Seminar: Teaching EFL Writing with AI in a Global Englishes Framework

Teaching EFL Writing with AI in a Global Englishes Framework

Date: November 19, 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:45 - 14:00
Venue: Room 401-402, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Chair: Professor Chun Lai

Abstract:
This talk examines how generative AI tools can be used to support EFL writing instruction in ways that align with a Global Englishes perspective. Rather than reinforcing native-speaker norms, AI can be used to promote multilingual awareness, critical language reflection, and audience-sensitive writing. The presentation explores how students and teachers can engage with AI-generated texts to discuss variation, intelligibility, and rhetorical choice. Practical classroom strategies are offered for integrating AI ethically and critically, helping students become more confident and flexible writers in diverse global contexts.

About the speaker:
Jim McKinley, SFHEA, is Professor of Applied Linguistics at University College London, IOE Faculty of Education and Society, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, Department of Education. He has taught in higher education in the UK, Japan, Australia, and Uganda, as well as US schools. His research targets implications of globalization for L2 writing, language education, and higher education studies, particularly the teaching-research nexus and English medium instruction. Jim is co-author and co-editor of several books on research methods in applied linguistics. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the journal System, and a co-Editor of the Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series (Cambridge University Press).