GenAI and the future of language teaching

A prediction about the future of language teaching when GenAI is rapidly evolving? That’s tough.

Predictions are difficult, especially about the future. Usually Niels Bohr is credited with this bonmot. Apparently, it was the Danish politician Karl Kristian Steincke who said it first: Det er vanskeligt at spå, især når det gælder fremtiden.

We are more trying to explore how language teachers can begin to shape the future of language teaching with GenAI.

A little while ago, I wrote an article with Phil Hubbard on “AI and the future of language teaching – Motivating sustained integrated professional development (SIPD)” for the International Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teaching. I am copying this grand title for this blog post. The article is published as ‘open access’, which means you don’t need a subscription to read it at https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/full-text-html/378304.

You are hereby cordially invited to participate in the following webinar organized by the Foreign Languages Department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Poster of the TUMS APPLIED LINGUISTICS WEBINAR SERIES II (Session XXVIIi) — Webinar: What is sustained integrated professional development for Generative AI? Monday, 29 September, 2025 @ 7am (Pacific time) https://www.skyroom.online/ch/tums2/international-college

This article will be the basis for the free webinar (poster above) on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 7:00 in the morning (I will get up early and have my coffee before then.). 7am Pacific – 10am Eastern – 3pm British – 4pm Central European – 5:30pm Iran – 11pm Japan.

I will also follow up on the topic with some notes in this blog.

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Author: Mat Schulze

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Predicting is perilous, said Bohr (or Steincke—true); so let’s not forecast—let’s prototype what teachers do. SIPD in sips, not gulps: small steps, woven through: plan, prompt, test, reflect; make old routines feel new. Co-pilot, not autopilot; ethics in the loop; feedback flowing, multimodal, meaning made in group. From grammar to generative, we iterate, not rue: the future isn’t told… it’s taught, together, into view.

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