Cited by 335Artificial Intelligence in EducationEnglish Language Learning and TeachingEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

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Impact of ChatGPT on Learning Motivation: Teachers and Students' Voices

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Abstract

Motivation drives most human activities, including foreign language learning, and it is affected by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors. This study investigated how ChatGPT impacts learning English. A quantitative research design was used to collect data from 80 teachers and students who had access to the ChatGPT in its very beginning phase in early 2023. The sample, selected in a non-probability sampling technique, responded to an online questionnaire. Findings showed that ChatGPT generally motivates learners to develop reading and writing skills. The respondents had neutral attitudes towards the effect of ChatGPT on developing listening and speaking skills. The findings suggest that ChatGPT-based teaching is motivational. ChatGPT should be used as a learning tool instead of fearing its negative impacts, which require further detailed investigations. Further research is required to explore more advantages of ChatGPT for other aspects of the language and illuminate its negative effects to help educators reduce them in English programs.

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This quantitative survey of 80 English teachers and students in early 2023 found that ChatGPT was generally perceived to motivate learners to develop reading and writing skills, while attitudes toward listening and speaking were neutral. It reports positive perceptions of ChatGPT’s motivational effects and significant differences by teaching experience for listening and interest.

Key findings

  • Participants thought ChatGPT could motivate EFL learners to develop reading (M = 4.02, SD = 1.28) and writing (M = 3.92, SD = 1.016), but showed neutral attitudes toward listening (M = 3.32, SD = 1.28) and speaking (M = 3.25, SD = 1.28).
  • For micro skills, participants favored motivation to learn grammar (M = 3.9, SD = 0.9648) and vocabulary (M = 4.45).
  • Motivation-type items showed positive views: independent learning (M = 4.025, SD = 0.8263), self-confidence (M = 3.97, SD = 0.8263), fun/enjoyment (M = 4, SD = 0.9546), interest (M = 3.55), interaction (M = 3.8, SD = 0.9328), and eagerness to get a job (M = 4, SD = 0.8714).
  • ANOVA found significant differences among high experience, low experience, and students for listening (F = 4.57817, Sig. = 0.0132231) and interest in learning (F = 8.04608, Sig. = 0.00067103); Tukey showed high-experience participants differed from low-experience participants on listening, and high-experience participants differed from both low-experience and student participants on interest.

Methods

  • Quantitative design using an online questionnaire distributed via email and WhatsApp to 80 English language students and instructors selected by non-probability sampling, conducted about two months after ChatGPT launched in early 2023.
  • Instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire with two sections: six statements on micro and macro language skills, and six statements on motivation types; it was reviewed by expert referees in applied linguistics and modified.
  • Data were analyzed with SPSS version 23 using descriptive and inferential statistics, including validity and reliability tests and ANOVA; Tukey HSD post hoc tests were used for multiple comparisons.

Limitations

  • The paper states a limitation: “the lack of supportive qualitative data that would have enriched the investigation.”
  • Evident from the text: the sample was non-probability and relatively small (80), and the study relies on self-reported perceptions rather than direct measures of learning or motivation outcomes.
  • Evident from the text: data were collected only in the early phase of ChatGPT in 2023, and some reported values are inconsistent between the narrative and tables (e.g., interest SD differs).

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Crossref · 10.56540/jesaf.v2i1.51

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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The sample of 80 teachers and students is representative of English language teachers and students generally.

    “The sample, selected in a non-probability sampling technique, responded to an online questionnaire.”
    “The participants of this study were all students and instructors of the English language, whose total number was 80.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Participants' self-reported attitudes and perceptions accurately reflect ChatGPT's actual impact on learning motivation.

    “This study investigated how ChatGPT impacts learning English.”
    “The questionnaire included six statements about the participants' views on whether ChatGPT motivates students to learn micro language skills (vocabulary and grammar) and macro language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).”
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  • Interaction mean differs from Table 2

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    The results text gives a mean of 3.8 for interaction, but Table 2 gives 3.875, which rounds to 3.9 at one decimal place.

  • Interest-in-learning standard deviation differs from Table 2

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    The results text reports an SD of 0.9328 for interest in learning English, whereas Table 2 reports 1.123962 for that item.

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Authors
Ali, J. K. M., Shamsan, M. A. A., Hezam, T. A., & Mohammed, A. A. Q.
Affiliations
  • University of Bisha (SA)
  • Taiz University (YE)
  • University of Kerala (IN)
Venue
Journal of English Studies in Arabia Felix
Published
2023-03-07
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
41-49
ISSN
2957-515X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4323568782
Cited by
335
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 56 · 2025: 115 · 2024: 118 · 2023: 46
FWCI
78.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Journal of English Studies in Arabia Felix (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Social Sciences › Education › English Language Learning and Teaching
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Keywords
ChatGPT, student motivation, English as a foreign language, reading and writing skills, listening and speaking skills, teacher and student attitudes, AI-assisted language learning

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