Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an ingrained aspect of daily life, from asking Siri what time the next train is to having Google Assistant control the mood lighting in your house. Speaking to an AI forces us to think of the proper way to communicate our intent in order to access the information we wish to acquire. Authentic communication strategies employed when communicating with an AI system like Google Assistant are easily applied within a language learning context through discourse analysis activities performed by students. This presentation will introduce a collaborative activity conducted between freshman and sophomore courses, in which learners create their own AI assistant conversation using Dialogflow and Google Assistant. The activity is designed to help students learn how conversations flow through a focused language analysis. This engaging communicative activity, which accesses all modes of communication, has the potential to be more engaging than a typical role-play activity within the language classroom. The activity also allows students to learn new digital literacies that will be of benefit as AI becomes a ubiquitous feature of modern society. Attendees will be introduced to how the project was implemented, how the software works, and participate in the creation of an example conversation.
Link to slide presentation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333746467_Hey_Google_Create_an_AI_assistant-based_classroom_activity_to_enhance_language_learning
