Impact of ChatGPT on the Role of Elementary and Middle School English Teachers and Its Transformation

The integration between ChatGPT and education is gradually becoming a new hot topic. ChatGPT brings convenience to education. At the same time, ChatGPT has also brought certain impacts on education, such as the change of teachers’ roles, especially elementary and middle English teachers in EFL countries. The integration between ChatGPT and education has changed the logic of English teaching in EFL countries. The integration between ChatGPT and education has also influenced the English teaching priorities in EFL countries. As a result, the roles of elementary and middle English teachers in EFL countries have changed under the influence of ChatGPT. EFL teachers have shifted from teaching learning to teaching thinking, and from evaluators to monitors. To adjust to these new roles, elementary and middle school teachers need to improving digital competencies, distinguish their own subjective practicalities, and create more emotional values.