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The British Council has just put a report together looking at the use of AI in ELT: "Artificial Intelligence and English language teaching"
Here are a few highlights:
A British Council survey of English-language teachers in 118 countries finds that most teachers are already using some kind of AI-powered tool
Teachers believe AI offers benefits in terms of their instructional capabilities and also students’ ability to learn, but they are also concerned about over-reliance on AI
Most do not feel they have been provided enough training to incorporate AI into their work
The British Council have also summarised their findings on their Teaching English website:
How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used for English language teaching and learning (ELT/L) worldwide? What are the opportunities, issues, and challenges? Educational technology experts working with the British Council looked at the current literature and consulted a range of people to understand their views on this subject.This is from a longer look by Lauren Billings writing in the EL Gazette this month:
In the Council’s talks with key stakeholders, the majority believe AI will not replace the need for human teachers. Instead, they see AI as aiding teachers, and say more analysis needs to be done on which tasks should be delegated to AI or humans. What AI means in this context, however, is unclear, as experts also believe there isn’t a widely understood definition, with more work needed to create one.
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Finally, here's a finding from PIE News looking closely at the report which might have geopolitical consequences:
In terms of literature, 19% of articles on AI in ELT have come from China, with 72% coming from Asia as a continent.“It’s a massive swing. The superpowers in AI are the US, China and Europe, but the latter is probably a fair bit behind those two. That swing to China specifically, for policymakers, especially in the US and the UK, is quite a big thing, really. It highlights the amount of investment that the Chinese are putting into it,” Adam Edmett, one of the report’s authors and the British Council’s head of edtech innovation told The PIE News.
Asia leading charge on AI ELT research
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