Ivanovska, Lela and Neshkovska, Silvana and Kasaposka-Chadlovska, Milena and Trajkovska, Vesna (2024) EMBRACING AI IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE. In: The second international scientific conference on “Multilingualism, Innovation and Digitalization in the Light of European Education Policies”, 30-31 May, Korca, Albania.
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Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an inevitable part of contemporary learning practices. Learners have at their disposal various tools developed on the principles of AI that provide them with personalized language learning experiences. This may apply to the acquisition of new words and their combinations into longer syntactic structures, or to mastering grammar rules and their practical use in various settings and speech situations, accompanied by relevant, real-time feedback. When used wisely, AI tools may transform the learning process into a motivating experience, accessible to various categories of learners of different backgrounds, from all over the world.
The aim of the paper at hand is twofold – to analyse university students’ attitudes towards and experiences with AI tools in learning a foreign language, and to identify their perspective on the issues and potential risks that arise from the use of AI in higher education. For the purposes of this study, we conducted an online survey targeting learners of different foreign languages at different higher education institutions in RN Macedonia. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the results obtained reveals that while language students are definitely starting to make use of AI tools to improve their foreign language skills, they are also aware of the lurking dangers of an excessive and uninformed usage of AI.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Humanities > Languages and literature |
Divisions: | Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies |
Depositing User: | Prof. d-r. Andrijana Bocevska |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2024 21:19 |
Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 21:19 |
URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10537 |
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