The dual impact of generative AI in higher education second language training: opportunities, ethical challenges, and pedagogical responses

Authors

Natalia Opryshko
Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1964-5821
Kaleriia Kovalova
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-8034
Larysa Savytska
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9158-6304
Tetyana Kniaz
State Biotechnological University,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7272-4644
Oksana Kudriavtseva
Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-1941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-8360-24-5.ch8

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, automated assessment, chat-bot, educational space, ethical use, gamification, generative AI, personalization

Synopsis

In the early 2020s, a new trend in the development of technologies took place, which was marked by the emergence and lightning-fast spread of Generative Artificial Intelligence (otherwise known as GenAI). This article focuses on its role in education and everyday life, during which the authors will try to prove the effectiveness, feasibility and advantages of using AI in language training for foreign citizens at the initial stage of learning. After all, although the use of artificial intelligence in the educational system is a relatively new direction, it has significant potential. To truly understand its capabilities, it is important to understand the essence of artificial intelligence and the principles of its operation, as well as to be capable of working with it. Accordingly, this article considers the key definitions of artificial intelligence and its philosophical interpretations. The areas of this advanced technology application are also to be discussed.

Particular attention is paid to promising aspects of using artificial intelligence in language education, such as personalized and adaptive learning, knowledge assessment, intermediate testing, the use of gaming technologies (or gamification of the educational process), the development of other innovative approaches using programs and applications that are powered by artificial intelligence algorithms, significantly simplifying the learning process for both teachers and students.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL AND LINGUODIDACTIC PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
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Opryshko, N., Kovalova, K., Savytska, L., Kniaz, T., & Kudriavtseva, O. (2026). The dual impact of generative AI in higher education second language training: opportunities, ethical challenges, and pedagogical responses. In N. Morhunova, I. Levchenko, & A. Kholodov (Eds.), PSYCHOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL AND LINGUODIDACTIC PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (pp. 120–138). Kharkiv: TECHNOLOGY CENTER PC. https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-8360-24-5.ch8