The Investigation Related to Application of ChatGPT in Language Teaching

Abstract

Being one of the foremost commercial artificial intelligence models, ChatGPT has garnered extensive attention and utilization within the education sector. Controversies have also arisen in scholarly circles regarding its potential adverse impacts. This study examines the operational principles of ChatGPT and elucidates its applications across various language teaching scenarios through illustrative instances. In the investigation of ChatGPT-assisted grammar instruction, the role and constraints of ChatGPT's grammar correction for Chinese learners are analyzed. Despite ChatGPT's accuracy in educational settings, it falls short in comprehending the requirements of novice learners. Using it as a self-study tool can leave students confused with difficult knowledge. However, it can significantly improve the teaching efficiency of teachers. In the process of ChatGPT assisted pronunciation teaching, this paper collected survey questionnaires from volunteers and summarized the conclusions. Most volunteers support the effectiveness of ChatGPT in oral teaching. Compared to traditional voice assistants like Siri, ChatGPTs pronunciation is more accurate and its sentences are closer to real humans. This paper provides a summary of ChatGPTs application in the field of language teaching, with a focus on two scenarios. It also discusses the shortcomings of ChatGPT in the current stage of language teaching. The future prospects of ChatGPT in language teaching are still very broad, and with the development of technology, the combination of ChatGPT and language teaching will become even closer.