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Description
The integration of generative artificial intelligence into language education demands pedagogical approaches that move beyond prohibition or uncritical adoption toward principled critical engagement. Yet few classroom frameworks exist that combine corpus linguistics with structured analysis of AI-generated text to develop second language writing. This presentation addresses that gap by proposing a modified corpus-informed pedagogical intervention for teaching essay argumentation to intensive language program English learners.
Grounded in relational pedagogy emphasising technological mediation (Kern, 2024) and corpus-informed language awareness methodology (Fernandez & Yuldashev, 2015), the proposed framework retains concordance-based noticing of corpus-attested language features while introducing AI-generated essays as parallel analytical objects. Students compare corpus-derived frequency and functional data against AI output, developing critical awareness of the difference between statistically probable and rhetorically purposeful language choices. Application tasks include mediation logs documenting students' engagement with both corpus tools and AI, shifting assessment from product to process.
Participants in this presentation will receive a sequenced four-session lesson framework adaptable to English for academic purposes courses, concrete task templates for AI-comparison activities anchored in corpus data, and assessment rubrics incorporating mediation transparency. The session demonstrates how corpus linguistics can serve as the empirical anchor for critical AI literacy in writing instruction, ensuring that technological integration deepens rather than displaces language learning.
Biography
Aziz Yuldashev coordinates assessment at the Center for English as a Second Language at the University of Arizona in the United States. Julieta Fernandez is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Julieta's research and teaching areas of expertise are in L2 pragmatics, interaction analysis, qualitative interviews, corpus-based discourse analysis, second language acquisition and pedagogy, qualitative methods, and language learning in study abroad.
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