Podcasts · English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English

#602 | AI & Learning English in 2026 (English Listening Practice)

26 Mar 2026 · 26 min

Episode #602 | AI & Learning English in 2026 (English Listening Practice)

0:00 26:28

Ever since ChatGPT was released, people have declared the "death of language learning". It still hasn't happened.

Today, we'll look at how AI can help with reading, writing, listening, and speaking in 2026, and where it still falls short.

Can AI really make you fluent at English in 2026?

• AI and English learning: what changed since 2022. • Input versus output: a simpler skills framework. • Reading help: summaries, explanations, but avoid passive learning. • Guess first, then ask AI to check. • Listening: better AI voices, but prefer real human audio. • Use AI to scaffold podcasts into active learning. • Writing: get feedback, not AI-written text. • Self-correct first, then see fixes with explanations. • Speaking: use AI for rehearsal, not as replacement. • Consistency beats tools; do real English daily.

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/ai-learning-english

Try FixMyEnglish: www.fixmyenglish.ai

ChatGPT + Podcasts = English Fluency? Try These 12 Prompts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0zLtfXVOU

---