GRAMMARLY FOR EDUCATION: AN AI-POWERED TOOL FOR LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES TEACHING IN UKRAINIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
GRAMMARLY FOR EDUCATION: AN AI-POWERED TOOL FOR LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES TEACHING IN UKRAINIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the place of AI-powered tools in the modern paradigm of language education. For Ukraine, the issue of distance education remains relevant due to the military aggression and the threat to the life and safety of participants in the educational process throughout the country. The article draws attention to the Ukrainian experience of using AI in teaching language for specific purposes. In particular, the article studies the experience of using the “Grammarly” service and its product “Grammarly for Education” to organize language education in Ukrainian universities. The article considers the possibilities and functions of this service, its implementation in the educational process, and the experience of using the AI-powered tool for teaching language for specific purposes using “Grammarly for Education”. In particular, the study describes the Sumy State University’s experience in participating in a pilot project on using this AI tool in the educational process. The effectiveness of implementing “Grammarly for Education” for teaching students English writing skills at the A2 level was tested through experimental training, the results of which are presented in the article. The article also offers examples of tasks using the capabilities of “Grammarly for Education” in English for specific purposes classes, as well as recommendations for implementing similar AI tools in the distance educational process within the framework of learning-by-doing and communicative approaches.

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