Katrien Dewaele
Katrien Dewaele is a lecturer in French (language and didactics) at the Faculty of Teacher Education of UCLL. She is also a researcher at Education & Development of UCLL. Her research focuses on how to promote and facilitate learning processes in an evidence-informed way and enhanced by technology. In her teaching practice and research work, she bridges the gap between insights from educational research and classroom practice. Katrien is an expert within the field of foreign language didactics and has already shared this expertise in several publications, at (inter)national conferences, and in teacher training programs with Teacher Design Teams.
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- Higher Education & Research
- Education
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Blog posts
Will AI stop students from learning a foreign language?
Are students sufficiently motivated to learn a new language in the era of AI? Katrien Dewaele (UCLL) shares her thoughts on their use of AI and motivation, and gives tips for language teachers.
Language masters & language techies: a digital romance?
The new language models with AI (ChatGPT, large-language models or LLMs and GenAI) are turning education on its head. In foreign language teaching, the possibilities are truly endless! Katrien Dewaele, teacher educator and researcher at UCLL, explores the impact of AI on the future of foreign language teaching and shares insights following the online survey 'The use of artificial intelligence among foreign language teachers'.