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How do speakers' discursive and physical voicing of #CourtroomDiscourse contribute to comprehension challenges for jurors? Join Prof. Eva Ng @HKUniversity as she presents findings on English-medium court proceedings in HK. Registration👉polyu.hk/YLmdh @OpenAppLing

📢Call for Presentation Extension! Submit your abstract by 13 Mar to present or demonstrate your findings and share insights on the use of #AI in #language #education at #AIinLT2026 (21-24 June) @HongKongPolyU! Details 🔗 polyu.hk/hmcCh @EdSurge @EdTechTeacher21

How does #MorphologicalDecomposition in #WordRecognition vary across languages? Join @DKCayado for insights into Tagalog experiments that challenge English-based models. Explore the limits of #psycholinguistic theories. Register: polyu.hk/QJQaE

✨Happy #ChineseNewYear 2026! 🎉May the Year of the Horse🐴bring you vitality, good health, & guide you towards new horizons & meaningful accomplishments!🌟#CNY2026 #LNY2026 #SpringFestival

How do fluctuations in learners’ #AffectiveResponses impact #LanguageTaskPerformance & memory? Join Prof. Craig Lambert (@curtinuniversity) as he shares insights into auto #FacialExpressionAnalysis software for its potential in #SLA research. Register: polyu.hk/qGLoh

🌟Call for Presentations: #AIinLT2026, 21-24 Jun @HongKongPolyU ! We invite teachers, academics, and edu professionals to submit abstracts for presentations, teaching demonstrations and workshops on AI in #LanguageEducation. More: polyu.hk/hmcCh @EdSurge @EdTechTeacher21

@PeteridecostaG @michiganstateu @OpenAppLing [Please note that this is an in-person only seminar.] [Update 19 Jan 2026] Venue has now been changed to HHBUG05, UG/F, PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus.

Join Prof. De Costa @PeteridecostaG @michiganstateu for insights into digital tech's impact on ideologies, inequities, & exclusion via critical autoethnography, focusing on transnational educators, critical digital/ethical literacy. Register: polyu.hk/ioMDh @OpenAppLing

The 4th #PolyU #Undergraduate #Conference on Applied #Linguistics and #Language Studies will be held on 28 March 2026! We invite undergraduate students from HK & worldwide to submit proposals📝 and participate. For details👉 polyu.hk/owDyS #PolyUCALLS @OpenAppLing

🌟 Welcome Prof. McEnery as our Chair Professor of #CorpusLinguistics & AI for the Humanities! A top 2% scientist (Stanford list), with expertise in computational analysis of language & AI in language research. #PolyUstaff @OpenAppLing

Inspiring Stories of Strength & Resilience: we partnered with Equal Opport. Commission to commemorate #InternationalMigrantsDay on 14 Dec. Over 120 attendees, incl. consuls from Philippines & Indonesia @indonesiainhk. Panel & fireside chat highlighted migrants’ vital role in HK.

Learn about "Teaching and Assessment in Global Aviation English" @BloomsburyBooks, co-edited by our Prof Friginal @EFriginal74729, with @MalilaPrado & Jennifer Roberts @EmbryRiddle. Topics include @icao language requirements & more. Read more👉🏻bit.ly/49AKl4K @OpenAppLing

This new book by Dr Jin @blairjin05, published by @routledgebooks, explores emotional support in text-based doctor-patient interactions using conversation analysis & discursive psychology. Read more👉bit.ly/4iuxIun @OpenAppLing @Comm_in_Care #PolyUresearch #PolyUstaff

🎉Congrats to Dr Aboh @aboh_christian on receiving the PolyU PhD Thesis Award 2025 – Outstanding Award (Non-STEM). His research on accent bias & #sociolinguistic stereotypes in #Nigeria challenges discrimination & promotes linguistic justice. #PhDVoice @PhDForum

🌟Join our MA in English Studies for the Professions Info Webinar 📅 18 Dec 5:00–5:45 pm HKT. Covering our 2 specialisms, career boosts, & application tips. Register: polyu.hk/nMRkZ Learn more: polyu.hk/CheWQ #MAESP #EnglishStudies #ELT #PostgraduateStudies

Join Dr Sara Ganassin @Uniofnewcastle & Dr Jessica Bradley @sheffielduni for this seminar to explore AI's challenges/affordances in refugee support, arts/health, & qualitative research. Register 👉 polyu.hk/PiUkc @OpenAppLing

How are digital tools advancing dialect research? Join Prof Adrian Leemann @unibern to learn about the Swiss German Dialect Atlas and the new CURLEW project mapping #language variation. Registration👉polyu.hk/PgGar #Sociolinguistics @OpenAppLing

Our four professors —@guangwei_hu @ShaofengLi9 @mwkrzyzanowski & Zou Di —have been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the 2025 @Stanford/ Elsevier list for their remarkable research across linguistics, AI & #education🎉! @OpenAppLing #PolyUresearch #PolyUstaff

Investigations of #phonetic universals have been limited by challenges in crosslinguistic data collection. Prof Chodroff @echodroff @cl_uzh will discuss advances in phonetic databases & two case studies on vowel f0 & duration. Register 👉 polyu.hk/fqkuy @OpenAppLing

Congrats🥳to our #PostdoctoralFellows @IvyWu_xy @aboh_christian & #PhD student Lucas Peltonen for winning The Stephen Evans Awards in 2025! Their exceptional research work has set a great example for academic excellence! #PolyUstudent #PolyUresearch #PhDVoice @PhDForum