Overview

AI is in our classrooms already but has yet to be managed for its full potential. Emphasizing critical thinking skills positions the teacher to get the best use of AI for their students. This course is a step by step approach in using AI and higher order thinking to create more engagement and motivation in your classes.This course is for language teachers in all contexts (foreign language teaching, business language teaching, secondary school teaching, exam language teaching).What the course involves:Streamline teaching and learning using AICritical Thinking Skills (creativity, assessment, evaluation, judgement)Establish guidelines and boundaries for using AI in the classroomPractical support using AI (lesson planning, class management and feedback)What you will achieve from the course:The skill to engage your students' critical thinking and curiosityThe ability to use AI to challenge students think more creativelyTo show students how to analyse language, question sources, notice bias, craft arguments (assessment and evaluation)To train students to read and write with judgement and discernment, rather than grammar aloneAI makes it simple for information to come to us in a much more structured and reasoned format. It distills information that would normally take a student hours to find and formulate, into a 2 minute exercise. However, the student has a greater challenge now in that they need much greater critical thinking skills to be able to use all this information and put their voice to it. This is how language teaching is developing. By using AI, teachers can create more engaged and motivated students, this is why I am excited.How critical thinking is developed on the course:Language teachers will learn how to build critical thinking into their lessons in simple, practical ways. AI becomes a helpful partner-adding new perspectives, saving time, sparking ideas, and opening up space for deeper thinking, richer conversations, and more meaningful learning.Here's a glimpse of how AI can support critical thinking in the classroom-there's plenty more to discover in the course:Create (Debate Arguments)AI generates ideas for both sides of a debateSuggests key points and elaborates with examplesProvides factual support for argumentsHelps structure arguments using cause and consequenceEvaluate (Testing for Bias)AI reviews language for bias or emotional toneFlags signs of partiality, preference, or prejudiceSupports students in revising for fairness and balanceAnalyze (Organizing Ideas)AI groups ideas by strength, perspective, or themeHelps identify patterns and opposing viewpointsAssists in sequencing arguments for clearer, more persuasive writingWhat the course package includes:20 lectures to watch at your own pace3 demo videos for using AI and critical thinking in 3 language lessons for A2, B1 and C1 Level12 Downloadable Resources and Worksheets6 Quizzes

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