Integrating Artificial Intelligence into English Language Teaching: Supporting Teachers and Enhancing Learning

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This study explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into English Language Teaching (ELT), with particular emphasis on its role in supporting teachers, enhancing language skills, personalizing instruction, and promoting learner autonomy. The research investigates teachers’ and learners’ perceptions of AI-assisted English language education and its effectiveness in developing speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Using a questionnaire-based research design, the study examines participants’ experiences with AI-supported learning and teaching. For illustration, a results section could report that 76.0% of participants found AI useful or very useful for English language practice, 68.0% reported that immediate AI-supported feedback helped them identify language errors, and 72.0% believed that personalized AI activities increased opportunities for independent practice. From the teaching perspective, 80.0% could report that AI was useful for preparing or adapting instructional materials, while 84.0% could agree that AI should be used as a supplementary educational tool rather than as a replacement for qualified English language teachers. The findings would suggest that AI has considerable potential to enhance English language education when integrated within a structured pedagogical framework. AI can support differentiated instruction, provide additional opportunities for language practice, facilitate immediate feedback, and assist teachers with lesson preparation and individualized learning activities. Nevertheless, concerns related to the accuracy of AI-generated information, excessive learner dependence, academic integrity, privacy, and the absence of genuine human interaction highlight the continuing importance of professional teacher involvement. The study concludes that the effectiveness of AI in English Language Teaching depends primarily on purposeful pedagogical integration and teacher guidance. Rather than replacing teachers, AI should function as a complementary instructional resource that strengthens teachers’ capabilities while preserving human interaction, professional judgment, motivation, cultural understanding, and meaningful communication as fundamental elements of language education.