EFL teachers’ generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) literacy: A scale development and validation study

IF 5.6 1区文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

System Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI:10.1016/j.system.2025.103791

Yongliang Wang , Ali Derakhshan , Farhad Ghiasvand

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Abstract

The application of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in second language education (L2) has recently drawn significant scholarly attention. Nonetheless, in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL), the fundamental dimensions of GenAI literacy and its psychometric properties remain poorly defined. Without clarifying the factor structures and dimensionality of GenAI literacy, EFL teachers face challenges in effectively leveraging GenAI in their teaching. To address this gap, our study aimed to develop and validate a GenAI literacy scale for the Chinese EFL context, involving 603 EFL teachers. Specifically, a tentative scale comprising 38 five-point Likert items was administered to participants. Through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the final scale was refined, evincing 32 items categorized into five dimensions: “GenAI Knowledge”, “GenAI Use”, “GenAI Evaluation”, “GenAI Design”, and “GenAI Ethics”. Moreover, statistical analysis also verified the scale's convergent validity and reliability in measuring the construct of GenAI literacy. We anticipate that this EFL teachers' GenAI literacy scale will guide teachers and teacher educators in enhancing GenAI capabilities for professional growth. It can also inspire them to innovate teaching with AI tools, thereby offering them fresh insights into GenAI literacy and its sub-components in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-integrated EFL education.

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英语教师生成式人工智能素养：规模开发与验证研究

近年来，生成式人工智能（GenAI）在第二语言教育中的应用引起了学术界的广泛关注。尽管如此，在英语作为外语（EFL）的背景下，基因素养的基本维度及其心理测量特性仍然定义不清。如果不明确基因素养的因素结构和维度，英语教师在教学中有效利用基因素养面临挑战。为了解决这一差距，我们的研究旨在开发和验证一个适用于中国英语语境的GenAI识字量表，涉及603名英语教师。具体来说，对参与者进行了一个包含38个五点李克特项目的暂定量表。通过探索性因子分析（EFA）和验证性因子分析（CFA）对最终量表进行细化，共包含32个条目，分为“GenAI知识”、“GenAI使用”、“GenAI评价”、“GenAI设计”和“GenAI伦理”5个维度。此外，统计分析也验证了量表在测量GenAI素养建构方面的收敛效度和信度。我们期望这个英语教师GenAI素养量表将指导教师和教师教育者提高GenAI能力以促进专业成长。它还可以激励他们用人工智能工具创新教学，从而在快速发展的人工智能集成英语教育环境中，为他们提供对人工智能素养及其子组件的新见解。

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来源期刊

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.