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 education

  • Informal digital learning of English
    (IDLE)

  • English communication and
    willingness to communicate (WTC)

  • Conversational AI tools in student
    and teacher education

  • Digital 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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  • Passionate about traveling and photography

  • A book lover, finding joy in exploring
    different worlds

  • Seeking new adventures in hiking

  • A beginner golfer and chess player

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