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各位英语老师们，您是否想了解AI大语言模型的工作原理及如何将AI大语言模型和语料库工具运用到日常的英语教学中？在英语写作课上，如何设计好的写作提示，帮助学生打开思路，提升语言应用能力？
欢迎您2026年4月18日，到长沙建鸿达JW万豪酒店，参加由美国驻武汉总领事馆及地区英语项目办公室（Regional English Language Office）共同举办的长沙英语教学研讨会！ 我们很荣幸地邀请到Christopher Ott和Stephanie Hanes与大家一起探讨分享有关英语教学的实用策略。研讨会日程见下文。
活动名额有限，额满即止。研讨会免费参加，如有差旅需自理。 欢迎各学段在职英语教师、教研人员及在读英语专业学生参加。
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Dear English educators, are you interested in understanding how Large Language Models (LLMs) work? What are the real-world applications of LLMs and corpus tools in the classroom? In writing classes, how can you design effective prompts that promote higher-order thinking and let students demonstrate content knowledge while developing language proficiency?
Join us for an enriching day of professional development at the JW Marriott Hotel Changsha on April 18, 2026, for the English Teaching Workshop organized by U.S. Consulate General Wuhan and the Regional English Language Office (RELO). Esteemed English Language educators, Christopher Ott and Stephanie Hanes, will lead four insightful and interactive workshops from 9 am to 4:30 pm, providing practical strategies for effective English teaching. This event is free and open to all Chinese English teachers interested in enhancing their teaching skills. To attend, please register via the QR code above. Your registration will be considered successful only upon receipt of a confirmation email from the U.S. Consulate General Wuhan.
日程 Schedule (subject to change)
9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks
9:15-10:30 Session 1 Prompt Writing as Instructional Design
This session examines prompt writing as an instructional design decision that determines cognitive demand and learning depth. Participants will explore how prompts align with Bloom’s Taxonomy, shape student thinking, and function as embedded assessments. Emphasis is placed on transforming vague prompts into instructionally purposeful tools that promote higher-order thinking. The session is especially relevant for educators who train or mentor other teachers and seek to model effective pedagogy.
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session 2 Understanding LLMs for Language Teaching
Large Language Models (LLMs) are now used widely in classrooms around the world. LLMs are text-prediction models based on machine learning. In order to use this technology effectively as language teachers, we must first understand what LLMs are and how they function (in general). By exploring these basic understandings of LLMs, we can then begin to discuss them more openly with colleagues and students alike. This session will focus on enabling teachers to explore what LLMs are, how we can use them, and the effects they may have on our students and our teaching.
12:00-13:30 Break
13:30-14:45 Session 3 Prompting for Language Access & Equity
This session focuses on prompting as a tool for language access in EFL/ESL and multilingual classrooms. Participants will examine how prompt design influences comprehension, output quality, and academic language use. Emphasis is placed on differentiation, scaffolding, and reducing cognitive load so learners can demonstrate content knowledge while developing language proficiency. Educators will leave with adaptable strategies for designing language-supportive prompts that maintain rigor and preserve student ownership.
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:15 Session 4 Classroom Applications & Workflows
This session will offer practical, hands-on workshops focusing on real-world applications of LLMs and corpus tools in the classroom. Specifically, we will focus on supporting academic writing revision, developing transparent approaches to AI use and plagiarism, and combining LLMs with corpus evidence to promote data-driven language learning. Teachers will leave with reusable workflows that can be implemented immediately.
16:15-16:30 Remarks Closing
Trainers’ Bio:
Christopher Ott is a Senior English Language Instructor at Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, China, where he specializes in teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP). He has conducted extensive teacher training programs across China, Mongolia, and the Philippines as an English Language Fellow and Specialist and continues to collaborate with the Regional English Language Office (RELO) in Beijing. Christopher holds an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and an MS in Library and Information Science. He is currently completing his PhD in Linguistics at Lancaster University, focusing on the use and acquisition of multi-word sequences in L1 Chinese speakers. With 12 years of experience teaching EFL/ESL in diverse contexts such as China, Russia, and the United States, Christopher’s classroom-based research interests include academic writing, multi-word sequences, teaching methods, and the integration of technology/AI in the classroom.
Stephanie Hanes is a participant in the English Language Fellow Program, a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs exchange program. This program brings highly talented American professionals in the field of English language teaching to work in host institutions around the world for a period of 10 months. She is currently hosted by Qufu Normal University - Rizhao Campus in Rizhao, China. Stephanie holds a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics with TESOL and a Bachelor of Arts in French. With over a decade of teaching experience, she has taught French and Spanish as foreign languages in the U.S., English as a Second Language in the U.S., and English as a Foreign Language in Thailand.
注意事项：
本活动仅限在职英语教师、教研人员及在读英语专业学生参加。活动将用英语进行。
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This event is ONLY open to current English teachers, researchers, and English major students. The event will be conducted in English.
You must bring the confirmation email from U.S. Consulate General Wuhan for on-site check-in, and this event cannot accept walk-ins without successful registration.
If you cannot attend the event, please cancel your reservation by replying to the consulate’s confirmation email before 23:30 on 16th April. Otherwise, your future event reservations may be affected.
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地区英语项目办公室简介
地区英语项目办公室（RELO）依托美国大使馆和领事馆的公共事务处开展工作，通过开展英语教学相关的项目和活动，为广大英语教师提供培训机会、专业指导及教学资源。RELO北京办公室是全球26个地区英语项目办公室之一，由美国国务院教育与文化事务局英语项目办公室协调。详情请访问：https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/relo/。
更多英语教学资源，请浏览以下网站:
https://americanenglish.state.gov/
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About Regional English Language Office
The Regional English Language Office works through the Public Affairs Sections of the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Consulates to create and implement projects and programs related to English language teaching methodology by providing training opportunities, consultations and resources. The RELO Office in Beijing is one of 26 such offices around the world and is coordinated by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. For more information, see: https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/relo/.
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