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===== From teacher-led to learner-driven =====

Traditionally, it’s been the teacher’s role to guide learners in noticing and refining emergent language — through scaffolding, feedback, and prioritising what’s worth focusing on.

But today learners have access to GenAI tools that can play part of this role. They can paste in something they’ve written or record themselves speaking, then ask the AI to respond in useful ways.

A teacher still has a role here: helping learners ask better questions, interpret responses, and decide what to take away. For instance, a learner might ask for a correction, but a more productive prompt might be:
* “Give me three alternative ways to say this.”
* “How could I make this sound more polite?”

These prompts don’t just fix mistakes; they show learners new choices.