Foreign Language Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of a Generative AI Application in Designing Reading Classroom Assessments

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an essential part of language assessment. AI tools are used for automated item generation, scoring, and feedback, improving the development, administration, and interpretation of large-scale language assessments. This study examines the use of an AI tool, ChatGPT, in classroom assessment and proposes a way for teachers to use the tool to simplify the language complexity of written texts (i.e., reading passage) and generate comprehension questions for basic English level (A1-A2). Seven English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers currently teaching basic users participated in one-on-one interviews to discuss their perceptions of ChatGPT, and to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of the simplified text and the questions. The study illustrates how ChatGPT was used to generate the assessment content and presents the teachers’ perceptions, offering implications for using generative AI tools to design reading classroom assessments.