UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
College of Education
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EST1501: Academic Proficiency
in English for Student Teachers
Assessment 05 | 2026
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EST1501
Module Code:
Academic Proficiency in English for Student
Module Name: Teachers
The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Higher
Essay Topic: Education Students
05
Assessment Number:
664364
Unique Number:
1 October 2026
Opening Date:
30 October 2026
Due Date:
70
Total Marks:
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Aca-
demic Proficiency in English for Student Teachers, UNISA 2026
, UNISA | EST1501 Assessment 05: AI and Higher Education Students
Question 1: Draft Essay
1.1 Keeping the image and the poem in mind, write a draft essay on the topic The use of Artificial
Intelligence for Higher Education Students. The draft must have six paragraphs: an introduction; four
body paragraphs on the benefits, the challenges, the ethical considerations, and whether you sup-
port or do not support the use of AI by higher education students; and a conclusion. The editing
and revision must be clearly visible.
1.1 How higher education students use artificial intelligence (draft)
Key to editing and revision: struck-through text has been deleted; blue text has been added
or rewritten; black text without a line through it was kept unchanged.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is when computers do things that people usually dorefers to com-
puter systems designed to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as
understanding language, recognising patterns and solving problems (Russell and Norvig, 2021).
The image of a glowing AI chip in the middle ofsurrounded by a web of circuits and the poem
that talks aboutdescribing “a mind of circuits, lines, and code” (Author unknown, n.d.), both
showpresent AI as a very bigpowerful tool that learns from humans and can change stuffmay
change the world. I think these two things show that AI is good but also bad.These two texts
suggest that AI is a source of wonder, yet also a force that raises serious questions. This essay
is aboutAgainst this background, this essay discusses the use of AI by higher education stu-
dents. It talks aboutexamines the benefits and challenges of AI, the ethics, and if I support
it.considers the ethical issues involved, and states whether the use of AI by students is sup-
ported, before drawing the main ideas together in a conclusion.
AI is good for students in many ways.AI offers higher education students several clear bene-
fits. First, AI tools help students a lotprovide personalised support, because students can ask
questions at any hour and get answersreceive explanations adjusted to their level, which is
goodvaluable for distance learners at institutions such as the University of South Africa who
often study without direct contact with lecturers(Kasneci et al., 2023). Second, AI helps with
Englishassists with language and writing development. AFor example, a student who speaks
English as an additional language can use AI to check grammar and learn new words, under-
stand difficult vocabulary and see how an academic paragraph is organised. Third, AI is quick
and makessaves time by summarising long readings, generating study plans and notesand help-
ing students organise research, which givesallows more time for thinkingcritical thinking. So AI
makes studying easier.As the poem notes, AI “answers the questions that we ask”, and when
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College of Education
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EST1501: Academic Proficiency
in English for Student Teachers
Assessment 05 | 2026
⋄ ⋄ ⋄ ⋄ ⋄ ⋄ ⋄ ⋄ ⋄⋄
EST1501
Module Code:
Academic Proficiency in English for Student
Module Name: Teachers
The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Higher
Essay Topic: Education Students
05
Assessment Number:
664364
Unique Number:
1 October 2026
Opening Date:
30 October 2026
Due Date:
70
Total Marks:
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Aca-
demic Proficiency in English for Student Teachers, UNISA 2026
, UNISA | EST1501 Assessment 05: AI and Higher Education Students
Question 1: Draft Essay
1.1 Keeping the image and the poem in mind, write a draft essay on the topic The use of Artificial
Intelligence for Higher Education Students. The draft must have six paragraphs: an introduction; four
body paragraphs on the benefits, the challenges, the ethical considerations, and whether you sup-
port or do not support the use of AI by higher education students; and a conclusion. The editing
and revision must be clearly visible.
1.1 How higher education students use artificial intelligence (draft)
Key to editing and revision: struck-through text has been deleted; blue text has been added
or rewritten; black text without a line through it was kept unchanged.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is when computers do things that people usually dorefers to com-
puter systems designed to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as
understanding language, recognising patterns and solving problems (Russell and Norvig, 2021).
The image of a glowing AI chip in the middle ofsurrounded by a web of circuits and the poem
that talks aboutdescribing “a mind of circuits, lines, and code” (Author unknown, n.d.), both
showpresent AI as a very bigpowerful tool that learns from humans and can change stuffmay
change the world. I think these two things show that AI is good but also bad.These two texts
suggest that AI is a source of wonder, yet also a force that raises serious questions. This essay
is aboutAgainst this background, this essay discusses the use of AI by higher education stu-
dents. It talks aboutexamines the benefits and challenges of AI, the ethics, and if I support
it.considers the ethical issues involved, and states whether the use of AI by students is sup-
ported, before drawing the main ideas together in a conclusion.
AI is good for students in many ways.AI offers higher education students several clear bene-
fits. First, AI tools help students a lotprovide personalised support, because students can ask
questions at any hour and get answersreceive explanations adjusted to their level, which is
goodvaluable for distance learners at institutions such as the University of South Africa who
often study without direct contact with lecturers(Kasneci et al., 2023). Second, AI helps with
Englishassists with language and writing development. AFor example, a student who speaks
English as an additional language can use AI to check grammar and learn new words, under-
stand difficult vocabulary and see how an academic paragraph is organised. Third, AI is quick
and makessaves time by summarising long readings, generating study plans and notesand help-
ing students organise research, which givesallows more time for thinkingcritical thinking. So AI
makes studying easier.As the poem notes, AI “answers the questions that we ask”, and when
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