Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Third International Language-for-All Conference, Adana, Türkiye, 17 - 18 Ekim 2024, ss.48
In the growing field where artificial intelligence (AI) and human intellect meet, there appears to be a tendency toward a larger integration of AI into dayto-day activities, such as communication, instruction – and especially language learning. In the field of language education, language learners' initial acceptance of AI seems to be heavily influenced by attitudes towards AI. This study presents the primary phase of a mixed-methods research design study in which a quantitative questionnaire on language learners' attitudes regarding AI in language learning is planned to be constructed from scratch. To this aim, in an esteemed technical university in Turkey, an open-ended qualitative questionnaire was administered to 506 undergraduate students who have been learning English as a foreign language for a year, yielding responses from 118 participants. Next, two semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with a total number of 15 undergraduate students. The participants were selected through convenient sampling. Ethical approval was obtained from the university from which the data was collected; and the participant students provided informed consent prior to their participation. The qualitative data derived from the open-ended questionnaire and the semi-structured interviews was subjected to meticulous content analysis, and the outcomes were utilized to write the item pool for the prospective questionnaire instrument. The findings of this study will hopefully assist all the shareholders in the field of language education in developing practical strategies for incorporating AI into learning environments and will also improve educators' and academics' understanding of how AI affects language learning. The results of this study may also help identify potential roadblocks or challenges in using AI into language learning and help develop solutions for these issues.