Venue:

5th International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking 2024
AI: Deliverance, diversion, or dystopia
16th,February, 2024

3/F, Liberal Arts and Sciences Building A, Nagoya University((A4① on the Higashiyama campus map)

09:00: Registration Open
09:15: Symposium Open: Prof. Naoshi Sugiyama, President, Nagoya University (Room A31)
09:30 – 10:15 Keynote talk: Large Language Models for Education. Prof. Koichi Takeda, Nagoya University (Room A31)
10:15 – 10:45 Featured talk: Generative AI: Strengths and Weaknesses. Dr. Thomas Lampert, University of Strasbourg (Room A31)10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel sessions 1
Time

AI in Language Studies (Chair: Mark Weeks)

Room A31

Room A32
Room A33
Automated Writing Evaluation & LLMs (Chair: David Toohey)
言語学習とライティングテクノロジーの応用 (Chair: Lu Jian)

11:00 – 11:30

AI frontiers in English language research
Atsushi Mizumoto, Kansai University

AI を使った中国語研究の可能性

11:30 – 12:00

Exploring the potential of generative A.I. guidance in developing academic
writing skills for Gen Z
Hidehiro Endo, Akita International University
Exploring Japanese EFL Students’ Editing and Proofreading Preferences:Peer Critique vs. AI FeedbackTodd J. Allen & Atsushi Mizumoto, Kansai University

日本語学習者による日本語文章作成における Chat GPT の活用について

12:00 – 12:30

Naoki Yamazaki, Kansai University
Akiyo Minami, 国際医療福祉大学
ライティング・センターの継続的利用者が書く英文の質的変容プロセス

中竹真依子（学習院大学）、小林至道（青山学院大学）、
嶼田大海（青山学院大学）

Using LLMs as an aid to understanding the core elements of research
papersNathan Hamlitsch, Nagoya University
An Analysis of Automated Writing Evaluation in EFL Classrooms: A
Preliminary Study from an Ecological Perspective
Junko Otoshi and Naomi Fujishima, Okayama University
The Role of University Writing Centers in AI-translated Academic Writing
Yuhong Zhu, Hiroshima University

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Parallel sessions 2TimeEthics and future trends (Chair: Nicolas Baumert)

Room A31

14:00 – 14:30

The Ethics of LLMs at Universities: A Case for Restriction and Regulation
Istvan Zoltan Zardai, Keio University

14:30 – 15:00

The artifice of academic teaching in an AI world
Rab Paterson (Rikkyo University), Kaori Hakone (Osaka Jogakuin University)

15:00 – 15:30

Equipping students for an uncertain future
Chad Nilep, Nagoya University

15:30 – 16:00

The Argument Construction Guide for humans and machines
Paul Lai, Nagoya University

Human AI writing synthesis (Chair: David Toohey)

Collaborative Learning at the Academic Writing Support Desk (AWSD)
Lay Sion NG, Tsukuba University

The Influence of LLM on Creativity and Critical Thinking in Early Writing
StagesManuel Senna IV, The University of Tokyo
How do students negotiate with A.I to receive writing prompts for theirwriting course over one semester?
Richard Hill, Mie University

Academic writing as communication in a low-context culture: AreJapanese in a high-context culture not good academic writers?
Hiroshi Yama, Osaka Metropolitan University
Revisiting what makes for effective writing processes across thedisciplines in Japanese and English
Diana Kartika, Kazuyoshi Oishi, Mieko Thompson, Felix Kuhn,
Yutaka Aida, The University of Tokyo

16:30 – 17:00 Featured talk: AI and the Future of Writing. Prof. David Barker, Gifu University (Room A31)
General Discussion (Commentator: Prof. Shogo Tanimura, Nagoya University, Chair: Weeks) (Room A31)

17:40 – 18:00 Symposium Close: Mark Weeks
18:30

DinnerRoom A33
Academic writing support & collaboration (Chair: Nathan Hamlitsch)

AI and Critical Pedagogy: Towards a Developed Methodology for Zhuangzi
Studies in the AI Era
Anthea CHEUNG, Yanwen HOU & Yurong MA
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
The Synthesis of Human AI Writing: Human Agency and the AI Resource
Robert Joel Deacon, Florida Institute of Technology

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 – 17:40

Room A32

Creating and Modulating Course Content Using AI Tools
Paul Wadden (and colleagues)
Juntendo University