人工智能辅助学术英语写作的学习者认知及行为研究

EFL students' perceptions and practices of Al-assisted English academic writing

人工智能(AI)在外语教育中的应用正在引发语言教学认知和实践的重大转变,然而学习者如何看待和使用AI的相关研究目前仍然缺乏。本研究采用质性主题分析法,探讨学习者对人工智能辅助学术英语写作的认知及其行为模式。研究发现,学习者认为AI在学术英语写作中的辅助作用体现为提升写作质量和写作效率两个层面,包含“优化语言”、“处理文献”、“撰写内容”和“提供策略”四个维度。学习者对AI各辅助维度的优势和局限具有较为清晰的认知,并形成典型行为模式。研究据此讨论了如何重构数智时代AI赋能的学术英语写作能力,以期为构建人机协同的智慧外语教育体系提供新视角。

The application of artificial intelligence(AI)in foreign language education has been transforming perceptions and practices of language teaching and learning.However,so far little research has been done on the ways in which students perceive and use AI in foreign language learning.This study employs a qualitative thematic analysis to investigate students'perceptions and use of AI in English academic writing.The findings reveal that AI assists students'writing in two aspects:enhancing writing quality and efficiency.The two-level assistance encompasses four dimensions of optimizing language,processing literature,composing content,and providing strategies.Students have a reasonably clear understanding of the advantages and limitations of each AI assistance dimension,and thereby form typical behavioural patterns.The study further discusses potential ways of reconstructing English academic writing competencies in the era of digital intelligence,hoping to offer new insights into building an intelligent foreign language education system empowered by AI-human collaboration.