AI literacy
A core practice in world language education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8938853 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xinyue Lu (0000-0002-2226-5427, Howard University Washington District of Columbia USA), Anna Zaitseva (0009-0005-4536-2202, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA), Francis John Troyan (0000-0002-1498-8043, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-33 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/flan.70037 |
| OpenAlex | W4415966196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 45 |
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations like ChatGPT presents new opportunities and challenges for world languages (WL) education. WL teacher education programs must prepare preservice teachers with AI literacy to help them effectively integrate these technologies into teaching. This multiple case study—part of our on‐going self‐study of teacher educator practice—investigated how AI literacy can be leveraged as a core practice in a WL teacher licensure program. Drawing on pre‐surveys, course artifacts, structured reflections, and interviews, the study explored how three teacher candidates (TCs) engaged with Generative AI (chatbots) in the instructional activity of lesson planning and developed emergent forms of AI literacy. Participants demonstrated varying levels of development of AI literacy across four domains: technological proficiency, pedagogical compatibility, professional work, and ethical use. They developed critical stances toward AI, which were shaped by their evolving professional identities. This study contributes to growing conversations about AI in teacher education by showing the potential of the AI literacy core practice as a scaffolded, reflective approach to building AI competencies. It also underscores the importance of centering TC's professional identity development in AI integration while providing support for prompt design, noninstructional use of AI, and facilitating conversations about responsible AI use with students
Faculty Development · Identity (music · Licensure · Literacy · Professional development · Teacher education · Teacher Preparation · Technology integration · AI in Service Interactions · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
What is AI Literacy? Competencies and Design Considerations
Empowering educators to be AI-ready
AI Literacy
ChatGPT for Language Teaching and Learning
Instructional Activities as a Tool for Teachers' and Teacher Educators' Learning
Information and digital literacies
In search of artificial intelligence (AI) literacy in teacher education
Conceptualizing AI literacy
Sustainable Curriculum Planning for Artificial Intelligence Education
ChatGPT, subjectification, and the purposes and politics of teacher education and its scholarship
Beyond ChatGPT
The issue
Novice Teachers’ Perspectives on Learning in Lesson Rehearsals in Second Language Teacher Preparation
Making transparent the challenges of developing a practice-based pedagogy of teacher education
Developing language teachers’ professional generative AI competence
The effects of generative AI on initial language teacher education
A High‐Leverage Language Teaching Practice
The Implementation of High‐Leverage Teaching Practices
Illuminating the Enactment of High-Leverage Teaching Practices in an Exemplary World Language Teaching Video Library
Funds of knowledge for teaching
Media Literacy and the Challenge of New Information and Communication Technologies
AI in the Foreign Language Classroom
Keeping It Complex
Reconceptualising critical digital literacy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |