Collaborative and Adaptive Language Learning with Generative AI

This project aims to design and develop a new Japanese language class that leverages the power of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT. This new class will be offered in the spring semester of 2025, and it will bring a groundbreaking shift in language instruction, integrating generative AI to serve as a co-language teaching assistant. The project enables us to establish a 'playground' for exploring and developing new pedagogical approaches that co-exist with generative AI. The proposed new class has a transformative class setting where students of varying linguistic proficiency levels learn together, assisted by both AI and their peers. This environment offers significant benefits to students in terms of their learning styles and experiences. It also reshapes the traditional role of teachers, positioning the project as a forerunner in next-generation language education in the AI era.