Volume 27 Number 1, 2023 The application of chatbot as an L2 writing practice tool

The application of chatbot as an L2 writing practice tool

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Volume 27 Number 1, 2023
contributor.author:
Kwon, Suh Keong Shin, Dongkwang Lee, Yongsang
date.accessioned:
2023-11-03T19:33:35Z
date.available:
2023-11-03T19:33:35Z
date.copyright:
2023
date.issued:
2023-11-06
description.abstract:
This study investigates the effect of chatbot-based writing practices on second language learners’ writing performance and perceptions of using the chatbot in L2 writing practices. A total of 75 Korean elementary school students were randomly allocated to two groups. While the control group received traditional teacher-led writing instruction, the experimental group used a chatbot for individual writing practices for 15 weeks. The chatbot was developed using Google’s Dialogflow machine-learning AI platform by encoding expressions from an elementary school English textbook. A pretest was carried out prior to the experiment to examine the initial writing performance, and a posttest was carried out 15 weeks later with a different writing topic. The participants in the experimental group also responded to a short survey to report their perceptions and opinions about the chatbot. The results showed that the two groups generally showed a similar writing proficiency in the pretest scores, but the experimental group performed significantly better in the posttest than the control group, suggesting that the chatbot-based writing practice had a facilitating effect on their test performance. The participants of the experimental group also found the chatbot useful in improving their language skills and made them feel comfortable when learning a foreign language.
endingpage:
19
format.extent:
19
identifier.citation:
Kwon, S. K., Shin, D., & Lee, Y. (2023). The application of chatbot as an L2 writing practice tool. Language Learning & Technology, 27(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10125/73541
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73541
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rights.license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
rights.uri:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
site_url:
/item/10125-73541/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Chatbot, Artificial intelligence in language learning, Machine-learning language learning platform, Pedagogical agent
title:
The application of chatbot as an L2 writing practice tool
type:
Article Text
volume:
27