Language Education in 2030
- Catherine McFee
- Oct 15, 2023
- 2 min read
Upon reading about the potential future of education and technology in the not-so-distant future of 2030, there were a few intriguing ideas. Swelyn et al. (2019) offer various scenarios in which they hope to spark debate. Bozkurt et al. (2023) also provide different speculative stories that focus more on AI while identifying themes and how they could potentially impact education.
A scenario that intrigued me was entitled “AI Kindred Spirits” ( Bozkurt et al., 2023, p.66), in which a student named Paloma is taking an English course at a university. Since the course is online and asynchronous, the professor uses an AI mobile app that helps the students practice their grammar and sentence structure and has voice recognition to help with pronunciation.
This scenario interested me as someone who is bilingual and did not grow up with this type of technology that could help me learn a second language. AI in education continues to grow, and as Pelletier, et al. (2021) mention, it is a key technology and could be used to help teaching and learning. Within this report, they discuss a project that the University of British Columbia is looking into called Language Chatsim, in which students can learn a language.
With AI continuing to grow, it is possible to believe that in 2030, there could be an increased use of AI in language education. Therefore, I would like to explore further the idea of using AI as a means to help students learn a language. The essay could be a continuation of Paloma’s scenario or could be expanded to include students in the k-12 sector and learning languages other than English.
References
Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., … &
Jandrić, P. (2023). Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence
(AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape. Asian Journal of Distance
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Pelletier, K., Brown, M., Brooks, Christopher D., McCormack, M., Reeves, J., & Arbino, N. (2021). 2021 Educause Horizon Report Teaching and Learning Edition. EDUCAUSE.
Selwyn, N., Pangrazio, L., Nemorin, S., & Perrotta, C. (2019). What might the School of 2030 be
like? an exercise in social science fiction. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(1),
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