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Description
This study investigates EFL students’ practices, perceptions, and support needs
regarding the use of AI chatbots for self-regulated writing. A mixed-methods approach was
employed with 243 EFL students completing an online survey, followed by semi-structured
interviews with 11 participants from a public university in central Vietnam. The findings
reveal that most students commonly used AI chatbots in their self-regulated writing, with
ChatGPT and Gemini being the most popular tools. Students reported utilizing AI chatbots
for various writing purposes during the writing process, especially the pre-writing and post-
writing stages. Perceived benefits include boosting learning productivity, fostering language
and writing development, personalizing learning experience, increasing learning motivation,
and supporting self-regulation strategies. However, reported concerns involve AI-generated
response quality, overreliance risks, ethical concerns, and insufficient technical support.
Based on these findings, the study recommends that institutions and instructors provide
proper guidance to help students integrate AI chatbots effectively into their self-regulated
learning process.
Keywords: AI Chatbots; self-regulated learning; writing skills; EFL students
Biography
Do Hoang Mai Linh is currently a researcher/student at the University of Foreign Languages, Hue University. Her research interests focus on Educational Technology, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), and the applications of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in English Language Teaching (ELT). She has actively participated in institutional-level research projects regarding digital transformation in higher education.
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