Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper explores the empowerment mechanisms and practical pathways for foreign language teacher professional development in the digital-intelligence era. With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the field of foreign language education is undergoing profound transformations, presenting new demands on the professional competencies of foreign language teachers. The study examines how digital-intelligence technologies facilitate teachers’ professional growth through cognitive, affective, and behavioral empowerment mechanisms, analyzed from both "internal" and "external" dimensions. The endogenous-driven pathway emphasizes the transformation of teachers' professional cognition and the advancement of their competencies, including the integration of technology, human-machine collaboration, and educational creativity. The exogenous-collaborative pathway focuses on policy support, resource optimization, and the establishment of systematic training systems to build a new digital-intelligence education ecosystem. This research not only enriches the theoretical framework of teacher professional development but also provides practical guidance for foreign language teachers to enhance their capabilities in the digital-intelligence era, contributing significantly to the innovative development of foreign language education in China.
DOI: 10.54691/d8y4df02
Author: Rui Zhu
Institution: China West Normal University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410634896