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Implementing 'Foreign Language + AI' interdisciplinary education programs reveals significant ecological tensions—including weak humanistic foundations, fragmented curricula, and lack of institutional platforms—which risk eroding humanities values unless programs critically interrogate AI's societal impacts. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine the structural tensions, curricular challenges, and ecological dynamics of integrating artificial intelligence into university foreign language education.

August 28, 2026Teaching in Higher Education

Survival in the interstices: dilemmas and pathways of ‘Foreign Languages + AI’ interdisciplinary education

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YZYiping Zhu SGShenglin Guo XLXiaohua Liu

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Qualitative case study reveals curricular and institutional tensions in university language and AI programs, highlighting the risk of humanities erosion amid rapid technological integration.

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To examine the structural tensions, curricular challenges, and ecological dynamics of integrating artificial intelligence into university foreign language education.
Conducted an in-depth qualitative case study of a 'Japanese + AI' undergraduate program at a Chinese university grounded in Ecological Systems Theory.
Collected qualitative data through semi-structured interviews with 16 key academic stakeholders alongside analysis of curriculum and policy documents.
Identified student-level hurdles including inadequate humanistic foundations and technical comprehension barriers, exacerbated by fragmented, poorly integrated curricula.
Found institutional limitations characterized by a deficiency in substantive industry–education collaboration platforms and a lack of standardized implementation and evaluation tools.
Demonstrated that interdisciplinary success requires protecting the core critical capacity of humanities education rather than permitting technical utility to erode humanistic values.

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Zhu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9145c5d15324a1df3a9012 https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2026.2720890

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August 28, 2026Teaching in Higher Education

Survival in the interstices: dilemmas and pathways of ‘Foreign Languages + AI’ interdisciplinary education

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Authors

YZYiping Zhu SGShenglin Guo XLXiaohua Liu

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Overview

Qualitative case study reveals curricular and institutional tensions in university language and AI programs, highlighting the risk of humanities erosion amid rapid technological integration.

Key Points

To examine the structural tensions, curricular challenges, and ecological dynamics of integrating artificial intelligence into university foreign language education.
Conducted an in-depth qualitative case study of a 'Japanese + AI' undergraduate program at a Chinese university grounded in Ecological Systems Theory.
Collected qualitative data through semi-structured interviews with 16 key academic stakeholders alongside analysis of curriculum and policy documents.
Identified student-level hurdles including inadequate humanistic foundations and technical comprehension barriers, exacerbated by fragmented, poorly integrated curricula.
Found institutional limitations characterized by a deficiency in substantive industry–education collaboration platforms and a lack of standardized implementation and evaluation tools.
Demonstrated that interdisciplinary success requires protecting the core critical capacity of humanities education rather than permitting technical utility to erode humanistic values.

Cite This Study

Zhu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9145c5d15324a1df3a9012 https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2026.2720890

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