How do pre-service language teachers perceive generative AIs’ affordance?:A case of ChatGPT

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

System Pub Date : 2025-01-21 DOI:10.1016/j.system.2025.103606

Yuko Goto Butler, Shiyu Jiang

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Abstract

As generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, becomes prevalent, it presents various ethical and practical challenges for schools. This study explores how students assess ChatGPT's affordances and limitations in academic writing and how these assessments relate to their writing performance, judged by themselves and the course instructor. The study uniquely focuses on international pre-service teachers in a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program in the United States (N = 38), who may use generative AIs in their teaching and studies. The participants completed tasks in an applied linguistics class, including writing essays with and without ChatGPT on the same topic and comparing the two essays. Grounded in the Theory of Affordance, the students' evaluations were coded and analyzed with Epistemic Network Analysis. Results showed that students viewed ChatGPT's affordances and limitations differently according to their writing profiles. Those with lower writing scores or confidence were less critical of ChatGPT, highlighting its merits in language-related elements such as grammatical accuracy and lexical choice. The study suggests the importance of assisting future language teachers in fostering accurate knowledge of AI's affordances and developing balanced views towards AI through professional development, while considering individual differences in their needs and abilities.

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System Multiple-

CiteScore

8.80

自引率

8.30%

发文量

202

审稿时长

64 days

期刊介绍： This international journal is devoted to the applications of educational technology and applied linguistics to problems of foreign language teaching and learning. Attention is paid to all languages and to problems associated with the study and teaching of English as a second or foreign language. The journal serves as a vehicle of expression for colleagues in developing countries. System prefers its contributors to provide articles which have a sound theoretical base with a visible practical application which can be generalized. The review section may take up works of a more theoretical nature to broaden the background.