Humanising Language Education in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Age
A Critical Realist Approach
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:26th Jan '26
£155.00
This title is due to be published on 26th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Examining the presence and influence of GenAI in the contexts of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and written composition within university-level English as a foreign language (EFL) programmes, this book asserts a humanist view of language education informed by critical realism and the social realist philosophy of education.
Jérémie Bouchard looks at the GenAI-language education interaction through explicit philosophical engagement, with the aim of strengthening a critical and emancipatory approach to EAP, written composition, and language education. By highlighting technological determinism and relating it to broader neoliberalist mechanisms, the book provides new insights into the social, political, economic, cultural, and historical contexts within which the use of GenAI technologies by language teachers and learners can be understood.
Humanising Language Education in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Age will appeal to students and scholars of linguistics, education, and sociology, as well as organisations devoted to understanding the evolution, application, and impact of GenAI on education and language learning.
'For some time, Jeremie Bouchard has been arguing with admirable zeal and rigour for a humanist conception of language education which is philosophically founded upon the principles of critical realism. Here, in a single volume, he brings together his compelling critical thinking by means of an incisive critique of Generative AI and its effects upon language practices and learning in higher education. Along the way, Bouchard takes the reader on a mind-expanding tour of the human condition, including discussions of post- and anti-humanism, and technological determinism, and social realism and language education. A profound and timely contribution which will be of interest to anyone concerned with language production in the era of Generative AI.'
John P. O’Regan,University College London, UK
ISBN: 9781041135678
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254 pages