The impact of integrating ChatGPT with teachers’ feedback on EFL writing skills

IF 3.7 2区教育学 Q1 Social Sciences

Thinking Skills and Creativity Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI:10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101766

Marjan Asadi , Saman Ebadi , Laleh Mohammadi

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Abstract

This study examined the effects of integrating ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art AI chatbot, with teacher feedback to provide individualized writing feedback on English as a foreign language (EFL) essay writing task 2. It also explored the perspectives of eight teachers on integrating such AI tools ethically and effectively. The study employed an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design and randomly assigned 68 intermediate Iranian EFL learners to receive either a combination of ChatGPT and teacher feedback or teacher-only feedback on their IELTS Task 2 argumentative essays. The results of the Paired Samples t-Test indicated that the group that received a combination of teacher and ChatGPT feedback demonstrated a significantly greater improvement than the group receiving only teacher feedback on their IELTS Task 2 argumentative essays in all scoring criteria, including task achievement, coherence, cohesion, vocabulary, and grammar range and accuracy. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with teachers in both conditions revealed concerns about plagiarism and overreliance on AI. The findings of this study highlight the transformative potential of integrating AI tools with traditional teaching methods to deliver personalized feedback, significantly advancing EFL learners’ writing proficiency and addressing practical challenges in writing instruction.

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Thinking Skills and Creativity EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

16.20%

发文量

172

审稿时长

76 days

期刊介绍： Thinking Skills and Creativity is a new journal providing a peer-reviewed forum for communication and debate for the community of researchers interested in teaching for thinking and creativity. Papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches and may relate to any age level in a diversity of settings: formal and informal, education and work-based.