Randomized trial examines AI's impact on student engagement and performance confidence in online English learning, suggesting its educational value stems from strategy use.
Key Points
The aim is to examine how students perceive AI tools in online general English courses and their impact on engagement, anxiety, and confidence.
Voluntary post-course survey completed by 51 undergraduate students
Quantitative analysis using descriptive statistics and regression modeling
Exploratory factor analysis to identify attitudinal dimensions
Students found AI tools like Papago and ChatGPT helpful for grammar and vocabulary, but less so for oral performance.
Engagement/strategy positively predicted performance confidence (exact effect size not provided).
Perceived AI helpfulness was not a significant direct predictor of performance confidence.