A Study on Poetry Writing using ChatGPT: Focusing on user perception and educational approaches

Objectives The purpose of this study is as follows. First, this study examines how learners perceive Korean language (poetry writing) classes at school. Second, it examines the effects of poetry writing classes using ChatGPT on learners through a post-hoc test Third, it examines the responses to open-ended questionnaires to see the reactions of the learners who have used ChatGPT throughout poetry writing. Through the experience of the first year of middle school using ChatGPT in the actual poetry writing process, we seek awareness as a ChatGPT user and educational approaches. Methods To this end, a test was conducted on 165 middle school students in Incheon to measure the effect of poetry writing classes using ChatGPT on learners. It aimed to collect data through worksheets and questionnaires and analyze the results. The questionnaires were reviewed by experts (one Korean language professor and two doctors of education) through a post-hoc test, and a survey was conducted to investigate students' reactions to poetry writing classes using ChatGPT. With regard to survey analysis methods, the multiple-choice questions answered by students after using ChatGPT were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the open-ended questions were analyzed and organized by item. Results When the results of a survey of the students after poetry writing classes using ChatGPT were combined, the class using ChatGPT was found to have higher learner satisfaction than the existing poetry writing class. This study is significant in that it is a new attempt to use ChatGPT in poetry writing classes. In addition, it could find that students are the subjects who construct meaning in the poetry writing class using ChatGPT, and ChatGPT serves as a tool not a substitute for human creative production. Conclusions This study confirmed the positive effects of using ChatGPT in poetry writing classes as an alternative to remedy the problems of poetry writing classes.