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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Liebe pling-list,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Gerne möchten wir auf einen Gastvortrag an der WU aufmerksam machen, der insbesondere ein linguistisch interessiertes Publikum anspricht – s.u..
<b>David Wei Dai</b> vom <b>University College London </b>arbeitet zu interaktionaler Kompetenz in beruflicher Kommunikation in interkulturellem Kontext. Seine aktuelle Forschung beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle künstlicher Intelligenz in interkultureller Kommunikation
(s. hierzu auch den von ihm herausgegebenen special issue des Applied Linguistics Review -
<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/applirev-2024-0185/html?srsltid=AfmBOopgpT0zaJ4ZT9xztVTeU-x3I806Xhe2CioB-3H8IUPQkrykDWCT">
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/applirev-2024-0185/html?srsltid=AfmBOopgpT0zaJ4ZT9xztVTeU-x3I806Xhe2CioB-3H8IUPQkrykDWCT</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Herzlich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nadine Thielemann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="https://www.wu.ac.at/bizcomm/event-details/detail/public-lecture-david-wei-dai"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt">Lecture: „What can we learn from using GenAI to teach intercultural professional
communication? A call for Critical Interactional Competence “</span></i></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: 09 April 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Time</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: 17:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Location</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: D2.2.228<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*Please register for the event: </span><span lang="DE"><a href="mailto:bizcomm.lectures@wu.ac.at"><span lang="EN-US">bizcomm.lectures@wu.ac.at</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Abstract<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In response to the growing application of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in professional communication training, applied linguists have raised concerns about the perpetuation of cultural stereotypes from biases
in the Large Language Models used to train GenAI (Dai, Zhu & Chen, 2024). Simultaneously, it is often assumed that humans, as users of GenAI, possess the ability to recognize and critically assess such stereotypes in GenAI outputs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In this talk I will present interactional analysis of simulated interactions between human physiotherapists and AI-generated patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. Findings reveal that although humans can indeed
display criticality towards cultural stereotypes <i>outside</i> interaction, <i>during</i> interaction they are highly susceptible to becoming interactionally entrenched in essentialized narratives about the <i>other</i> cultures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In view of the findings, I will discuss the difference between <i>Stated Criticality</i> and <i>Interactional Criticality</i>. I will also argue for the need for users of GenAI to develop Critical Interactional Competence
in order to critically engage with GenAI chatbots in interaction. This new type of competence applies to both professional communication and mundane communication in intercultural contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Bio<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">David Wei Dai <i>PhD FHEA </i>is Assistant Professor in Professional Communication at UCL Institute of Education, University College London. He is Associate Editor for the journal <i>TESOL in Context</i>. Dr Dai's research
interests include human-AI interaction, professional communication, intercultural communication and discourse analysis. His work has appeared in international peer-reviewed journals including <i>Applied Linguistics</i>, <i>Language Teaching Research</i>, <i>Medical
Education</i>, <i>Applied Linguistics Review</i>, <i>Language Assessment Quarterly</i>, <i>Language, Culture and Curriculum</i> and <i>Journal of English for Academic Purposes</i>. He is author of the Open Access monograph <i>Assessing Interactional Competence</i> (Peter
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="https://www.wu.ac.at/bizcomm/"><span lang="DE-AT">Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien: Department für Wirtschaftskommunikation - WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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