Vietnamese EFL Lecturers’ Perspectives on Leveraging AI Tools to Enhance Students’ Autonomous Learning
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), English language learning, teacher perspectives, Autonomous LearningAbstract
This study explores Vietnamese EFL lecturers' perceptions of AI tools' influence on students' autonomous learning. The research inquires into how AI can assist students in setting their learning goals, identifying the resources needed, choosing learning methods, tracking their progress, and evaluating their learning outcomes, based on interviews with 15 lecturers from the Language Institute at Van Lang University. Five main themes were identified through thematic analysis using NVivo software: AI in setting lesson objectives, access to learning resources, method selection, tracking learning progress, and evaluation. The results demonstrate that AI tools enhance autonomous learning, but their effectiveness depends on students' perceptions and the tools' features, suggesting that human guidance is still needed.
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