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The British Council likes innovation. For over 20 years they have been handing out ‘ELTon’ awards to celebrate ‘innovation in English language teaching and learning’. Last year, to mark their 90th anniversary, they organised the ‘ELTons Festival of Innovation’. As part of this, they produced a...
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English language teacher education, says the British Council (Edmett et al. 2024: 21), ‘must include a focus on AI literacy’ and ‘teachers also need to develop their learners AI literacy’. This report is referring to Generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT), the focus of my discussion here. There are...
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In the British Council’s recently commissioned report on AI and English language teaching, the ‘Executive Summary’ suggests that, ‘when it comes to AI replacing humans, the majority view is that AI will not replace the need for human teachers any time soon’ (Edmett et al., 2024: 11). This is based...
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Technology (which usually means AI these days) and inclusive practices in education are being linked with increasing frequency. Earlier this year, the IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG organised a pre-conference event at the annual IATEFL fair entitled ‘Researching and promoting inclusive language...