Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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There are obvious benefits to integrating generative AI into language learning and teaching: using AI as a language tutor, creating learning materials, or assessing learner output. However, due to how AI systems understand human language —based on a mathematical model using statistical probability— they lack the lived experience to use language with the same social awareness as humans. Additionally, there are built-in linguistic and cultural biases based on training data which is mostly in English and predominantly from Western sources. Studies have clearly shown that systems such as ChatGPT often do not produce language that is pragmatically appropriate.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This study investigates the potential of AI chatbots as practice partners in the context of EFL secondary school students' self-directed learning of conversation skills. Using the Dialogflow CX Console at Google Cloud Platform, we designed two sets of AI chatbots based on two target dialogues. A total of 112 eighth-graders at a public middle school in South Korea were divided into two experimental groups: a chatbot group and a worksheet group. The two groups practiced the target dialogues in self-directed activities with chatbots or worksheets and evaluated the quality of the activities in a questionnaire. In addition, their improvements in...

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: chatbots

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This entry provides a concise overview of the research conducted on chatbots in language teaching and learning, and aims to introduce chatbots as a distinct field within computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Much of the existing research focuses solely on chatbots' functions as conversational software, lacking deep reflection and theorization. In response to the need for a theoretical foundation, the authors review previous studies to highlight three considerations: the unique characteristics of chatbots that distinguish them from human interlocutors; research frameworks incorporating cognitive, sociocultural, and critical approaches; and areas in language education that intersect with chatbot technology.

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Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The use of chatbots as learning assistants is receiving increasing attention in language learning due to their ability to converse with students using natural language. Previous reviews mainly focused on only one or two narrow aspects of chatbot use in language learning. This review goes beyond merely reporting the specific types of chatbot employed in past empirical studies and examines the usefulness of chatbots in language learning, including first language learning, second language learning, and foreign language learning. We conducted a systematic search and identified 25 empirical studies, using the inductive grounded approach to identify the technological and pedagogical affordances and the challenges of using chatbots, and Garrison's social presence framework to analyze the social affordances.

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Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This study reviews the existing studies on AI second language (L2) chatbots to investigate the development of empathetic strategies for enhancing learners' learning outcomes. Prior studies from 2012 to 2022 in Web of Science, ProQuest, IEEE and ScienceDirect were collected and analyzed. The study found that three dimensions —cultural, empathetic and humorous— have a positive influence on the application of AI L2 chatbots. Several recommendations are made, including integrating cross-cultural empathetic responses in conversational L2 chatbots, identifying how learners perceive and react to the learning content, and investigating the effects of cross-culture humor on learners' language...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Ensayo sobre la crisis que la IA generativa provoca en la enseñanza de lenguas y culturas, y sobre por qué el profesorado humano sigue siendo necesario. Apoyándose en la crítica de Hubert Dreyfus a la inteligencia artificial, el autor señala cuatro carencias de estos sistemas: la falta de experiencia corporal, la ausencia de conciencia temporal e historia personal, la ausencia de intuición y, sobre todo, la incapacidad de intersubjetividad empática.

Concluye proponiendo un giro desde una educación utilitaria y orientada al empleo hacia una educación humanística centrada en la creatividad, la síntesis interdisciplinar y la sabiduría.

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Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: traducción automática

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Although use of machine translation (MT) technologies by learners may seem like a relatively new issue in foreign language (FL) education, researchers have been investigating connections between MT tools and FL teaching and learning for more than three decades, years before learners had access to free online services such as Google Translate. This literature review summarizes this rapidly expanding research domain both chronologically and thematically, identifying key concepts, insights, and findings and mapping them onto a framework inspired by questions commonly asked by both researchers and practitioners: How do learners use MT tools? What do instructors and learners think about MT? How...

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Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This systematic review explores the efficacy of AI-driven chatbots in second language (L2) acquisition and examines their pedagogical implications. Synthesizing findings from 30 empirical studies published between 2020 and 2024, this review investigates the impact of chatbots use across core language skills, including speaking, writing, reading, listening, grammar, and vocabulary. Results indicate notable improvements in learners' productive and receptive skills, especially in speaking and writing, due to features such as real-time feedback, anxiety reduction, and increase practice opportunities. While reading and listening also showed positive outcomes, their development was often...

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Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Educators are increasingly using GenAI chatbots in language learning classrooms. However, without a guiding theoretical framework, GenAI use may emphasize technological capabilities while overlooking the instructional and social goals of the learning environment. In this systematic review, we draw on the usefulness framework from the field of computer-supported collaborative learning to examine 24 empirical studies on the use of GenAI chatbots in language learning classrooms published between 2022 and 2025. By tracing how educators are using GenAI chatbots in language learning classrooms, we identify (1) the technological, pedagogical, and social...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: study abroad/estudios en el extranjero

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El artículo investiga la influencia de las estancias en el extranjero en el aprendizaje de una lengua y el modo en que favorecen la adquisición de competencias comunicativas, el conocimiento de la dimensión cultural de la L2 y el desarrollo de habilidades y actitudes interculturales. A partir de un relato de vida lingüística, analiza las experiencias y creencias de una informante con certificaciones oficiales de nivel C2 en tres idiomas para determinar de qué modo estudiar en el extranjero ha influido en su formación lingüística.

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