A Look Back: Tools For Using Artificial Intelligence To Assess ELL Speaking

(I’m republishing my finest posts from the second half of 2024. You possibly can see all the record of them right here)

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I’ve stated it earlier than and I’ll say it once more: Although I don’t suppose AI goes to “revolutionize” training, I do suppose it has the potential of offering some superior alternatives in instructing ELLs.

A method is thru differentiation of lesson supplies – it’s simple to have a chatbot create a model of a textual content in a better lexile degree.  Nevertheless, it’s vital to do not forget that type of modification’s simplest use is to assist college students develop prior data that can assist them entry a extra complicated textual content.

One other method is thru the straightforward creation of interactive movies for listening observe.  Quizizz is nice for that (see I Suppose Quizizz Interactive Movies With AI-Generated Questions Could Grow to be Ubiquitous In Lecture rooms – For Now) Editor’s Be aware: Quizizz can now not be utilized in that method for YouTube movies.  ESL Video (A Forgotten (By Me!) Gem That Has Been Rediscovered (By Me & My College students): ESL Video) is a wonderful supply of movies and quizzes that serve the identical objective, they usually, too, have a free AI software for creating questions.  Nevertheless, it doesn’t appear to me that you may edit them and, till that characteristic is applied, I doubt if I’ll be utilizing it.

Regardless of that critique, although, I’ve determined to subscribe to the premium model of ESL Video due to its “Chattybots” characteristic to advertise talking observe.  It prices 5 {dollars} per thirty days, and its chatbot speaks (in audio and textual content) with a scholar in a dialog linked to the video they only watched (the scholar supplies audio responses).  A transcript of the dialog can then be despatched to the instructor (I’m questioning if I might measure the lexile degree of the transcript  as one other ingredient of formative evaluation?).

I feel talking observe is the place AI can actually “shine,” because it’s troublesome for a instructor to have a severe one-one-one dialog within the midst of thirty different college students.

Speakable is one other AI-powered software for talking observe.  Some options can be found without spending a dime, however I’ve simply bought their premium model, which prices 3 times the value of ESL Video (it additionally appears to supply extra, like detailed scholar suggestions).

I’m going to have my Newcomer college students attempt each this semester and see which they like, and which is most useful to my instructing.  I hope all of us attain the identical conclusion!

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