ChatGPT Strategies for Personalized Learning in Second Language Acquisition (Italian B1)
Rubén González Vallejo · 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has had a significant impact on our daily actions, as it is considered the key piece for service automation and a great ally of modern communication media. Among the latest technologies deployed, the launch of ChatGPT by the company OpenAI has caused a sensation for its more natural conversations, its extensive context memory, its creativity, and its free version. This has led to its numerous applications also reaching the educational field, where efforts are made to combine knowledge delivery and technology to address the new educational needs of students. Therefore, with the purpose of providing a comprehensive analysis of the functionalities that ChatGPT offers for language learning, we will present a classification of the linguistic strategies identified from the preparation for the B1 level of Italian, focusing mainly on linguistic and production skills. The strategies provided by ChatGPT have been divided into three categories: preliminary support, support during learning, and evaluative support. The results reveal various limitations, such as the lack of audio description or adaptation of font size in responses, which reduces learning diversity. However, the effectiveness of some of its features is undeniable, such as the creation of didactic material and production and written interaction in authentic contexts, as well as the possibility of immediate feedback.