POTENTIAL AND RISKS OF USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT UNIVERSITIES FOR TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a relevant issue of using the power of artificial intelligence in the process of learning foreign languages for professional purposes in higher education by students of non-linguistic specialties. The article describes advantages and potential risks of using AI. Particular attention is paid to chatbot’s ability to personalize educational content and programs to the needs and interests of students and adapt them according to their level of complexity. The article also draws attention to the disadvantages and risks of using AI in the educational process. The authors review the most popular AI platforms for learning English and gave a brief description of them. As a research task, the author attempted to determine the opinions of 2nd year students studying “Advertising and Public Relations” on the potential of artificial intelligence in the process of learning English, namely in terms of professional vocabulary and grammar practice, oral speech and written work, and also to find out the number of students using AI tools when doing English homework. The article describes the survey results and draws conclusions.