Integration of Artificial Intelligence technologies into the process of teaching a foreign language as a way to forming higher education students’ intercultural competence
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, foreign language, intercultural competence, critical thinking, large language models, hybrid pedagogy, scaffoldingSynopsis
The focus of modern methodological studies is the problem of introducing artificial intelligence technologies into the process of teaching foreign languages as a way to form intercultural competence of higher education students. AI makes it possible to create conditions that are as close as possible to the real needs of speakers through a personalized educational environment, simulation of authentic communicative scenarios and provision of instant feedback. The paper analyzes the idea of hybrid pedagogy, which involves the joint activity of a person and artificial intelligence, with AI being responsible for performing routine tasks, and the role of a facilitator within the integrated human-AI system is performed by the human brain. The concept of pedagogical scaffolding (cognitive scaffolding) as a means of supporting students at all stages of the ICC formation is substantiated. This strategy is effective in overcoming the algorithmic bias of large language models and in developing the student’s ability to critically analyze recommendations and conclusions generated by artificial intelligence.
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March 31, 2026
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Copyright (c) 2026 Tetiana Ahibalova, Daria Karachova, Viktoria Misenyova, Violetta Myrhorod, Viktoriia Shevchenko
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Ahibalova, T., Karachova, D., Misenyova, V., Myrhorod, V., & Shevchenko, V. (2026). Integration of Artificial Intelligence technologies into the process of teaching a foreign language as a way to forming higher education students’ intercultural competence . In N. Morhunova, I. Levchenko, & A. Kholodov (Eds.), PSYCHOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL AND LINGUODIDACTIC PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (pp. 103–119). Kharkiv: TECHNOLOGY CENTER PC. https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-8360-24-5.ch7
