The Impact of ChatGPT on Language Learners’ Motivation

Abstract

As digital technology advances, its tools and applications are being used both inside and outside the classroom to increase student participation and motivation. One encouraging technology that has freshly seized acceptance is the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in language learning. One akin AI structure is ChatGPT. It is a language model matured by OpenAI that can engender human-like chat in return to user guidance. The goal of this study is to explore the effect of combining ChatGPT-generated dialogues into language teaching materials on the motivation of language learners. The participants group of this study were second-year 60 university students. The students' motivational strategies were measured using the 'Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire' (Pintrinch & De Groot, 1990). The outcomes of the present study showed that there were statistically powerful differences between majors on the motivation test subcategories (self-regulation, intrinsic values, and test anxiety). In other words, using ChatGPT technology as a learning material, has increased the motivation of the students.