Topic: Transforming Language Teaching through Innovation and Collaboration of Artificial and Human Intelligences
In 2023, language education has seen significant developments, with AI becoming a ubiquitous tool. From scepticism, through enthusiasm, and concerns about job security, it finally prompted teachers’ professional development through conferences, trainings, webinars, and courses. Now many teachers cannot imagine their daily work without AI tools which are widely and often freely available. Denying its existence hampers teachers’ development, putting them at a disadvantage.
My presentation will explore how AI facilitates teachers’ professional development. I will focus on the shift from traditional instructors to ESP materials authors, utilising cutting-edge AI technologies. Practical examples will illustrate how ESP teachers can leverage AI to:
- design ESP certificate exam task
- transform the tasks into interactive online exercises
- write case studies and publish them online
- facilitate language meditation skills (including paraphrasing and translation)
- assist students in job interview preparation
- improve students’ pronunciation
- create listening tasks
- create Kahoot quizzes within seconds
- provide feedback on students’ writing
- teach students to use AI critically and ethically
- engage students in emerging collaborations
- create retrieval quizzes
- create lessons in next to no time.
This presentation will emphasize the crucial role of AI in reshaping language education, enabling educators to go beyond traditional limits in crafting ESP teaching materials. Embracing these technological advancements is not just beneficial; it’s essential for ongoing professional growth in the ever-changing field of language education.
Aleksandra Łuczak (PhD) – an applied linguist, author of ESP teaching materials, teacher trainer, legal and business English teacher and director of the Language Centre at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland.
During her teaching career, she has been successfully running various English courses ranging from one-to-one traditional and online sessions with prestigious clients to group classes at various levels of proficiency. Her university courses comprise business English and legal English classes preparing students for international ESP certificate examinations.
She is also a regular presenter at conferences of papers dealing with teaching ESP, modelling ESP courses, professional development of language teachers, and the use of technologies in foreign language teaching. She regularly peer reviews other scholars’ papers for publication in scientific journals and post-conference proceedings.
Her interests also include the use of the latest technologies in language teaching which led her to co-developing innovative software for language testing – pustulka.edu.pl.
