LHU’S TEACHERS AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

Using artificial intelligence (AI) in education, especially in English language learning and teaching has become an important role to keep up with the development of technology in education. In Vietnam, students face difficulties in learning English as a foreign language due to the lack of foreign language practice and communication. Therefore, the use of AI to facilitate language learning has brought a transformative change for both students and teachers, especially at tertiary level. The study aims to investigate both teachers’ and students’ perceptions toward the impact of using AI in English language learning (ELL). It also considered whether there were differences between non-English majors’ and English majors’ attitudes toward using AI in learning English language. To collect data, online close-ended questionanaires were posed to 10 teachers and 221 students (both English majors and non-English majors) from Lac Hong University (LHU). The findings showed that both teachers and students had positive perceptions toward the efficacy of AI in English language learning. Also, there were small differences between English majors and non-English majors about the effectiveness of AI, but both of them highly valued the irreplaceable role of teachers in their English language learning process. Finally, the study suggested teachers use AI in teaching practices and instruct their students to optimise the utilisation of AI for English language acquisition.