Beyond the Prompt: Critical AI Literacy for Language Educators: A day of keynote insights, active learning, and shared best practices

Dates
Friday, May 29, 2026
Location
Seminar Room 10, Bowland North, Lancaster University, and Online

We are delighted to be co-organising another hybrid (online and in-person) training day with Lancaster University Confucius Institute. This teacher training day is for teachers of Chinese as Foreign Language, as well as teachers of other languages.

We currently have the following keynote sessions confirmed:

  • Professor Mirjam Hauck (OU) ‘AI Literacy for Social Justice and Inclusion: What does it mean for the Learning and Teaching of Languages and Cultures?’
  • Dr Kan Qian (OU), Prof Xu Xin (BFSU) and Dr Shi Lijing (LSE) ‘Critical and ethical use of GenAI: exploring Chinese Language Teachers’ Perception and Attitude’
  • Dr Neil McLean (LSE) ‘AI literacy as an extension of ‘normal’ language provision’.

There will be lightning talks in the afternoon as well as an interactive session on activity design for language and culture learning based on OU’s Framework for Critical AI Literacy Skills Development.

Further information will follow regarding the talks, speakers, schedule and registration.

For now, please save the date! 

We look forward to seeing you there. 

Online CI at The Open University & Lancaster University CI

Contact Us

Online Confucius Institute office 

Stuart Hall Building  
The Open University 
Walton Hall 
Milton Keynes 
MK7 6AA 

Email: [email protected]