OVERVIEW

The teaching focuses on the contribution, but also the risks and limitations, of Artificial Intelligence to written production in a foreign language.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

-Know the main uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for written production in a foreign language; -Identify the potential for writing of the different tools available; -Apply linguistic knowledge to interaction with AI; -Define appropriate prompts for specific writing-related needs (preparing an outline, evaluating a text, etc.); -Compare and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of AI for a given writing-related task (e.g., improving coherence and cohesion of a text).

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, learners will:

• Know the theoretical and practical principles of written production (WP) in a foreign language
• Know how artificial intelligences work
• Use artificial intelligences to support WP
• Compare different models and systems for the purposes of WP
• Design appropriate prompts
• Evaluate the output of AI systems

PREREQUISITES

None

TEACHING METHODS

The course comprises both lectures and practical workshops

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1. Written production (WP)
   1. cognitive models of WP
   2. WP in the foreign language and the CEFR
   3. The genre-oriented approach to WP
2. Generative artificial intelligence
   1. Basics of AI
   2. Main models and families
   3.  Machine translation and post-editing
   4.  Basics of prompt engineering
3. AI and WP
   1. Unsing AI for WP
      1. text design
      2. applications of genre characters
      3. phraseology
      4. feedback
   2.  output evaluation
   3. Post-editing

The programme is the samefor attending and non-attending students

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography (tentative):

•    Neuron M., (2023) L’arte del Prompt Engineering con ChatGPT: Una guida pratica per dominare l’Intelligenza Artificiale;
•    Ferrari A.(2021), Linguistica del testo, Carocci;
•    Hyland, K. (2019), Second language writing;

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SIMONE TORSANI (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Classes begin the first week of the semester

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

[Provisional] - The examination consists of a written test and one or more practical exercises

ASSESSMENT METHODS

[Provisional] Final and ongoing tests

FURTHER INFORMATION

More details about the program and exam methods will be made available on the Aulaweb page of the course

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.