Supporting Responsible AI Use in Academic Writing: Teachers’ Roles and Obstacles

The teacher's role in the learning process helps students achieve learning goals. Some teacher roles can be classified by Harmer (2015) with 5 teacher roles: controller, prompter, monitor, organizer, and resource. This study provides valuable insights into how the multifunctional role of the teacher described by Harmer is very relevant, where teachers are not only known as teachers but also act as the main guide or main center in helping students understand the ethical boundaries in using AI- based technology in the context of academic writing. This research aims to discuss: 1) the roles of teachers in supporting students in using AI tools responsibly in academic writing, and 2) the teachers' obstacles in guiding students to use AI tools responsibly in academic writing. This research design is a qualitative method. In completing this research, the researcher used one main theory as support to answer the researcher's questions in exploring the roles of teachers in technology-based learning processes. In data collection, the researcher used three techniques: observing the class in the observation stage, conducting interviews in the interview stage, and taking several photos and recordings in the documentation stage.