The Reading / Listening - Learning English - Level 6

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

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

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Learning English - Level 4  or  Learning English - Level 5

Sources
  • https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/19/japan/chatgpt-english-lessons/
  • https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241218/p2a/00m/0li/017000c
  • https://blog.duolingo.com/2024-duolingo-language-report/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. LEARNING ENGLISH: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about learning English. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
       students / Japan / artificial intelligence / language learning / apps / lessons / boring /
       revolution / technology / Korean / celebrities / streaming / online lessons / teachers
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. TEACHERS: Students A strongly believe students learn languages faster with teachers than with AI; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. A.I.: How can A.I. help the things in the table below? How much of a threat is A.I. to these things? Would you use A.I.? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Help

Threat

Me

Learning English

 

 

 

Healthcare

 

 

 

Driving

 

 

 

Creative arts

 

 

 

Law

 

 

 

Customer service

 

 

 
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5. ARTIFICIAL: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "artificial". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. ENGLISH: Rank these with your partner. Put the best ways to study English at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

  • A.I.
  • Face-to-face lessons
  • YouTube
  • Reading
  • Watching movies
  • Self study
  • Pop music
  • Textbooks

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. conducted a. A set of questions that you ask many people to find out their opinions.
      2. survey b. Became more or bigger.
      3. habits c. Answers or replies to something.
      4. increased d. Things you do often or regularly.
      5. particularly e. Did not have something.
      6. lacked f. To do something in an organized way, like a test or a study.
      7. responses g. More than usual; especially.

    Paragraph 2

      8. in the midst of h. A big change in how people do something.
      9. revolution i. A strong effect on something.
      10. impact j. A website or app that people use to do something.
      11. method k. Famous people like singers, actors, or sports stars.
      12. celebrities l. A way of doing something.
      13. streaming m. In the middle of something.
      14. platform n. Watching or listening to videos or music on the internet without downloading.

 

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

  1. The article says many people are learning multiple languages.     T / F
  2. The number of people using AI tools increased by 80% in 2024.     T / F
  3. Young people are still preferring face-to-face lessons over AI.     T / F
  4. People in their 20s loved the natural responses of AI lessons.     T / F
  5. An app company said there was an AI revolution happening.     T / F
  6. The app company said people are studying Korean to understand artists. T / F
  7. More people used video streaming than textbooks.     T / F
  8. Just over 20% of people in the survey had an English teacher.     T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

  1. conducted
  2. habits
  3. particularly
  4. totally
  5. boring
  6. midst
  7. impact
  8. method
  9. celebrities
  10. decreasing
  1. monotonous
  2. personalities
  3. middle
  4. practices
  5. approach
  6. waning
  7. entirely
  8. especially
  9. effect
  10. carried out

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

  1. Duolingo conducted
  2. language-learning
  3. AI was particularly
  4. people in
  5. They said AI lacked
  6. We're in the midst
  7. Technology has long
  8. apps were the
  9. people who took
  10. streaming
  1. of an AI revolution
  2. platforms
  3. natural responses
  4. most popular method
  5. the survey
  6. their 20s
  7. a survey
  8. had an impact
  9. popular
  10. habits

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
tools
conducted
totally
particularly
artificial
responses
survey
took

More and more students in Japan are using (1) _________________________________ intelligence (AI) to learn English and other languages. The language-learning app Duolingo (2) _________________________________ a survey on how students study languages. More than 4,700 Japanese students answered questions about their language-learning habits. The (3) _________________________________ found that the number of people using ChatGPT and other AI (4) _________________________________ increased by more than 80 per cent in 2024. AI was (5) _________________________________ popular with younger people. The researchers said more young people used AI than (6) _________________________________ face-to-face lessons. However, some people in their 20s were not (7) _________________________________ happy with AI lessons. They said AI lacked natural (8) _________________________________ and was a little boring.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
impact
followed
artists
decreasing
midst
took
method
platforms

Duolingo said: "We're in the (9) _________________________________ of an AI revolution.…Technology has long had an (10) _________________________________ on language learning." It found that apps were the most popular (11) _________________________________ in Japan to learn languages. English was the most studied language, followed by Korean. People are studying Korean "to understand the language as spoken by…favourite (12) _________________________________ and celebrities." Duolingo said around 58 per cent of people who (13) _________________________________ the survey used language-learning apps. This was (14) _________________________________ by video streaming (15) _________________________________ like YouTube and Netflix (37%), textbooks (36%) and online lessons (16%). The number of people going to a language school is (16) _________________________________. Just 13.8 per cent of people went to classes with a teacher.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  students in Japan are using artificial intelligence (AI) to learn English ______
     a.  and another languages
     b.  and other language
     c.  and other languages
     d.  and others languages
2)  Japanese students answered questions about their ______
     a.  language-learning cohabits
     b.  language-learned habits
     c.  languages-learning habits
     d.  language-learning habits
3)  the number of people using ChatGPT and ______
     a.  other AI tool
     b.  other AI tools
     c.  other AI fools
     d.  other AI stools
4)  The researchers said more young people used AI than took face-______
     a.  to-phase lessons
     b.  to-face lessons
     c.  to-faced lessons
     d.  to-faces lessons
5)  They said AI lacked natural responses and was ______
     a.  a little boar ring
     b.  a little bore ring
     c.  a little bore in
     d.  a little boring

6)  We're in the midst of an AI revolution.…Technology has long ______
     a.  had the impact
     b.  had an impact
     c.  had an impacts
     d.  had an in pact
7)  English was the most studied language, ______
     a.  followed by Korean
     b.  followed up Korean
     c.  followed buy Korean
     d.  followed as Korean
8)  understand the language as spoken by favourite ______
     a.  artist and celebrities
     b.  artists and celebrity
     c.  artists and celebrities
     d.  artist and celebrity
9)  This was followed by video streaming platforms ______
     a.  like YouTube
     b.  likes YouTube
     c.  liked YouTube
     d.  alike YouTube
10)  The number of people going to a language ______
     a.  school is decrease in
     b.  school is decrease sing
     c.  school is decreased in
     d.  school is decreasing

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

More and (1) _______________________________________________ Japan are using artificial intelligence (AI) to learn English and other languages. The language-learning app Duolingo (2) _______________________________________________ on how students study languages. More than 4,700 Japanese students answered questions about their (3) _______________________________________________. The survey found that the number of people using ChatGPT and other AI tools increased by more than 80 per cent in 2024. AI was (4) _______________________________________________ younger people. The researchers said more young people used AI than took face-to-face lessons. However, some people (5) _______________________________________________ were not totally happy with AI lessons. They said AI (6) _______________________________________________ and was a little boring.

Duolingo said: "We're in (7) _______________________________________________ an AI revolution.…Technology has long had an impact on language learning." It found that apps were the most (8) _______________________________________________ Japan to learn languages. English was the most (9) _______________________________________________ by Korean. People are studying Korean "to understand the language as spoken by…favourite (10) _______________________________________________." Duolingo said around 58 per cent of people who took the survey used language-learning apps. This was followed by (11) _______________________________________________ like YouTube and Netflix (37%), textbooks (36%) and online lessons (16%). The number of people going to a language (12) _______________________________________________. Just 13.8 per cent of people went to classes with a teacher.

Comprehension questions

  1. What is the name of the company that conducted a survey?
  2. How many participants took part in a survey?
  3. By how much did the use of AI in language learning increase in 2024?
  4. What are younger people using to study less than AI?
  5. What do younger people think learning English with AI lacks?
  6. What did the app company say we're in the middle of?
  7. What's the most popular method of learning languages in Japan?
  8. What was the most popular learning method after apps?
  9. How many people in the survey took online lessons?
  10. Who did just under 14% of people go to classes with?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What is the name of the company that conducted a survey?
a) Polylingual
b) Multilingual
c) Duolingo
d) Trilingual
2) How many participants took part in a survey?
a) more than 4,700
b) exactly 4,700
c) just fewer than 4,700
d) around 4,700
3) By how much did the use of AI in language learning increase in 2024?
a) 90%
b) 80%
c) 70%
d) 60%
4) What are younger people using to study less than AI?
a) mnemonics
b) flash cards
c) dictionaries
d) face-to-face lessons
5) What do younger people think learning English with AI lacks?
a) pronunciation
b) grammar explanations
c) natural responses
d) collocations

6) What did the app company say we're in the middle of?
a) a mess
b) an AI revolution
c) the end of teaching
d) a global language
7) What's the most popular method of learning languages in Japan?
a) grammar translation
b) memorization
c) the communicative approach
d) apps
8) What was the most popular learning method after apps?
a) the audio-lingual method
b) streaming services
c) grammar translation
d) flash cards
9) How many people in the survey took online lessons?
a) 15%
b) 16%
c) 17%
d) 18%
10) Who did just under 14% of people go to classes with?
a) a teacher
b) a friend
c) an avatar
d) a family member

Role play

Role  A – A.I.
You think A.I. is the best way to learn English. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): YouTube, face-to-face lessons or textbooks.

Role  B – YouTube
You think YouTube is the best way to learn English. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): A.I., face-to-face lessons or textbooks.

Role  C – Face-to-face Lessons
You think face-to-face lessons is the best way to learn English. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): YouTube, A.I. or textbooks.

Role  D – Textbooks
You think textbooks is the best way to learn English. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): YouTube, face-to-face lessons or A.I.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'learn'

  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________

    • and 'education'.

  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________

    • • Share your findings with your partners.

    • Make questions using the words you found.

    • Ask your partner / group your questions.

    2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

    •Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

    3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

    4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

    5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

    • conducted
    • questions
    • number
    • more
    • young
    • boring
    • midst
    • popular
    • understand
    • artists
    • textbooks
    • decreasing

    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 - Learning English

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

    1. What did you think when you read the headline?
    2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'learn'?
    3. What do you think of artificial intelligence?
    4. How do you study English
    5. Who was the best teacher you ever had?
    6. What do you think of studying with AI?
    7. What do you think of face-to-face lessons?
    8. Have you always been happy with your English lessons?
    9. What do you think learning English using ChatGPT is like?
    10. What advice do you have for people studying English?

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

    1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
    2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'English'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. How has technology changed language learning?
    5. What language would you like to study other than English?
    6. What do you think of using YouTube to study English?
    7. What are your English textbooks like?
    8. What are your experiences of language schools?
    9. Would you prefer to study with a teacher or ChatGPT?
    10. What questions would you like to ask AI makers?

    Discussion — Write your own questions

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

    (a) ________________

    (b) ________________

    (c) ________________

    (d) ________________

    (e) ________________

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

    (f) ________________

    (g) ________________

    (h) ________________

    (i) ________________

    (j) ________________

    Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

    More and (1) ____ students in Japan are using artificial intelligence (AI) to learn English and (2) ____ languages. The language-learning app Duolingo conducted a survey (3) ____ how students study languages. More than 4,700 Japanese students answered questions about their language-learning habits. The survey found that the number of people (4) ____ ChatGPT and other AI tools increased by more than 80 per cent in 2024. AI was particularly popular with younger people. The researchers said more young people used AI than took (5) ____-to-face lessons. However, some people in their 20s were not totally happy with AI lessons. They said AI lacked natural responses and was a little (6) ____.

    Duolingo said: "We're in the (7) ____ of an AI revolution.…Technology has long had an impact on language learning." It found that apps were the most popular method in Japan to learn languages. English was the (8) ____ studied language, followed by Korean. People are studying Korean "to understand the language (9) ____ spoken by…favourite artists and celebrities." Duolingo said around 58 per cent of people who (10) ____ the survey used language-learning apps. This was followed by video streaming platforms (11) ____ YouTube and Netflix (37%), textbooks (36%) and online lessons (16%). The number of people going to a language school is (12) ____. Just 13.8 per cent of people went to classes with a teacher.

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     many     (b)     most     (c)     some     (d)     more    
    2. (a)     others     (b)     another     (c)     othered     (d)     other    
    3. (a)     at     (b)     on     (c)     by     (d)     as    
    4. (a)     using     (b)     usage     (c)     used     (d)     user    
    5. (a)     head     (b)     mouth     (c)     face     (d)     brain    
    6. (a)     bored     (b)     boredom     (c)     bores     (d)     boring    
    7. (a)     middling     (b)     midst     (c)     mid     (d)     middles    
    8. (a)     most     (b)     mast     (c)     must     (d)     mist    
    9. (a)     was     (b)     as     (c)     has     (d)     ease    
    10. (a)     done     (b)     kept     (c)     took     (d)     saved    
    11. (a)     alike     (b)     liking     (c)     like     (d)     alike    
    12. (a)     decreases     (b)     decreased     (c)     decrease     (d)     decreasing

    Spelling

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    Put the text back together

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    (...)   people used AI than took face-to-face lessons. However, some people in their
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    (...)   languages. The language-learning app Duolingo conducted a survey on how students
    (...)   study languages. More than 4,700 Japanese students answered questions about their language-learning
    (...)   the language as spoken by…favourite artists and celebrities." Duolingo said around 58 per cent of people who took
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    Put the words in the right order

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    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

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    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.

    Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

    Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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    Punctuate the text and add capitals

    more and more students in japan are using artificial intelligence ai to learn english and other languages the language learning app duolingo conducted a survey on how students study languages more than 4700 japanese students answered questions about their language learning habits the survey found that the number of people using chatgpt and other ai tools increased by more than 80 per cent in 2024 ai was particularly popular with younger people the researchers said more young people used ai than took face to face lessons however some people in their 20s were not totally happy with ai lessons they said ai lacked natural responses and was a little boring

    duolingo said were in the midst of an ai revolution technology has long had an impact on language learning it found that apps were the most popular method in japan to learn languages english was the most studied language followed by korean people are studying korean to understand the language as spoken by favourite artists and celebrities duolingo said around 58 per cent of people who took the survey used language learning apps this was followed by video streaming platforms like youtube and netflix 37 textbooks 36 and online lessons 16 the number of people going to a language school is decreasing just 138 per cent of people went to classes with a teacher

    Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

    MoreandmorestudentsinJapanareusingartificialintelligence(AI)tole
    arnEnglishandotherlanguages.Thelanguage-learningappDuolingoc
    onductedasurveyonhowstudentsstudylanguages.Morethan4,700Ja
    panesestudentsansweredquestionsabouttheirlanguage-learningha
    bits.ThesurveyfoundthatthenumberofpeopleusingChatGPTandothe
    rAItoolsincreasedbymorethan80percentin2024.AIwasparticularlyp
    opularwithyoungerpeople.Theresearcherssaidmoreyoungpeopleus
    edAIthantookface-to-facelessons.However,somepeopleintheir20s
    werenottotallyhappywithAIlessons.TheysaidAIlackednaturalrespon
    sesandwasalittleboring.Duolingosaid:"We'reinthemidstofanAIrevol
    ution.…Technologyhaslonghadanimpactonlanguagelearning."Itfou
    ndthatappswerethemostpopularmethodinJapantolearnlanguages.E
    nglishwasthemoststudiedlanguage,followedbyKorean.Peoplearestu
    dyingKorean"tounderstandthelanguageasspokenby…favouriteartis
    tsandcelebrities."Duolingosaidaround58percentofpeoplewhotookth
    esurveyusedlanguage-learningapps.Thiswasfollowedbyvideostrea
    mingplatformslikeYouTubeandNetflix(37%),textbooks(36%)andon
    linelessons(16%).Thenumberofpeoplegoingtoalanguageschoolisde
    creasing.Just13.8percentofpeoplewenttoclasseswithateacher.

    Free writing

    Write about learning English for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    AI will replace teachers one day, especially for language learning. Discuss.

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    Homework

    1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
    2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
    3. LEARNING ENGLISH: Make a poster about learning English. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. AI TEACHERS: Write a magazine article about replacing teachers with AI. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
    Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
    5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
    6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on learning English. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to study English. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

    A Few Additional Activities for Students

    Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

    Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

    Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

    Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

    Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

    Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

    Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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    • Using opinions
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