USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF LEARNERS IN A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

His study analyzes the functional potential and prospects of the AI for developing learners’ foreign language communicative competence within blended learning. It examines how modern generative platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Midjourney, DALL·E 3, Adobe Firefly, etc.) can create personalized, adaptive, and interactive learning environments. Integrating AI into instructional design enhances motivation, autonomy, and cognitive engagement, provides timely feedback, individualizes tasks, and supports foreign language acquisition in intercultural contexts. The advantages of AI implementation include optimizing teachers’ work in content design, enabling leaener-centered and competence-based teaching, ensuring effective monitoring of progress, flexibility of learning, and access to authentic resources. However, the study also highlights risks such as ethical concerns, possible inaccuracy or bias in AI-generated data, insufficient digital literacy of users, and reduced analytical thinking due to overreliance on learning automation. The teacher’s role in AIsupported blended learning is redefined as that of a facilitator, mentor, and coordinator. Effective AI use in foreign language education requires pedagogically grounded integration of digital tools, fostering learners’ critical evaluation and verification skills, and maintaining balance between innovation, e-resources, and traditional methods.