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This presentation reports on an innovative classroom project titled Improving Writing Accuracy, designed to foster student agency in a first-year Academic Writing course at a Vietnamese university. Instead of passively receiving teacher corrections, students engaged in a structured cycle of writing, self-analysis, and AI-assisted revision using ChatGPT. The project comprised weekly writing assignments where students (1) completed their writings unaided, (2) submitted their writings to ChatGPT for error detection and correction, (3) critically reviewed and annotated ChatGPT’s output, and (4) tracked personal error patterns across the term.
Through this project, students gained important linguistic awareness by actively detecting misclassified or overlooked errors and making informed decisions on final revisions. The survey results (N = 70) showed a broad consensus that this project effectively fosters student agency, particularly via reinforcing their ownership, autonomy in revision decisions, and building greater confidence in improving their writing accuracy.
These results suggest that integrating AI tools in a pedagogically purposeful manner can enhance student empowerment, support metacognitive development, and nurture a growth mindset in English language learning.
Biography
Lan Thi Phuong Nguyen is currently a lecturer and researcher at the University of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Hue University, Vietnam. She holds an MA degree from the same institution. Her research interests include second language writing, ICT, young language learners, and teacher education.
