Session: Using Generative AI for Language Teacher Professional Development: Evolving Practices in the Southeast Asian Region | 使用生成式人工智能促进语言教师专业发展：东南亚地区的发展实践
Theme: Professional Development and Teacher Leadership | 专业发展与教师领导力
演讲者简介：
Joel C. Meniado 博士现任东南亚教育部长组织区域语言中心（新加坡）（SEAMEO RELC）语言专家，负责教授英语教学法、技术融合及课堂研究等多门研究生课程。过去二十余年间，他一直在东南亚及阿拉伯海湾地区担任英语讲师、教师与教师培训师。此外，他曾在亚洲及北美多个国家领导和参与多项教师发展组织与倡议。作为学者，他在语言与读写能力发展、技术辅助语言学习、语言评估及教师专业发展等领域著述颇丰。
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Joel C. Meniado is a language specialist at the Southeast Asian Ministers Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Language Centre (RELC) in Singapore, where he teaches various post-graduate courses on ELT pedagogy, technology integration, and classroom-based research. For over 20 years, he has worked as an English language lecturer, educator, and teacher-trainer in the Southeast Asian and the Arabian Gulf regions. In addition, he has also served as a leader of different teacher development organizations and initiatives in various countries in Asia and North America. As a scholar, he has published widely in the areas of language and literacy development, technology-enhanced language learning, language assessment, and teacher professional development.
讲座内容：
语言教师专业发展（LTPD）对推动东南亚地区语言教育转型至关重要。以实践性、协作性、反思性及持续性的方式，为语言教师提供与时俱进的知识与技能，将有助于提升该地区学生的学习成效和学校整体表现。然而，由于时间不足、现有项目与工作实际不匹配或缺乏关联、以及学校管理层支持与资源不足等多重限制，许多东南亚语言教师并未积极参与专业发展活动。生成式人工智能（GAI）被认为能够应对这些常见挑战。本讲座通过探讨东南亚教师如何借助 ChatGPT 开展自主、自决的专业学习与发展，尝试填补这一领域的实践空白，并汇报一项探索性研究的初步结果，重点包括英语教师在专业发展过程中所遇的挑战，以及他们如何运用 GAI 技术应对这些困难。讲座最后将探讨上述发现对语言教师教育、持续专业发展及教师领导力建设的启示。
Session Description:
Language teacher professional development (LTPD) is crucial to the transformation of language education in the Southeast Asian region. Equipping language teachers with relevant and up-to-date knowledge and skills in a practical, collaborative, reflective, and ongoing manner can lead to better student learning outcomes and school performance in the region. Unfortunately, many Southeast Asian language teachers are not actively engaged with LTPDs due to several constraints, such as insufficient time, incompatibility or irrelevance of the available programs to their work contexts, and inadequate resources and support from school management. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is believed to be capable of addressing these common challenges. This presentation aims to fill this gap by exploring how teachers in the Southeast Asian region use ChatGPT for self-directed and self-determined professional learning and development. It presents the initial findings of an exploratory study investigating the challenges encountered by English language teachers in their professional development and how they use GAI technologies to address these challenges. Implications of the findings for language teacher education, continuing professional development, and teacher leadership are discussed.