools in ELT: Publication trends, tools, research
methods, learning outcomes, and antecedents. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100291.
Ng, D. T. K., Lai, W. Y. W., Jong, M. S., & Ng, C. W. (2024). Using cospaces in augmented reality digital story creation: A thematic
analysis. Computers & Education: X Reality, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cexr.2024.100090
Zadorozhnyy, A., & Lai, W. Y. W. (2024). ChatGPT and L2 Written Communication: A Game-Changer or Just Another Tool?.
Languages, 9(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9010005.
Meng, N., Lee S. Y. C., Lai, W. Y. W. & Chu, S. K. W. (2023). Learning English as a Foreign Language through Technology-mediated
Gamification in a Rural Setting. International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning.
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSMARTTL.2023.10057636
Lai, W. Y. W., Yang, C., & Chu, S. K. W. (2021). Applying Social Media to Scaffold University Students’ Inquiry Group Project Work –
Theoretical and Practical Implications. Journal of Information Technology Education, 20, 64–85.https://doi.org/10.28945/4703
Publications
Some of My
Work
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Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2025, May 21-23). AI-mediated Digital Storytelling in Metaverse Through the Lens of
Technology Acceptance Model [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2025.
Lee, J. S., Lai, W. Y. W., Ahn.K. (2025, July 11-13). Innovating ELT Pre-Service Teacher Training: A Global Collaboration
with AI and the Metaverse [Paper presentation]. 23rd AsiaTEFL International Conference 2025.
Lai, W. Y. W., Kim, P., Lee, J. S. (2025, July 11-13). Enhancing Critical Inquiry Skills in EFL Students through AI-
Generated Assessment [Paper presentation]. 23rd AsiaTEFL International Conference 2025.
International CONFERENCES
2024-2025
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Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2024, November 15-17). A systematic review of AI chatbots: Implications for ELT
[Paper presentation]. 22nd AsiaTEFL International Conference 2024.
Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2024, August 11-16). Factors Affecting EFL Students' Perceptions of ChatGPT for Communication
Skills Enhancement: A Technology Acceptance Model Perspective [Poster presentation]. The 21st AILA World Congress.
Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2023, December 1-3). Conversational AI and English Education: A decade review (2013-2023)
[Paper presentation]. The 3rd International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning 2023.
Zadorozhnyy, A., Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2023, December 1-3). Transforming Language Learning: The Role of AI and
ChatGPT [Paper presentation]. The 3rd International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning 2023.
Zadorozhnyy, A., Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2023, September 25-26). Towards Intelligent-TPACK in Language Education:
Adding Ethical and Contextual Perspectives [Paper presentation]. ‘Language and AI in Asia’ conference hosted by the
University of Oxford in partnership with The Education University of Hong Kong.
International CONFERENCES
2023-2024
Lai, W. Y. W. (2025, February 28). AI in the Classroom: Enhancing
Indonesian Students' English Speaking Proficiency through Informal
Digital Learning [Presentation]. Brown Bag event with international
researchers from Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia.Lai, W. Y. W., Lee, J. S. (2025, February 18). Enhancing English language
access, emotional engagement, and speaking skills via AI-mediated
Informal Digital Learning of English (AI-IDLE) [Presentation]. 2025
Peking University Forum Artificial Intelligence Education [2025北京大學
教育數智化論壇].Lai, W. Y. W. (2025, January 27). Moodie.AI in an ELE classroom
[Presentation]. 5th International Knowledge Transfer Forum:
Innovative Language Learning and Teaching Social Impact for
Inclusive Education.Lai, W. Y. W. (2024, November 28). Evaluating EFL Students’ Critical
Inquiry Skills with AI: Insights from Three Pilot Studies [Presentation].
Brown Bag Series organized by the Department of English Language
Education, EduHK.
REsearch forum and
collaboration events
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