Artificial Intelligence: The Impact on Language Teaching (Talking ELT Episode 1)

How will AI change the future of language teaching? Explore the impact on learners, teachers, assessment, and more in the latest series of Talking ELT - the easiest place to learn about the big issues in language teaching: oxelt.gl/3RQDzPx
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[@rowenamarthaquesada348]

Insightful. I used to be worried that AI will take over our jobs as teachers. After listening to the podcast, I learned to look at the possibilities of AI helping teachers as well as students. Thank you

[@FrankHerrera20]

I’ve already used AI in my classroom with my students, AI helps me a lot to prepare my classes and it’s like a second teacher that can give support to the students, once I have teached something. It’s amazing.

[@yousraferchichi.radio963]

Wonderful! Congrats on the new podcast for OUP! I'm fond of podcasts and I have two talk shows. Can't wait to listen to your second episode! Greetings from Tunisia!

[@magdachkhaberidze8134]

An informative session. Thanks for such a great ideas 💯

[@LearnCube]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@angTranHuyenTrangTHPTPhanNgocH]

thank you so much

[@alnoorhaddi5681]

Thank you so much

[@alnoorhaddi5681]

Great job

[@RenataSantos-oe2sq]

In my point of view, we teachers, will never be replaced by the AI because we are in charge of giving the instructions of what we need from the AI not the other way round. In other words, we are the THINKERS not the "machines". Only humans have the real brain to choose and decide what is necessary for us!

[@farahnazkhan5217]

A thoughtful insight on the topic

[@evevela99]

Pretty interesting. Thank you. I will "dig" into AI :)

[@ingatsatiashvili5876]

Hello..from Georgia.

[@alnoorhaddi5681]

Teaching is a very useful art

[@AbdurhmanAli-ec6jg]

Great ideas❤

[@rajeshpanday1887]

AI and technological advances need to be discussed in the context of an economic structure to better understand what impact it will have on language teaching in the future. The dominant economic structure in the west is capitalism whose basic tenet is profit. What technology, and in particular AI and AGI, does is make the profit seeking motive that much more enticing and easier. While technology and AI will provide for a better learning experiencing in the short term, it will also allow those with capital to firstly dominate the market and eventually kill the smaller players. It will then allow institutions that control capital to get rid of the language teacher all together (remember that labor is usually capital's biggest cost). Looking ahead to the future, perhaps 5-10 years, capital will completely devor the language teaching sector with technology and AI so advanced there won't be a need to have language training anymore except maybe as a hobby. Star Trek provides a glimpse into the future. Nobody really needs to learn a language since the universal translator does everything for them.

[@lic.raqueldelgado5185]

I find it interesting. However, how can we start using AI? What tools do you suggest?

[@ingatsatiashvili5876]

Hi..very nine..

[@ingatsatiashvili5876]

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[@ingatsatiashvili5876]

👍👍👍👍👏👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@sammy-wi8pi]

Any way it goes, I'll be out of the System by 2025 because I'll retire 😅😅😅😅