Exploring english majored students’ perceptions of chatgpt’s influence on learner autonomy at the university of danang – university of foreign language studies

Abstract

In the era of Industry 4.0, technology is encouraged to apply to a variety of fields in the world, especially education. Humans make use of more new tools in learning and teaching in general, and in language learning in particular. ChatGPT, one of them, has just been introduced and promised an enormous impact on humans. Therefore, this study aims to discover students’ perceptions of its strengths and challenges in promoting learner autonomy. Self Determination Theory (SDT) is considered the main framework of this study. The main method used in this study is combining quantitative and qualitative analysis. The former is conducted by collecting answers to questionnaires and using statistical analysis software IBM, SPSS, to evaluate quantitative data. Besides, the researcher carries out the latter with an interview and then analyzes the data by the topic analytical method. The results indicate that most students at UD-UFLS involved the research have positive perceptions of ChatGPT. They found it useful to use ChatGPT to develop their language skills and accepted that ChatGPT could enhance their autonomy. However, ChatGPT seemed not to have the ability to help learners interact or communicate much with their teachers and peers.