EFL students' views on the use of chatGPT in their writing assignments
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2024
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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Chat GPT is considered as an innovative language model. It has gained significant popularity among university students. The impact of ChatGPT on students’ writing abilities is unclear from their perspective. Their viewpoints play a significant role in assessing the worth of ChatGPT for language learning in terms of its benefits and challenges. This study, therefore, is threefold. First, it aims to investigate EFL students’ views on the use of ChatGPT in their writings. Second, it aims to explore the main benefits of using ChatGPT, in addition to the possible challenges that could face university students when using such an innovative tool. A quantitative method was employed in this study. More specifically, a Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire forms were distributed to 52 third year LMD students. The findings of this study indicated that the majority of EFL students had a positive view regarding the use of ChatGPT in their writings. Also, it was found out that EFL students believed that ChatGPT can be beneficial in terms of improving their abilities in areas like grammar, coherence, and vocabulary. However, they raised concerns about over-reliance on ChatGPT, academic dishonesty, and the negative impact of ChatGPT on their writing skills and critical thinking. Significantly, most of EFL students proposed suggestions for an ethical use of ChatGPT by recommending it as a tool to assist only. This could guide the use of AI tools in educational settings.