Shaikh Sarang, Yayilgan Sule Yildirim, Klimova Blanka, Pikhart Marcel
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2815 Gjøvik, Norway.
Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2023 Sep 21;13(9):1937-1960. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe13090140.
Recently, the emerging technologies have been constantly shaping the education domain, especially the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for language learning, which has attracted significant attention. Many of the AI tools are being used for learning foreign languages, in both formal and informal ways. There are many studies that have explored the potential of the recent technology "ChatGPT" for education and learning languages, but none of the existing studies have conducted any exploratory study for assessing the usability of ChatGPT. This paper conducts an assessment for usability of ChatGPT for formal English language learning. The study uses a standard questionnaire-based approach to ask participants about their feedback for usefulness and effectiveness of ChatGPT. The participants were asked for their feedback after performing series of tasks related to formal English language learning with ChatGPT. A variety of student participants were selected for this study with diverse English language proficiency levels, education levels, and nationalities. The quantitative analysis of the participant responses shed light on their experience with regards to the usability of ChatGPT for performing different English language learning tasks such as conversation, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. The findings from this study are quite promising and indicate that ChatGPT is an effective tool to be used for formal English language learning. Overall, this study contributes to the fast-growing research domain on using emerging technologies for formal English language learning by conducting in-depth assessment of usability for ChatGPT in formal English language learning.
最近，新兴技术一直在不断塑造教育领域，尤其是将人工智能（AI）用于语言学习，这引起了广泛关注。许多人工智能工具正以正式和非正式的方式被用于学习外语。有许多研究探讨了最新技术“ChatGPT”在教育和语言学习方面的潜力，但现有的研究都没有对评估ChatGPT的可用性进行任何探索性研究。本文对ChatGPT在正式英语学习中的可用性进行了评估。该研究采用基于标准问卷的方法，询问参与者对ChatGPT的有用性和有效性的反馈。在与ChatGPT执行一系列与正式英语学习相关的任务后，要求参与者提供反馈。本研究选取了各种学生参与者，他们具有不同的英语水平、教育程度和国籍。对参与者回答的定量分析揭示了他们在使用ChatGPT执行不同英语学习任务（如对话、写作、语法和词汇）方面的体验。这项研究的结果很有前景，表明ChatGPT是用于正式英语学习的有效工具。总体而言，本研究通过对ChatGPT在正式英语学习中的可用性进行深入评估，为利用新兴技术进行正式英语学习这一快速发展的研究领域做出了贡献。
