EFL Professor in SL

  Reading in a second language can be hard, even when students know many of the words. A common problem in reading lessons is this: students can decode the text, but they do not fully see the scene. They may understand isolated vocabulary, but they cannot picture the setting, the characters, or the mood. When that happens, reading becomes slow, abstract, and less engaging. In the presentation, this challenge appears clearly through issues such as weak vocabulary understanding in context, low engagement, cultural confusion, and difficulty visualizing what is happening in the text. This is where AI-generated images can help. When teachers pair a short passage with a carefully created image, they give students a visual anchor. That image can make abstract language more concrete. It can also help learners notice key details about setting, character, and atmosphere. The presentation frames this as a way to turn “abstract words into concrete understanding,” which is exactly why this a...