Enriching Omani Children Literature and Enhancing their Vocabulary Repertoire in English through ChatGPT-4

This study aimed to investigate the impact of ChatGPT-generated and illustrated stories on enriching children's literature, specifically by generating fictional short stories tailored for young Omani learners. Additionally, it sought to explore the effect of these stories on enhancing the vocabulary repertoire of fifth-grade Omani students. The study employed a one-group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. The treatment was administered over a two-week summer course to a classroom of twelve students aged between 9 and 10 years. The findings revealed that these stories played a significant role in providing learners with engaging and rich literature that fostered joy and imagination. Furthermore, the stories substantially enhanced the students' vocabulary. The post-test vocabulary mean score (M = 10.83, SD = 3.21) was significantly higher than the pre-test mean score (M = 3.85, SD = 2.53). It was evident that the fifth-graders learned a considerable number of words related to their daily lives, contributing to a meaningful and fruitful learning process.Regarding learners' attitudes toward these stories, they exhibited highly positive responses and demonstrated great interest in learning English through the stories and the accompanying illustrations. Based on these findings, it is recommended that this study be replicated with a different age group, particularly Cycle 2 students who are teenagers and show a strong interest in cutting-edge technology. The proposed study would explore the impact of ChatGPT-generated literature on student learning and examine how it might enhance their learning autonomy.