Episode 29

The 29th episode of Delivering Development, our podcast on continuing professional development for language teachers and administrators, starts a series on what AI means to us as teachers. This episode is a general overview covering assessment, teaching and admin. The next one will focus more on how we can adapt our teaching in the current situation to the presence of AI. You can listen to the episode below on the embedded player, and you can also listen and subscribe to this and future podcasts at the various locations shown at the bottom of the show notes.

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Introduction

It’s the 5th of February 2025. Welcome to episode 29 of the Delivering Development podcast, helping language teachers and others in the field to enhance their professional development. My name is Kevin Westbrook, and with me today are Laura Styles and Neil Bullock.

I think the main thrust of this episode is described in the introductory paragraph above. However, normal service has been resumed and we spend more time presenting alternative perspectives on this subject, compared to last time when we generally agreed with each other!

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Links

The reference to Stephen Bax in the episode actually goes back to 2003! Here is the reference:

Bax, Stephen. ‘CALL—Past, Present and Future’. System 31, no. 1 (1 March 2003): 13–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0346-251X(02)00071-4.

Conclusion

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