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Using generative artificial intelligence services in language learning programs for preschool children

https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2025-40-1-31-41

Abstract

Revolutionary discoveries of recent years in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the growing availability of educational intelligent systems have raised many questions related to the applicability of AI technologies in education. The research presented in the article is part of a scientific project aimed at creating a model for integrating AI technologies into language development programs for preschool children.

The authors of the article use empirical data to explore and justify the potential of two generative AI services (Fusion Brain and Suno AI) as tools for developing language skills of preschool children learning a foreign (English) language. The authors used a comprehensive method of pedagogical experiment, the main objectives of which were, firstly, to test the affordances of generative AI services for vocabulary development, and secondly, to identify the characteristics of AI services that can promote or hinder the creation of a productive and safe language development environment for children aged 4–6. The data obtained during the empirical study allowed the authors to formulate important principles for integrating AI technologies into preschool language education. These principles can be recommended to educators and teachers involved in the speech development of preschool children. Due to the innovative nature of the developed and described scenarios for the usage of generative AI technologies, the results of the study can be used for the development of teachers’ competencies in Russia and abroad.

About the Authors

G. V. Sadykova
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Russian Federation

Gulnara V. Sadykova, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Ph.D., Docent, Associate Professor at the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology, Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication 

Kazan, The Republic of Tatarstan 



A. R. Kayumova
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Russian Federation

Albina R. Kayumova, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Docent, Associate Professor at the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology, Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication 

Kazan, The Republic of Tatarstan 



D. I. Khaliullina
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Russian Federation

Diana I. Khaliullina, Engineer of the Scientific and Educational Centre for Strategic Research in the Field of Native Languages and Cultures, Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication

Kazan, The Republic of Tatarstan  



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Sadykova G.V., Kayumova A.R., Khaliullina D.I. Using generative artificial intelligence services in language learning programs for preschool children. Informatics and education. 2025;40(1):31-41. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2025-40-1-31-41

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