Early Implementation of AI-generated Art in TESOL: An Exploration of AI-generated Art for Language Acquisition

Abstract

This article will broadly discuss art generated by artificial intelligence (henceforth AI-generated art) and its utility in language acquisition contexts in education, options among various text-to-image AI tools currently available, effective use of Midjourney (the AI system used by the authors), legalities, potential issues, and further thoughts. As publicly available text-to-image end-user applications are relatively nascent, literature on this subject is lacking, especially in terms of pedagogical implementation. We hope that by introducing the educational possibilities of AI-generated art, the discourse surrounding both art and technology in the classroom can be expanded and introduced to a wider academic audience.