Abolutely delighted to give a keynote on the 8th CLE Conference on Teaching and Learning, at The Center for Language Education (CLE) at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , Shenzhen on November 8, 2025
The Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen has achieved #2 ranking among the world’s young universities in the Nature Index 2021.
On a personal note, it’s been so special to reunite with former U. Cambridge former MPhil and Phd students: Dr Simin Zheng, Dr Pu Shi, Dr Jinshi Shao and Dr Danyang Zhang.
Nothing is more satisfying that seeing your former students thrive both personally and academically.
Building critical literacies in post-digital language classrooms
Prof Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Keynote Speaker
This talk argues for a reorientation of educational priorities: from technocentric training in Artificial intelligence (AI) tool usage to fostering the capacity to interrogate the sociotechnical systems that shape our digital realities. Drawing on recent research with higher education students in Europe, I will explore how learners interact with generative AI, what assumptions they hold about its authority, and how it influences their academic practices. The talk will examine how large language models challenge traditional notions of authorship, academic originality, and teacher agency. It will also discuss how digital literacies have evolved from functional ICT skills to encompass ethics and participation in algorithmic cultures. The talk advocates for a pedagogy that not only integrates AI but critically questions it.
Pérez-Paredes, P., Curry, N., & Aguado Jiménez, P. (2025). Integrating critical corpus and AI literacies in applied linguistics: a mixed-methods study. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2025.2569351
Pérez-Paredes, P., Curry, N., & Ordoñana-Guillamón, C. (2025). Critical AI literacy for applied linguistics and language education students. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1515/jccall-2025-0005
New OA paper paper with Niall Curry & Pilar Aguado in Computer Assisted Language Learning :
Pérez-Paredes, P., Curry, N., & Aguado Jiménez, P. (2025). Integrating critical corpus and AI literacies in applied linguistics: a mixed-methods study. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2025.2569351
This study was conducted to examine the potential for the integration of corpus and AI literacies in language education and we used a sequential mixed-methods design, incorporating training days, workshops, task outputs, and focus groups as data. Broadly, we wanted to study how undergraduate learners from a southern European university engage with #corpus and #AI tools and we found that while learners initially lacked familiarity with corpus tools, they came to recognise their value in developing corpus-mediated linguistic awareness.
Plenary: Critical AI literacy (CAIL): language education and applied linguistics as central disciplinary areas
Download here the comptencies outlined in the Pérez-Paredes, P. Curry, N. & Ordoñana-Guillamón, C. (2025). Critical AI literacy for applied linguistics and language education students. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning (JCCALL). Special Issue Theme: Cultivating AI literacy in language education. https://doi.org/10.1515/jccall-2025-0005
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