THE IMPACT OF AI TOOLS IN IMPROVING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF LEARNERS AT BS LEVEL

Abstract

The AI tools shift students' roles from passive recipients to active participants in the learning process, leading to a more profound and fulfilling engagement. It helps learners improve their proficiency in the English language and also provides learners to achieve a better level of knowledge and literacy while enhancing various skills in ESL. The goal of this research was to identify learners' opinions on the integration of AI tools for improving their performance in the English language, and how they foster learning with the extended use of AI along with the impact it has on the learner's motivation. To fulfill this purpose, a quantitative research methodology (questionnaire) was opted which is an important tool for data collection. The data was gathered from the students of B.S. English at Comsats University Islamabad, Lahore Campus. 60 B.S. English students were asked to fill out the questionnaire, and among those only 50 questionnaires turned out to be correct which were then used as the sample. The data was then analyzed with the help of SPSS software and the required results were achieved. The findings demonstrate that most of the respondents (80.79%) favored the use of AI tools and that they adopted AI tools to improve their proficiency in the English language and a large number of students (85.36%) agreed that AI tools greatly impact the motivation and language proficiency of the English language learner. Therefore, it can be inferred that the use and support of AI tools are significant in enhancing the English language proficiency of students at the undergraduate level.