🎉Hi, our latest paper is published in System! 🧠👀 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Combined neuroimaging & eye-tracking to study cognitive load in L2 questionnaires.📊 Negatively worded items increase cognitive load, while positively worded items engage reflective brain processes!🧑‍🔬

📚🎓 I wanted to share this news on an upcoming online event titled: Item Generation and Language Testing in the Age of AI. 🤖 Feel free to register. Organized by the British Association of Applied Linguistics BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics

🚀 Part 2 of the #MachineLearning Workshop is here! 🌟 Covers Neural Networks, Regression, and more using JASP. 🤖 Key topics: Neurons, functions, & backpropagation💻Supervised vs. unsupervised learning 💻Advanced algorithms & metrics... youtu.be/P6j_AL2YWuk #NeuralNetworks

📢 Exciting Event Announcement! I'm delighted to invite you to an in-person talk by Professor Douglas Biber, Regents' Professor Emeritus at Northern Arizona University, at the National Institute of Education, Singapore.📚📚 Pls register by scanning the QR code in the flyer.

📚Excited to share our recent open-access publication, “Why are some articles highly cited in applied linguistics? A bibliometric study,” in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 📚Co-authored with my MA student, Zhang Shirley. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

📚💫✨Our chapter "How to Conduct Bibliometric and Scientometric Research in Language Education," co-authored with Zhang Sai has just been published in the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Section editor: Sin-Wang Chong 📷💫 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📚I have made my first YouTube Short, using AI. 🤖It is a brief conversation between me and a squirrel AI about repeated measures ANOVA and Sphericity! Check out the video here: youtube.com/shorts/NfmC8tz…

📚Glad that the most highly cited paper in Language Testing over the past 3 years is ours: 🥇The typology of second language listening constructs: A systematic review 🥇Among the top 10: The vexing problem of validity & the future of language testing journals.sagepub.com/action/showMos…

🤖✨I am happy to share I have received the prestigious Academic Research Fund (#AcRF) for a project on #GenAI & sensor technology from Singapore's MOE. Two research positions will be advertised soon—stay tuned if you are interested in applying. youtube.com/shorts/JPovPXw…

🦦🌟During the COVID pandemic, there many instances where I encountered these fascinating otters on the campus of Nanyang Technological University #NTU #singapore. youtube.com/shorts/KzL__4c…

📢 Our latest paper on eye-tracking & neuroimaging in applied linguistics (2024) is now FREE access in System! 👁️🧠 The study sheds light on unexplored aspects of cognitive load triggered by test methods in questionnaires and surveys.📚 Download here 👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📚Two research assistant positions are available at NIE. Please do not email your CV to me. To be considered, submit your application via the application platform. For more information, please see: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…)

🚀 Excited to roll out my new graduate course titled "Language Assessment in the Digital Age" this August at NIE, NTU! the course focuses on AI 🤖 & sensor technologies 🧠 in language assessment—bridging theory & hands-on practice. Fully registered and ready to go! #AI #GenAI

🆕📄 Just out! Our encyclopedia entry "ChatGPT in Assessing Writing" is now live in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of CALL 🧠✍️ 📚We explore how LLMs like ChatGPT are reshaping writing assessment—and why human-AI synergy matters. 🔗link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/97… #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AI

🎥 Episode 1 of my Reliability series in Second Language research is out! 📚This one covers external reliability — across time, test forms, and raters. 📊Ideal for L2 educators, researchers, and students working with assessments. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJP2h…

🚨Our article in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics! 🧠 Developing and Assessing L2 Listening & Speaking: Does AI Make It Better? Explores how GenAI is changing the teaching & testing of L2 listening & speaking. 👥 Christine Goh & Vahid Aryadoust 🔗doi.org/10.1017/S02671…

📢 My new video: Reliability Analysis (Update) 2 📚A focused look at Cronbach's alpha—what it is, how it works, & why it matters. Ideal for students & researchers in L2 research & assessment. ▶️ youtu.be/JHUV6IFrWhE #LanguageAssessment #L2 #Reliability #CronbachAlpha

🎥 New video now live: Reliability Analysis (Update) 3 📚This follow-up dives deeper into interpreting Cronbach’s alpha, its limitations, and practical use in research. Watch here: youtu.be/mOrxoeRIrkc

📢 Delighted to join the Editorial Board of Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (Cambridge University Press). Honored to contribute to a journal shaping scholarship in applied linguistics. 🌍📚 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🤖My new beginner-friendly overview of #LLM is available for viewing. ✨I briefly discuss what large language models, foundation models, and NLP mean, how they work, and why they matter. 📺 Watch from here: youtu.be/1eKLQixZH_gLar…