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New technologies are changing how we navigate our linguistic world and challenging how we think about language proficiency. Mobile apps offer access to instant and increasingly accurate translation help. Generative AI can produce original texts to our strictest specifications across a variety of languages. In our purses and pockets, we carry smartphones that allow us to share a joke even when we don’t share a language. In this talk, I consider the rise of AI assistants and argue for a focus on developing critical technological awareness in language education. In addition, I offer some suggestions for designing curricula, assessments, and activities that are responsive to the opportunities and challenges of teaching English in and for a tech-enhanced world.
