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Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence 2025 Pp.319-329
Department of Foreign Philology and Translation,
State University of Trade and Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine
National university “Odesa law academy”, Odesa, Ukraine
Department of Foreign Languages,
National university “Odesa law academy”, Odesa, Ukraine
Department of Maritime English Language,
National University “Odesa Maritime Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine
Department of Maritime English Language,
National University “Odesa Maritime Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine
The study aims is to determine how AI tools affect the linguistic features of student writing. The research questions are: (1) How do AI writing tools affect the linguistic features of student writing? (2) What are university instructors’ attitudes toward the use of AI in writing instruction? The significance of this study arises from its addition to the literature on how AI technologies affect writing pedagogy and student learning in higher education. Using a mixed-methods design, the study questioned 60 university students enrolled in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. Students were divided into two groups: students who used AI writing tools regularly and students who wrote without AI. Data were collected through essay writing tasks, student questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and instructor feedback. Every subject wrote two essays, which were assessed for grammaticality, lexical diversity (measured in terms of the type-token ratio and vocabulary density), and coherence (based on rubric-based discourse analysis). Instructor feedback provided qualitative scores of writing depth and originality. Outcomes indicate that writing with AI significantly reduces grammatical errors, enhances vocabulary range, and promotes text cohesion by using programmed hints at linkages. However, there are serious concerns about the passive acceptance of AI suggestions by students that can compromise cognitive effort and critical thinking. There were instances when AI-produced work led to robotic sentence structure and formulaic arrangement. Teachers stressed the need for a pedagogical balance with AI tools without compromising students’ ability to write independently. The report concludes that, while AI can be a good writing tool, it should never be a substitute for but only a supplement to traditional writing pedagogy.
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Viktoriia Pryma (corresponding author), candidate of philological sciences, associate professor,
Department of Foreign Philology and Translation, Faculty of Trade and Marketing, State University of Trade
and Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine. Her research interests are Language Teaching, Lexicology and Discourse.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-9950
Oksana Pelivan, candidate of philological sciences, associate professor, Department of foreign languages, National University “Odesa Law Academy”. Her research interests are Language Teaching and Learning, English for Specific Purposes, and Communicative Linguistics. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-9514
Tetiana Teletska, candidate of philological sciences, associate professor, Department of foreign languages, National University “Odesa Law Academy”. Her research interests cover a range of linguistic problems, many of which fall within the scope of foreign language teaching methods and communicative linguistics. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2555-1154
Olha Tsobenko, PhD in Philology, associate professor, associate professor of the Department of Maritime English Language, Educational and Scientific Institute of Navigation, National University “Odesa Maritime Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine. Her research interests are Language Teaching and Learning, English for Specific Purposes. ORCID ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0063-3719
Natalia Zagrebelna, PhD in Philology, associate professor of the Department of Maritime English Language, Educational and Scientific Institute of Navigation, National University “Odesa Maritime Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine. Her research interests are Language Teaching and Learning, English for Specific Purposes, and Maritime English.
ORCID ID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0229-2751