In this interview, renowned scholar Professor Hu Zhuanglin shares his personal experience in teaching linguistics and provides detailed suggestions for linguistics teachers from the perspectives of textbook adaptability, teaching interest, and cultivation diversity. In addition, Professor Hu proposes that in the era of Artificial Intelligence, teachers should critically examine the answers generated by AI, and avoid overreliance on it. He also attaches great importance to thinking and encourages teachers and students of linguistics to strengthen theoretical learning, dialectically handling the relationship between “theory” and “tool”. Professor Hu advocates combining personal learning interests and national needs and promoting the high quality development of linguistics teaching and research by following the new trend and applying learning into practice.