replacing teachers with ai

Is AI an opportunity or a threat for teachers of language?

There are general issues around ai and the future of education - and whether AI can be seen as the 'friend of enemy' of teachers. 

To give an example, we can simply ask AI if "you can give me a lesson plan!?"

The E L Gazette looks at ELT’s AI Future: Opportunities and challenges - E L Gazette

Will AI change how we learn languages? No, it will not. And that is the end of that. But let me explain why. We know, from loads of research, that we learn through comprehensible input, which forms in our subconscious as rules of the language. These rules include phonology, collocation, syntax, morphology, and loads of other elements of language. It is also consistently refined. This process is messy, difficult to measure, and non-linear. These rules are refined through interaction and, in essence, learning through doing. Teachers cannot change the path, but they can accelerate the speed with which learning and/or acquisition takes place. It is irrelevant how much AI or the internet changes, the way in which we learn languages are almost certainly not going to change. So, let’s address that first part. Can AI, if it adheres to second language acquisition theory, replace teachers?

See also:

Jay Doubleyou: the future of ai and english language teaching

Jay Doubleyou: chat gpt in teaching/learning/working with english

Jay Doubleyou: chat gpt in teaching/learning/working with english - the research

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part one: the dangers of chatgpt

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part two: the dangers of deep fake imagery

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part three: china controlling ai

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part four: "integrating it into teaching, learning, and assessment will require careful consideration"

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