Enhancing efl skills through artifitial intelligence
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2026-04-15
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Ecuador : Pujilí : Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC)
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This study examines how artificial intelligence tools, specifically ChatGPT and Grammarly, contribute to the development of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing skills among university students. The research adopts a quasi-experimental quantitative design with pre- and post-tests and was conducted with sixth- semester students in the PINE program during the 2025 academic year. Participants completed two similar writing tasks before and after a four-week instruction period in which AI tools were used as guided support during the writing and revision process. The texts written by the students were evaluated using a rubric that took into account grammatical accuracy, textual cohesion, structure and organization, and clarity of ideas. The results show a statistically significant improvement in student writing performance after the intervention (p < 0.001), especially in coherence and grammatical control. ChatGPT contributed most to the overall organization of the text, while Grammarly mainly helped with sentence-level accuracy and the organization of ideas. The results suggest that artificial intelligence can function as an effective complementary resource in teaching writing in English as a foreign language when accompanied by pedagogical guidance, rather than being used as a substitute for teacher feedback.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CHATGPT, GRAMMARLY
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Suntasig Cordova , C. M. ., Guishcaso Suntasig, D. E., & Castro Bungacho, S. J. (2026). Mejorar las habilidades de escritura en Inglés como lengua extranjera mediante la inteligencia artificial . Revista Científica De Innovación Educativa Y Sociedad Actual "ALCON", 6(1), 216–231. https://doi.org/10.62305/alcon.v6i1.977