TEACHERS’ AWARENESS AND UTILISATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCETOOLS IN ORAL ENGLISH CLASSROOM

Abstract

This study investigated teachers’ awareness and utilisation of artificial intelligence tools in Oral English classroom in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State. The study adopted the descriptive research design. Twenty public secondary schools were randomly selected from 42 public secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two SS II English language teachers from each school
making a total of 40 teachers. In all, a total number of 40 SS II English language teachers participated in the study. Two research instruments were used for data collection. They are: Teachers’ Awareness of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Oral English Classroom Questionnaire
(r=0.74), and Questionnaire on Teachers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Oral English Classroom(r=0.78). Data collection for the study lasted three weeks. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of percentage, frequency count, mean and standard deviation. Findings of the study revealed that the level of teachers’ awareness of artificial intelligence tools in Oral English classroom was high. It also revealed that the extent to which teachers utilize artificial intelligence tools was low. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that teachers of English language in secondary schools should be trained on how they can use artificial intelligence tools to teach Oral English because its application to teaching of Oral English has positive impacts on students’ learning. Curriculum planners should provide
instructional designs that are Artificial Intelligence-based. Government should provide artificial intelligence tools that will make teaching and learning of English language easy.