HOW AI SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN ENGLISH TEACHING

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming English language teaching (ELT) from drill-based practice toward rich, interactional learning. When used deliberately and ethically, AI tools—large-language-model (LLM) chatbots, automatic speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS), and learning analytics—expand opportunities for purposeful communication, timely feedback, and individualized scaffolding. This article outlines a practical framework showing how AI can nurture linguistic, sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic competences; presents classroom-ready applications across skills; proposes assessment approaches that keep teachers “in the loop”; and highlights implementation and ethics.