Ep235. ft. Belen Albarracin - Teaching Languages in the AI Era: How Smart Teachers Use AI Without Losing the Human Touch (Part 1)

AI won’t make great language teachers irrelevant. But teachers who understand how to use it may completely redefine what great teaching looks like. In Part 1 of my conversation with Argentine educator and AI in ELT co-author Belen Albarracin , we explore what artificial intelligence is actually changing inside language classrooms—and what it absolutely cannot replace. We examine AI literacy, prompt engineering, teacher workload, lesson planning, cognitive laziness, AI-generated work, unreliable AI detectors, critical thinking, and the growing responsibility educators have to teach students how to use these tools intelligently. Belen makes one distinction every educator needs to hear: AI can reduce teacher workload without reducing teacher value. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence belongs in education. Students are already using it. The real question is whether teachers will understand it well enough to guide them. For serious language teachers, ELT professionals, school leaders, and educators preparing students for an AI-powered world, this conversation matters. 🎧 Listen now and rethink what it means to teach intelligently in the AI era. 🌐 Explore more fro...