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ASES INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH COGRESS, İstanbul, Turkey, 29 - 31 May 2025, pp.554, (Summary Text)
This study intends to investigate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in teaching English as a foreign language from the perspective of experienced lecturers. The study examines how AI is being used in course content preparation and delivery and what implications it might have for the future of instructional roles and student involvement. The data were collected from seven lecturers working at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University School of Foreign Languages, using a five-item open-ended semi-structured questionnaire regarding their level of AI proficiency, instructional uses, observed educational outcomes, student use and prospective predictions. The data were analysed using a qualitative content analysis. The results show that the lecturers incorporate AI tools, particularly ChatGPT, to create weekly, grade-by-grade reading-focused materials, such as reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises. Moreover, it was concluded that AI enables students to produce creative results, as demonstrated by their utilisation of portals like Canva for their assignments. Furthermore, lecturers consider AI to be a very time-efficient and effective educational tool, especially in terms of creating personalized course content. Nevertheless, moral concerns have also been raised about the rapid development of AI posing a threat to human teaching and its role in education. These results demonstrate the important role of AI in education in terms of student creativity and positive impact on teachers’ teaching practices, while the ethical implications highlight the need for balanced adoption of AI in education.
Key words: Artificial intelligence, foreign language, AI tools