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More and [most / more] students in Japan are using artificial intelligence (AI) to learn English and [another / other] languages. The language-learning app Duolingo [conducting / conducted] a survey on how students study languages. More than 4,700 Japanese students [answered / answering] questions about their language-learning habits. The survey found [what / that] the number of people using ChatGPT and other AI [tools / tool] increased by more than 80 per cent in 2024. AI was [particularly / particular] popular with younger people. The researchers said more young people used AI [than / that] took face-to-face lessons. However, some people in [their / them] 20s were not totally happy with AI lessons. They said AI lacked natural responses and was a little [boring / bored] .

Duolingo said: "We're in the [mid / midst] of an AI revolution.…Technology has long had [the / an] impact on language learning." It [find / found] that apps were the most popular method [in / on] Japan to learn languages. English was the most studied language, [following / followed] by Korean. People are studying Korean "to understand the language [was / as] spoken by…favourite artists and celebrities." Duolingo said around 58 per cent of people who took the survey [used / using] language-learning apps. This was followed by video [steaming / streaming] platforms like YouTube and Netflix (37%), textbooks (36%) and online lessons (16%). The number of people [going / gone] to a language school is decreasing. Just 13.8 per cent of people went to classes with [the / a] teacher.