KFU. Card publication. AI-powered Image and Audio Generators for Very Young EFL Learners

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AI-POWERED IMAGE AND AUDIO GENERATORS FOR VERY YOUNG EFL LEARNERS

Form of presentation

Articles in international journals and collections

Year of publication

2025

Язык

английский

Authors, employees of KFU

Kayumova Albina Ramilevna, author

Sadykova Gulnara Vasilevna, author

Bibliographic description in the original language

Sadykova G.V., Kayumova A.R., AI-powered Image and Audio Generators for Very Young EFL Learners//Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research. - 2025. - Vol.13, Is.2. - P.1-24.

Annotation

This paper focuses on AI-powered image and audio generators as tools for developing language skills of 4–6-year-old EFL learners. Drawing on the concept of digital screen mediation (Meskill, 2021, 2024) rooted in Vygotskian sociocultural paradigm, this mixed-method study explores young learners' experiences interacting with AI technologies mediated by teachers in preschool settings. Pre- and post-test vocabulary assessments, teachers' questionnaires, reflection journals and interviews, as well as video-recorded classes involving 40 children, speak in favor of tested AI-powered technologies as instructional tools that engage learners in highly motivating and empowering co-production activities. The findings suggest that teachers retain their leading role as mediators of knowledge who orchestrate conversations with, through and around AI tools, capitalize on young learners' feeling of pleasure when interacting with technologies, and counteract the unpredictability and instability that comes with AI. The study shows real cases of successful AI-enhanced language classrooms, which might be of interest to early childhood educators and curriculum developers working in a bi- and multilingual contexts, specifically with EFL young learners.

Keywords

AI, langauge learnining, early childhood education

The name of the journal

Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105015997657&doi=10.30466%2Fijltr.2025.55564.2821&partnerID=40&md5=21b7308c43553b889df120fbcd9d2cd5

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https://repository.kpfu.ru/eng/?p_id=317818&p_lang=2

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Field DC	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Kayumova Albina Ramilevna	ru_RU
dc.contributor.author	Sadykova Gulnara Vasilevna	ru_RU
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-01T00:00:00Z	ru_RU
dc.date.available	2025-01-01T00:00:00Z	ru_RU
dc.date.issued	2025	ru_RU
dc.identifier.citation	Sadykova G.V., Kayumova A.R., AI-powered Image and Audio Generators for Very Young EFL Learners//Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research. - 2025. - Vol.13, Is.2. - P.1-24.	ru_RU
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.kpfu.ru/eng/?p_id=317818&p_lang=2	ru_RU
dc.description.abstract	Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research	ru_RU
dc.description.abstract	This paper focuses on AI-powered image and audio generators as tools for developing language skills of 4–6-year-old EFL learners. Drawing on the concept of digital screen mediation (Meskill, 2021, 2024) rooted in Vygotskian sociocultural paradigm, this mixed-method study explores young learners' experiences interacting with AI technologies mediated by teachers in preschool settings. Pre- and post-test vocabulary assessments, teachers' questionnaires, reflection journals and interviews, as well as video-recorded classes involving 40 children, speak in favor of tested AI-powered technologies as instructional tools that engage learners in highly motivating and empowering co-production activities. The findings suggest that teachers retain their leading role as mediators of knowledge who orchestrate conversations with, through and around AI tools, capitalize on young learners' feeling of pleasure when interacting with technologies, and counteract the unpredictability and instability that comes with AI. The study shows real cases of successful AI-enhanced language classrooms, which might be of interest to early childhood educators and curriculum developers working in a bi- and multilingual contexts, specifically with EFL young learners.	ru_RU
dc.language.iso	ru	ru_RU
dc.subject	AI	ru_RU
dc.subject	langauge learnining	ru_RU
dc.subject	early childhood education	ru_RU
dc.title	AI-powered Image and Audio Generators for Very Young EFL Learners	ru_RU
dc.type	Articles in international journals and collections	ru_RU