Ron Chang Lee (RONG-CHANG LI) Resume

Ron Chang Lee (Rong-Chang Li), Ph.D.

Email: tesleslfast.com

TESOL Marckwardt Award

Ron Lee's Final Patterns to improve speech recognition accuracy

AWARDS

"Tutor Mike" won the second place in International Loebner Prize 2018 Contest in AI; it won the first place in the Selection Contest
"Tutor Mike" won the fifth place in International Loebner Prize 2017 Contest in AI
"Tutor Mike" won the second place in International Loebner Prize 2016 Contest in AI
"Tutor Mike" won the semifinal in 2015 Chatterbox Challenge and recognized as one of the top four bots on the net
"Tutor Mike" won the fifth place in International Loebner Prize 2014 Contest in AI
"Tutor Mike" won one first place and one second place in International Loebner Prize 2013 Contest in AI
"Tutor Mike" won one first place and one fourth place in International Loebner Prize 2011 Contest in AI
The third place in the Online Chatbots Contest - 2010 Chatterbox Challenge. See the medal ESL Robot won.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lee, R. C. (2022) Grammar Rules and Natural Language Understanding - How the Final Patterns Script improves performance of chatbots, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies (ICSIT 2022), 12-15. 2022.
Lee, R. C. (2008) Dream of Language Teaching: Training Robots to Be ESL Tutors, Zhong Guo Daily News, D-10. March 15, 2008.
Lee, R. C. & Wet, R. S. (2006). Reading Fast Track (Ed.), Yilin Press. ISBN: 7-5447-0018-6
Li, R. C. (2006). Balancing the Input and Output Equation on the Web. Essential Teacher, Volume 3 Issue 1 March 2006. 38-41.
Li, R. C. & Topolewski, D. (2002). ZIP & TERRY: A New Attempt at Designing Language Learning Simulation. Simulation & Gaming, Vol.33 No.2. 181-186.
Li, R. C. & Hart, R. S. (2002). Chapter 38: What Can the World World Web Offer ESL Teachers. In Jack C. Richards & Willy A. Renandya (Ed.), Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice. 374-383.
Li, R. C. (2000). Finding ESL Treasures on the Internet - ESL Web Resources Handbook (Ed.), Future Horizons, Inc.
Li, R. C. (1997). Email Interview with an ESL Webmaster. Cornucopia -- New Media and Education, Spring, 1997. 2-5. 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 .
Li, R. C. (1997). Getting Started in Distributing Multimedia ESL Materials on the Web. In T. Boswood (Ed.), New Ways of Using Computers in Language Teaching. Alexandria, VA: TESOL. 196-198.
Li, R. C. (1997). English Conversations for U. S. Parties. In T. Boswood (Ed.), New Ways of Using Computers in Language Teaching. Alexandria, VA: TESOL. 155-156.
Li, R. C. & Hart, R. S. (1996). What can the World Wide Web Offer ESL Teachers? TESOL Journal, Winter 1996. 5-10. 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 .
Li, R. C. (1996). A New Way of Creating Language Learning Resources on the Web: The Birth of an online ESL Conversation Book. In Proceedings of the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium 1996 Symposium "Distance Learning". 170-174.
Li, R. C. (1995). Learning English on the Web. English Network, 12, 53-57. ALC Press, Japan. 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 .
Li, R. C. (1995). English as a Second Language Home Page. In M. Warschauer (Ed.),Virtual Connection. University of Hawaii. 349-350.

PRESENTATIONS

The Development of ESL Robot "Tutor" - Practical Uses of AI in English Language Teaching. IATEFL LT SIG & TESOL CALL-IS Webinar on Role of AI in English Language Teaching. November, 2018
"Logographic or Alphabetic, What Difference Does It Make?" TESOL 2017 Convention. Seattle, WA. March, 2017.
"Logographic or Alphabetic, What Difference Does It Make?" TESOL 2017 Convention. Seattle, WA. March, 2017.
"The Award-Winning ESL Robot - English Tutor" Technology Fairs, TESOL 2017 Convention. Seattle, WA. March, 2017.
"Civics Tutor - An Electronic Teaching Assistant" CATESOL LA Regional Conferences. Los Angeles, CA. March, 2017.
"Advantages of Online Reading over Traditional Textbook Reading" Technology Fairs, TESOL 2016 Convention. Baltimore, MD. April, 2016.
"ESL Robot on Mobile Devices" Electronic Village, TESOL 2013 Convention. Dallas, TX. April, 2013.
"Online ESL/EFL Short Stories/Conversations for Beginners/Intermediates" Electronic Village, TESOL 2011 Convention. , new Orleans, LA. March, 2011.
"Using a Language Robot to improve ESL Students' Writing." CATESOL2010 State Conference. Santa Clara, California. April, 2010.
"365 Online Short Stories for ESL Students." CATESOL Regional Conference. Biola University, Biola, California, USA. October, 2008.
"How to Use Language Robots in Language Learning." TechEd 2008. Ontario, California, USA. April, 2008.
"Practice Speaking English with ESL Robots." CATESOL2008 State Conference. Sacramento. April, 2008.
"Practice Speaking English with ESL Robots." CATESOL Regional Conference. Los Angeles, California State University, Long Beach, October, 2007.
"Creating Learner-Centered Communicative Environments for Language Instruction." The 10th Annual TechEd Conference. Pasadena, California, USA. April 2005.
"How Computers Have Been Used in Language Learning." A series of lectures, East China Institute of Technology. Jiangxi, China, January, 2003.
Network and Software-Based Programs for ESL Teachers and Children (Featured Speaker). CATESOL Los Angeles Regional Conference, October, 2002.
The Treasure of the Internet (Featured Speaker). Dynamic Conference on ESL, Dallas, October, 1999.
An Experiment on Simultaneous Listening and Reading. TESOL'98, Seattle, March, 1998.
A Collaborative Way to Create a Language Learning Resource on the Web. CALICO '96 Annual Symposium, Albuquerque, May, 1996.
"ESL, Mosaic, and World Wide Web", the 9th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Urbana, March, 1995.
"Online Help Design in Computer-Assisted Language Learning", Computers in Applied Linguistics Conference, Iowa State University, July, 1994.

SOFTWARE

Li, R. C. et al. (2002). Spoken English for the 7th Grade -- Companion CD ROM program for 7th Grade English textbook.People's Education Electronic & Audiovisual Press.
Li, R. C. et al. (2001). Zip & Terry. People's Education Electronic & Audiovisual Press.

INTERNET PROJECTS

ESL Robots Project (2007- Present). URL: https://www.eslfast.com/robot/
Reading for ESL Students at Low-Intermediate level (2007).URL: https://www.eslfast.com/
Q/A Approach to Learning English Online (2006). URL: ../qa2/

HONORS & GRANTS

TESOL Award: The Ron Chang Lee Award for Excellence in Classroom Technology
CATESOL Award: CATESOL Ron Lee Technology Award
Recipient of a grant of $30,000 from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. 2006.
Honor Professor of Institute of Foreign Languages, Suzhou University, P. R. China. 2002.
Honor Professor of East China Institute of Technology, P. R. china. 2002.
Recipient of TESOL Convention '98 Marckwardt Travel Grant. 1998.

The Role of AI in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

ELAC Campus News: ESL instructor helps students with robot project

Chinese Music Performance (1) (Click here if you are in China)

Chinese Music Performance (2)