Generative AI Technologies as a Driver for the Formation of Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Bachelor’s Degree Students

Aim. To prove the effectiveness of using AI technologies during English language classes for bachelor’s degree students, to present prompts for lesson plans, and to describe a specialized chatbot for developing foreign language speech interaction skills.

Methodology. The methodological basis of this study was the principles of the communicative approach to foreign language teaching. To achieve this goal, theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological works from periodicals, dissertations, and monographs by Russian and foreign authors on the topic of the article, systematization and generalization of the information obtained, and observation of the educational process were used. The study was conducted at the Institute of Physical Education, Sports and Life Safety of Bunin Yelets State University in the 2023–2025 academic years during English classes among 1st and 2nd year bachelor’s degree students majoring in “Physical Education”, “Physical Education for People with Health Disabilities (Adaptive Physical Education)” specialisations. A total of 62 students were involved in the experiment.

Results. Several lesson plans have been created using neural networks on the following topics: “My Hobby”, “My Future Profession”, “Sports in My Life”. A specialized chatbot has been developed in the Character.ai application to improve foreign language communication skills. Prompts for creating lesson plans are provided.

Research implications. The practical significance of this article consists in the description of specific examples of prompts and topics for generating materials using neural networks. This will be helpful for teachers without extensive experience working with AI. A specialized chatbot has also been developed for the use by students studying physical education.

Conclusions. The use of generative AI technologies helps to create personalized, relevant, and motivating educational content, as well as to organize additional language practice outside the classroom.

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