博士生对生成式人工智能的使用及其在研究论文写作中的参与：一个活动理论的视角

IF 5.6 1区文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

System Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI:10.1016/j.system.2025.103828

Chenxi Du, Yingli Yang

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根据活动理论，本研究采用多案例设计，调查了三名中国博士生在其研究出版英语写作中使用生成式人工智能（GenAI）的情况。包括GenAI对话历史、半结构化访谈、草稿和修订版以及反思性期刊在内的数据按照主题分析程序进行编码。结果表明：(1)三个参与者将GenAI用于语言相关、内容相关和格式相关的目的；(2) GenAI的使用可以归结为三个矛盾：分工与主体、社区与主体、规则与主体；(3)基因使用解决了这三个矛盾，但产生了两个新的矛盾：统治与主体、分工与主体。旧矛盾的解决和新矛盾的加入对三名博士生在ERPP写作中的行为、情感和认知（dis）投入产生了特殊的影响。本研究将活动理论的适用性扩展到基因ai介导的二语写作情境，并揭示了基因ai使用与基因ai介导的写作投入子维度之间的复杂关系。

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Doctoral students’ use of Generative AI and their engagement in English for Research Publication Purposes writing: An activity theory perspective

Drawing on Activity Theory, the present study adopted a multiple-case design to investigate three Chinese doctoral students’ use of Generative AI (GenAI) in their English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) writing. Data including GenAI dialogue histories, semi-structured interviews, drafts and revised versions, and reflective journals were coded following the thematic analysis procedure. The results revealed: (1) the three participants used GenAI for language-related, content-related, and format-related purposes; (2) the use of GenAI could be attributed to three contradictions: division of labor vs. subject, community vs. subject, and rule vs. subject; (3) GenAI use resolved the three contradictions, but generated two new contradictions: rule vs. subject and division of labor vs. subject. The resolution of old contradictions and the addition of new contradictions exerted idiosyncratic impacts on three doctoral students’ behavioral, emotional, and cognitive (dis)engagement in ERPP writing. The present study extends the applicability of Activity Theory to a GenAI-mediated L2 writing context and reveals the complex relationship between GenAI use and sub-dimensions of GenAI-mediated writing engagement.

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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.