Dr Kaitlyn Zavaleta
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Dr Kaitlyn Zavaleta
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Psycholinguist research focusing on multilingualism and language selection errors.
Co-host of "The Language Scientists" podcast
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November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🧵 This article highlights the negative impacts of generative AI for students.
"...62% of the students said it has had a negative impact on their skills and development at school, ... agreed that AI “makes it too easy for me to find the answers without doing the work myself”.
Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds
One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Great question! You've just about got it. :) It's because when we learn a new language, we bring all the expectations from our first language with us. Then, over time, we have more interactions with the new language and we learn the new rules (and words).
August 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hi! I'm Kaitlyn; I'm in Leicester, UK, and I study multilingualism and the mistakes we make when we speak different languages. I'm the co-host of the scholarly podcast, "The Language Scientists Podcast".

languagescientists.dmu.ac.uk
August 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM