Applying Artificial Intelligence for Developing Oral Reading Fluency Among University Students

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of English- Higher institute for languages - Cairo

Abstract

The current study aimed at investigating the effect of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for developing first year English majors – faculty of education Benha University. The participants were N=30 students at Benha University. Instruments were developed for the purpose of the current study; a pre-post-oral reading fluency test and an oral reading fluency rubric. The study relied on one group. Findings of the study revealed significant differences in the mean scores of the treatment group on the oral reading fluency pretest and posttest in favor of the post measurement. The results showed that AI enhanced the students’ oral reading fluency skills. This study concluded with recommendations pertinent to using artificial intelligence as a tool for teaching oral reading fluency and other language skills.

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