Assessing the Potential Challenges of Paid LLMs and Inequities in Language Classrooms

Aditi JHAVERI

doi:10.14434/josotl.v25i3.40689

Assessing the Potential Challenges of Paid LLMs and Inequities in Language Classrooms

Aditi JHAVERI^*

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Abstract

This essay examines the potential impact of paid-for or premium language models, where some students may be able to afford advanced models generating superior outputs while others could face inequities due to financial constraints. It explores how this dynamic can exacerbate the digital divide, challenge traditional as well as more recent assessment methods in language education, and discusses strategies that hold promise in navigating these complexities in the era of Generative AI within the context of higher education.

Original language	English
Article number	6
Journal	Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSOTL)
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v25i3.40689
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2025

Keywords

large language model (LLM)
Assessment
academic integrity
Digital divide
higher education
GenAI

UN SDGs

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Assessing the Potential Challenges of Paid LLMs and Inequities in Language Classrooms

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