The Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) was honoured to invite Prof Lan Yu-Ju from the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University to deliver a series of lectures. On the morning of 8 May 2024, Prof Lan presented a talk titled "Language Learning in the Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges". During this talk, she delved into how the integration of AI and the metaverse can create immersive, interactive learning environments for learners, and analysed the potential benefits and challenges of this emerging technology in language learning. The participants included lecturers, researchers, and Master Teachers from SCCL, officers from the Mother Tongue Languages Branch, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education and teacher leaders.

        On the same afternoon, Prof Lan hosted an online professional sharing session via the Zoom platform, titled "The Opportunities and Challenges of Innovative Applications of Generative AI (GAI) in Chinese Language Teaching", attracting close to 100 teacher participants. During this session, she introduced the basic concepts of GAI, discussed its application prospects and practical issues in educational practice, and proposed a new framework for integrating GAI technology into Chinese language teaching.

        Additionally, on 9 May 2024, Prof Lan Yu-Ju, along with Master Teacher Mr Zhou Enguo and Dr Jiao Fuzhen, conducted a training course titled "Intelligent Teaching Exploration: Design and Practice of AI Writing Teaching Assistant (Pri)" at SCCL. This course was specifically designed for primary school teachers, aiming to help them better understand and apply the AI Writing Teaching Assistant in practical teaching design. The course was well-received by the participants.

Prof Lan Yu-Ju presented a talk titled "Language Learning in the Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges" at SCCL

Attendees listened attentively to Prof Lan's talk

Dr Foo Suan Fong, Executive Director of SCCL, presented a letter of appreciation to Prof Lan

Prof Lan interacted with Dr Foo and Dr Zhang Limei, Dean of Academic Affairs of SCCL