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Description
This study addresses the underexplored role of ChatGPT in theme-focused writing, particularly cultural topics, by examining its impact on writing self-efficacy among 160 Vietnamese EFL undergraduates in an English Culture course. A questionnaire adapted from the Second Language Writer Self-Efficacy Scale (Teng et al., 2018) was administered before and after ChatGPT use to measure changes in self-efficacy. In addition, semi-structured interviews with 10 participants provided deeper insights into students’ experiences. Quantitative data were analyzed using normality tests, mixed-design ANOVA, independent samples t-tests, and paired samples t-tests, while qualitative data were examined through content analysis and thematic coding. Findings indicate that ChatGPT use improved students’ writing self-efficacy, though gains varied across different self-efficacy constructs. Overall, the study contributes to existing research by confirming ChatGPT’s positive impact and highlighting its pedagogical potential in supporting themed writing tasks in EFL contexts.
Biography
LUU Quy Khuong (Assoc. Prof. Dr.) is a high-level lecturer of English at The University of Danang - University of Foreign Language Studies. He has been working in the field of TEFL and teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language. He has many publications in applied linguistics and contrastive linguistics nationwide and worldwide. (http://scv.udn.vn/lqkhuong)
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