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/10.64152/10125/73541

identifier.doi:

https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73541

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