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Title: Generative AI in English Language Teaching: Students' Voices, Teachers' Reactions, and Needs
Language: English
Authors: Rhian Webb (ORCID 0000-0002-1495-0010), Ferah Senaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-2368-0689)
Source: TESL-EJ. 2025 29(3).
Availability: TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Student Needs, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Geographic Terms: Turkey
ISSN: 1072-4303
Abstract: Due to the rapid emergence and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by English as a foreign language (EFL) students in higher education (HE), further research is required to understand English language teaching (ELT) teachers' training needs to effectively manage digitally enhanced teaching and learning. This study identifies teachers' needs by investigating Turkish ELT teachers' reactions to their students' self-reported GenAI usage. Our transcendental phenomenological research design ensured minimal author bias from the thematically analysed, qualitative, interview data from 21 Turkish undergraduate EFL students (B1-C1 level) and six Turkish ELT teachers. Analysis has revealed that students used ChatGPT (version 3.5) as a human collaborator to build content, clarify tasks, be a critical friend, organise ideas, enhance language, and obtain feedback, which they found motivating. However, teachers' reactions to their students' usage were inconsistent and exposed a need for unified teacher identity development that is shaped by GenAI literacy training and supported by institutional policies that address GenAI integration into curriculum design and assessment practices.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1488670
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