Learning a foreign language used to be associated with stacks of heavy dictionaries and rote learning of topics. Today, at the intersection of ‘Applied and Computational Linguistics’ and ‘Secondary Education’, we are creating a completely different approach!
Here are 3 AI tools that our students use in practice and in teaching:
1️⃣ Twee.com: An indispensable platform for English teachers! In seconds, it generates questions for YouTube videos and creates text exercises and listening tasks for any level.
2️⃣ Grammarly & QuillBot: They don’t just correct mistakes; they analyse the tone of speech (Tone Detector), helping students write academic essays like native speakers.
3️⃣ Diffit: It allows you to adapt any complex academic or literary article to a specific student’s level of knowledge with just one click!
This is exactly how the synergy within our department works: computational linguists understand how these algorithms work ‘under the bonnet’, whilst future teachers know how to apply them skilfully in the classroom! 💡📚