Exploring AI Reading Assistants in L2 Academic Contexts: Graduate Students' Experiences with Academic Text Comprehension
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This study employed an action research design to investigate graduate student L2 learners' perceptions and experiences using AI-powered reading assistance tools to comprehend English academic articles. A sample of 12 international graduate students from a second-language academic writing class were recruited to participate in the study. The findings revealed that while participants generally found AI tools beneficial for understanding complex academic texts, defining terminology, and improving their academic writing, several concerns emerged. These included worries about over-dependence on AI, the superficiality of AI-generated responses, the reliability of AI-provided information, and usability challenges across different AI platforms. These findings suggest that educators should explore ways to integrate these tools into their lesson plans and design instructional strategies that leverage the benefits of such software to enhance students' comprehension of scientific literature.
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This study employed an action research design to investigate graduate student L2 learners' perceptions and experiences using AI-powered reading assistance tools to comprehend English academic articles. A sample of 12 international graduate students from a second-language academic writing class were recruited to participate in the study. The findings revealed that while participants generally found AI tools beneficial for understanding complex academic texts, defining terminology, and improving their academic writing, several concerns emerged. These included worries about over-dependence on AI, the superficiality of AI-generated responses, the reliability of AI-provided information, and usability challenges across different AI platforms. These findings suggest that educators should explore ways to integrate these tools into their lesson plans and design instructional strategies that leverage the benefits of such software to enhance students' comprehension of scientific literature.