Exploring the Potential of ChatGPT for Training Future Foreign Language Teachers

The article is aimed at analyzing the use of ChatGPT in foreign language teacher education and its potential for advancing educational development at the university level. This article explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (in particular, ChatGPT) in foreign language teacher education by analyzing its impact on student learning outcomes. Through a comprehensive literature review, the article synthesizes current findings on the integration of ChatGPT in educational settings, examining both the benefits and challenges it presents. The study explores into ChatGPT’s role in personalizing studying experiences, enhancing student engagement, and improving academic performance. The authors demonstrate the potential of ChatGPT in teaching disciplines related to studying foreign languages and the methodology of teaching foreign languages. The article emphasizes the importance of formulating clear and precise prompts as well as providing feedback for ChatGPT. The authors also suggest tasks with the use of ChatGPT that are appropriate for the professional training of future foreign language teachers (in particular, teachers of English in primary school). The article provides the examples of using the tasks mentioned above in the process of training students of specialty 013 "Primary education" (the educational and professional programs "Primary Education" and "Primary Education and English Language"). The authors illustrate ChatGPT prompts and its responses during practical classes of the courses "English for Professional Purposes", "Innovative Technologies of Teaching English" and "Methodology of Teaching English in Primary School". This research also suggests avenues for future inquiry, contributing to a deeper understanding of how ChatGPT can be effectively and responsibly integrated into foreign language teacher education, in particular, into training future teachers of English in primary school, to optimize students’ success.