AI-POWERED CHATBOTS AS INTERACTIONAL PARTNERS IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING: A PRISMA-SCR SCOPING REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE (2020–2025)
Keywords:
chatbots; generative ai; second language learning; speaking; writing; vocabulary; foreign language anxiety; metacognition; call.Abstract
Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence have led to the growing use of conversational chatbots in second language (L2) learning. Although many studies report positive outcomes, there remains a limited synthesis of how these tools function specifically as interactional partners that influence language skill development and learners’ affective and cognitive experiences.
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