JALT2025 - Tokyo

Impact of AI in academic writing: Japanese learners’ beliefs

Nov 1, 2025, 1:20 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Technology Room 303

Speaker

Suwako Uehara

Description

This study focused on understanding what learner’s attitudes are related to the impact of AI in English education. First-year students (N = 85) from an academic written English class responded to an in-class written prompt on how learners perceive how AI impacts English education and responses were analysed using values coding (Saldaña, 2021). Preliminary results reveal AI is used as a tutor and learners showed concerns that overreliance on AI tools could hinder learning.

Summary

This study focused on understanding what learner’s attitudes are related to the impact of AI in English education. First-year students (N = 85) from an academic written English class responded to an in-class written prompt on how learners perceive how AI impacts English education and responses were analysed using values coding (Saldaña, 2021). Preliminary results reveal AI is used as a tutor and learners showed concerns that overreliance on AI tools could hinder learning.