Critical Interactional Competence Network (CritIC Net)

Developing better social interaction and social relationships in the posthuman era

The publications listed here are exclusively those that are directly related to the project funded by the British Academy and the Seed Grant. For a more comprehensive list of publications by Network members and collaborators, please visit their institutional or personal websites.

  1.  Dai, D. W., & Roever, C. (2026). Assessing Digital Interactional Competence for second language and first language Chinese speakers: Effects of proficiency, mode and setting. Language Learning.

  2. Dai, D. W., Li, W., & Davey, M. (2026). Investigating transpositioning as an interactional achievement: Expanding the promise of membership categorization analysis. Applied Linguistics, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amag015

  3. Jia, Z. & Dai, D. W. (2025). Interaction with Generative AI chatbots and human understanding of culture: Towards Critical Interactional Competence. OASIS Summary of Dai, Zhu & Chen (2025) in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. https://www.oasis-database.org/details/rpgl23d2v
  4. Dai, D. W., Zhu, H., & Chen, G. (2025). How does interaction with LLM powered chatbots shape human understanding of culture? The need for Critical Interactional Competence (CritIC). Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0267190525000054   
  5. Zhu, H., Dai, D. W., Brandt, A., Chen, G., Ferri, G., Hazel, S., … & Suzuki, S. (2025). Exploring AI for intercultural communication: open conversation. Applied Linguistics Review, 16(2), 809-824. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2024-0186
  6. Dai, D. W., Suzuki, S., & Chen, G. (2025). Generative AI for professional communication training in intercultural contexts: where are we now and where are we heading? Applied Linguistics Review, 16(2), 763-774. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2024-0184
  7. Dai, D. W., & Zhu, H. (2025). When AI meets intercultural communication: new frontiers, new agendas. Applied Linguistics Review, 16(2), 747-751. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2024-0185
  8. Dai, D. W., & Zhu, H. (Eds.). (2025). AI for intercultural communication. Applied Linguistics Review, 16(2), 747-809. https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/alr/16/2/html