The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing English language Skills among EFL learners: A Special Focus on Speaking Skill and ChatGPT

Abstract

The study explores The influence of artificial intelligence on  English language skills and particularly speaking one. It is pedagogical , quantitative and qualitative study aimed   at identifying the role of AI tools on the students' process to improve their English language speaking skill and in order to achieve this goal  , The researcher designed a questionnaire composed of ten questions that are administrated to two hundred students from different academic stages in Medical physics department and pathological analysis department at applied medical sciences college/ Al-shatrah university. The analysis of the data is done by using percentages and chi-square test. The results show that there is a statistical significance in the respondents and that there is a correlation between student’s language improvement and the using of AI tools like ChatGPT. It also asserts that the technological tools are advantageous in enhancing their English speaking skill. The study concludes that  the students prefer the blended learning approach that combines the traditional teaching with AI tools and they consider that the presence of the teacher is indispensable.