The Reading / Listening - Artificial Intelligence - Level 5

The increasing use of artificial intelligence in our lives is changing education. Three universities in Australia adopted a landmark policy – to allow students to use AI in assessments. Tests will take place under strict conditions. A professor said: "Instead of banning students from using such programs, we aim to assist [them] to use digital tools to support learning." The Internet is full of AI text generators. These can be used to write essays that look authentic enough to fool examiners. The content from these AI tools evade detection by even the smartest anti-plagiarism tools.

Artificial Intelligence is posing challenges to exam fairness. AI is the biggest disruptor since calculators in maths tests. The latest dilemma for schools comes from a language processing website called ChatGPT. This can create authentic, human-like content on any subject in seconds. Teachers worry that students will use it to write essays. Another professor said teachers needed to embrace AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The alternative is the Middle Ages – going to pen and paper." He said universities needed to change with the times.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Artificial Intelligence - Level 4 or  Artificial Intelligence - Level 6

Sources
  • https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/21/south-australian-universities-to-allow-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-assignments-if-disclosed
  • https://www.wionews.com/technology/explained-use-of-ai-forces-australian-universities-to-conduct-pen-and-paper-tests-551685
  • https://theconversation.com/the-dawn-of-ai-has-come-and-its-implications-for-education-couldnt-be-more-significant-196383


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. The increasing use
  2. a landmark
  3. allow students to use
  4. Tests will take place under
  5. banning students from using
  6. use digital tools to support
  7. essays that look authentic enough
  8. the smartest anti-
  1. learning
  2. strict conditions
  3. plagiarism tools
  4. policy
  5. to fool examiners
  6. of artificial intelligence
  7. such programs
  8. AI in assessments

Paragraph 2

  1. Artificial Intelligence is
  2. AI is the biggest disruptor
  3. a language processing
  4. human-like content on
  5. students will use it
  6. teachers needed to
  7. The alternative is the
  8. universities needed to change
  1. Middle Ages
  2. website
  3. with the times
  4. since calculators
  5. embrace AI
  6. posing challenges
  7. to write essays
  8. any subject

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The increasing (1) ___________________ intelligence in our lives is changing education. Three universities in Australia adopted (2) ___________________ - to allow students to use AI in assessments. Tests will take place (3) ___________________. A professor said: "Instead of banning students from using such programs, we aim to assist [them] to (4) ___________________ to support learning." The Internet is full of AI text generators. These can be used to write essays that (5) ___________________ to fool examiners. The content from these AI tools evade detection by even the smartest (6) ___________________.

Artificial Intelligence is (7) ___________________ exam fairness. AI is the biggest disruptor (8) ___________________ maths tests. The (9) ___________________ schools comes from a language processing website called ChatGPT. This (10) ___________________, human-like content on any subject in seconds. Teachers worry that students will use it to write essays. Another professor said teachers (11) ___________________ AI. He said: "You cannot stop it. The alternative is (12) ___________________ - going to pen and paper." He said universities needed to change with the times.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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on.ThreeuniversitiesinAustraliaadoptedalandmarkpolicy-toall
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nditions.Aprofessorsaid:"Insteadofbanningstudentsfromusingsuch
programs,weaimtoassist[them]tousedigitaltoolstosupportlearning.
"TheInternetisfullofAItextgenerators.Thesecanbeusedtowriteessay
sthatlookauthenticenoughtofoolexaminers.ThecontentfromtheseAI
toolsevadedetectionbyeventhesmartestanti-plagiarismtools.Arti
ficialIntelligenceisposingchallengestoexamfairness.AIisthebiggestd
isruptorsincecalculatorsinmathstests.Thelatestdilemmaforschoolsc
omesfromalanguageprocessingwebsitecalledChatGPT.Thiscancreat
eauthentic,human-likecontentonanysubjectinseconds.Teacherswor
rythatstudentswilluseittowriteessays.Anotherprofessorsaidteacher
sneededtoembraceAI.Hesaid:"Youcannotstopit.Thealternativeisthe
MiddleAges-goingtopenandpaper."Hesaiduniversitiesneededtoc
hangewiththetimes.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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