Exploring AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE): a mixed-method investigation of Chinese EFL learners' AI adoption and experiences

Recent advancements in natural language processing and large language models have ushered language learning into the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Recognizing the affordances of generative AI tools, this paper aims to examine the degree to which L2 learners accepted and leveraged large langua...

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Published in:Computer assisted language learning 2025-09, Vol.38 (7), p.1632-1660
Main Authors: Liu, Guangxiang Leon, Darvin, Ron, Ma, Chaojun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adoption of innovations
Affordances
AI literacies
AI-IDLE
Artificial intelligence
Chatbots
Chinese languages
Classroom practice
Classrooms
Computer assisted language learning
Constraints
Data collection
Electronic Learning
English (Second Language)
English as a second language
English as a second language learning
English language
English Learners
Experiments
Foreign language learning
Foreign languages
Generative artificial intelligence
GPT technologies
Human-computer interaction
Influence of Technology
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Interviews
Language
Language acquisition
Language learning beyond the classroom
Language modeling
Language Processing
Large language models
Learning
Mixed methods research
Natural language processing
Negotiation
Polls & surveys
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Second Language Learning
Structural models
Technology Acceptance Model
Tutoring
Usefulness
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