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The study aims to compare the effectiveness of human and AI feedback on EFL learners' essay writing, focusing on feedback quality and impact over time.

March 26, 2026Australian Journal of Applied LinguisticsOpen Access

Two voices, one draft: a diachronic comparison of human and AI feedback in EFL essay writing

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SCSzu-Yu Ruby ChenChung Yuan Christian University

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Compares human and AI feedback in essay writing, revealing their strengths and limitations in enhancing EFL learners' skills.

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The study aims to compare the effectiveness of human and AI feedback on EFL learners' essay writing, focusing on feedback quality and impact over time.
Participants included 26 EFL college students in an English composition course.
Students wrote initial essays independently without direct assistance.
Human feedback was provided on the drafts, followed by AI feedback from ChatGPT.
Essays were evaluated by both human raters and the AI based on structure, content, and grammar.
AI feedback yielded scores comparable to human feedback, especially in grammar and clarity.
Human feedback offered richer, context-sensitive insights that improved content and sentence complexity.
ChatGPT's responses were more uniform, mainly focusing on surface-level corrections.

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Szu-Yu Ruby Chen (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4cc02fdc3bde44891757a https://doi.org/10.29140/ajal.2026.103200

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