| Title: |
Considering Generative AI in Language Education in HE: The Perspectives of Learners, Teachers and the Language Centre |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Claudia Harsch (ORCID 0000-0001-6864-1574); Anika Müller-Karabil (ORCID 0009-0007-9683-1798); Astrid Buschmann-Göbels (ORCID 0009-0007-2971-0072) |
| Source: |
Language Teaching Research Quarterly. 2025 51:184-202. |
| Availability: |
European Knowledge Development (EUROKD). e-mail: editorial@eurokd.com; Web site: https://www.eurokd.com/journal/jd/1 |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
19 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Foreign Countries; Artificial Intelligence; Technology Uses in Education; Second Language Instruction; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Needs; Affordances; Barriers; Teacher Role; Faculty Development; Technological Literacy |
| Geographic Terms: |
Germany |
| ISSN: |
2667-6753 |
| Abstract: |
This contribution examines the risks and affordances of new technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence, for language learning, teaching and assessment, paying special attention to higher education. Based on a synthesis of recent literature, we argue in support of e.g., Gao (2024), González-Lloret (2024), Kern (2024), or Thorne (2024) that language learning and language use is at its core a deeply human endeavour, which cannot be outsourced to technology. Based on our central thesis that humans in language education cannot be replaced by technologies, we then summarize affordances and limitations posed by technology in language education, before we look at a strategic level from an institutional perspective. Based on these insights we synthesize the new roles, needs and demands that emerge for languages teachers and learners in the era of GenAI. We illustrate these theoretical deliberations with concrete examples from one large language centre in the North of Germany, covering the strategies developed at the institutional level, the supporting measures offered for and developed with teachers as well as the approaches taken to include students in the discussions about the role of technologies in language education. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2026 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1494981 |
| Database: |
ERIC |