JALT2025 - Tokyo

Integrating ChatGPT in EAP Writing: Impact on essay revision, critical thinking and writing skills

Nov 1, 2025, 12:45 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) Language Classroom Content Room 303

Speaker

Dr Eucharia Donnery (Soka University)

Description

This study describes the use of AI, specifically ChatGPT, as a final feedback tool in the academic writing classroom, focusing on its role in essay revision, and student critical thinking and writing skills. Conducted within an EAP curriculum, findings suggest that this final AI feedback positively contributed to students’ perceptions of development in areas such as linguistic proficiency, organizational skills, editing abilities, and critical thinking skills, which were supported by teacher analysis of their writing.

Summary

This study explores the use of AI, specifically ChatGPT, as a final feedback tool in the academic writing classroom, focusing on its role in essay revision, and student critical thinking and writing skills. Conducted within an EAP curriculum, findings suggest that this final AI feedback positively contributed to students’ perceptions of development in areas such as linguistic proficiency, organizational skills, editing abilities, and critical thinking skills, which were supported by teacher analysis of their writing.