Foreword. Before We Begin: Generative AI and the Future of Language Classrooms
Mathias Schulze
Mathias Schulze
Excerpts
This book "offers insight into teaching with GenAI, and helps build knowledge about these new technologies and their impact on language education. It does not treat AI as an external force to be admired or feared from a distance. Instead, it examines how GenAI is already being used in classrooms to the benefit of and in collaboration with the students. This book’s chapters speak to teaching practice, to pedagogy, and to the professional and ethical responsibilities of educators. From my perspective, as someone who has long been interested in the intersection of technology, language, and education, such studies, explorations, and essays are precisely what we language teachers are looking for today because what matters is whether teachers can successfully integrate these new GenAI tools without losing sight of the social, cultural, and emotional dimensions of language and of learning. This requires both practical experimentation with and implementation of the new tools and processes, and the thorough and informed consideration of and critical reflection on the big picture and the consequences well into the future" (p. 12).
"...this book is a very welcome addition to the growing body of literature on language learning and teaching with GenAI" (p. 13).
Mathias Schulze
Chula Vista, California, in August 2025
https://PantaRhei.press/mat
Citation
Schulze, M. (2025). Foreword. Before we begin: Generative AI and the future of language classrooms. In L. Ohashi, M. Hillis, & R. Dykes (Eds.), Artificial intelligence in our language learning classrooms (pp. 11-13). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/38/f
This book "offers insight into teaching with GenAI, and helps build knowledge about these new technologies and their impact on language education. It does not treat AI as an external force to be admired or feared from a distance. Instead, it examines how GenAI is already being used in classrooms to the benefit of and in collaboration with the students. This book’s chapters speak to teaching practice, to pedagogy, and to the professional and ethical responsibilities of educators. From my perspective, as someone who has long been interested in the intersection of technology, language, and education, such studies, explorations, and essays are precisely what we language teachers are looking for today because what matters is whether teachers can successfully integrate these new GenAI tools without losing sight of the social, cultural, and emotional dimensions of language and of learning. This requires both practical experimentation with and implementation of the new tools and processes, and the thorough and informed consideration of and critical reflection on the big picture and the consequences well into the future" (p. 12).
"...this book is a very welcome addition to the growing body of literature on language learning and teaching with GenAI" (p. 13).
Mathias Schulze
Chula Vista, California, in August 2025
https://PantaRhei.press/mat
Citation
Schulze, M. (2025). Foreword. Before we begin: Generative AI and the future of language classrooms. In L. Ohashi, M. Hillis, & R. Dykes (Eds.), Artificial intelligence in our language learning classrooms (pp. 11-13). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/38/f
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Title: Artificial Intelligence in Our Language Learning Classrooms Editors: Louise Ohashi, Mary Hillis, & Robert Dykes Read more... |