Workshop: "Why Learn Foreign Languages With/Through/Despite AI?" June 26, 2026
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Workshop “Why Learn Foreign Languages with/through/despite AI?” by JProf. Dr. Anne-Marie Lachmund & Dr. Torsten König, Institute of Romance Studies
Do we even need to master foreign languages ourselves anymore if AI can translate in seconds? Is it enough to be able to “prompt well” instead of mastering a language? And what does this mean for school, college, and careers once AI has long been part of everyday life?
Amid a mix of euphoria and skepticism, recent studies paint a contradictory picture: AI can support and personalize learning processes, yet significant gaps in understanding may still exist. In the lecture and discussion, we explored these tensions based on five theses and demonstrated that mastering and learning languages involves far more than mere technical translation.
When? Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Where? Dresden Science Night, TUD Auditorium Center, Room 108, Bergstraße 64, 01069 Dresden
Photo 1 on the occasion of the workshop “Why Learn Foreign Languages with/through/despite AI?” by JProf. Dr. Anne-Marie Lachmund and Dr. Torsten König as part of Dresden’s Long Night of Science on June 26, 2026, at TU Dresden. © CFF
Photo 2 on the occasion of the workshop “Why Learn Foreign Languages with/through/despite AI?” by JProf. Dr. Anne-Marie Lachmund and Dr. Torsten König as part of Dresden’s Long Night of Science on June 26, 2026, at TU Dresden. © CFF
Photo 3 on the occasion of the workshop “Why Learn Foreign Languages with/through/despite AI?” by JProf. Dr. Anne-Marie Lachmund and Dr. Torsten König as part of Dresden’s Long Night of Science on June 26, 2026, at TU Dresden. © CFF
Photo 4 on the occasion of the workshop “Why Learn Foreign Languages with/through/despite AI?” by JProf. Dr. Anne-Marie Lachmund and Dr. Torsten König as part of Dresden’s Long Night of Science on June 26, 2026, at TU Dresden. © CFF
Photo 5 on the occasion of the workshop “Why Learn Foreign Languages with/through/despite AI?” by JProf. Dr. Anne-Marie Lachmund and Dr. Torsten König as part of Dresden’s Long Night of Science on June 26, 2026, at TU Dresden. © CFF