Measurement of Attitude in Language Learning with AI (MALL:AI)

Abstract

In the novel context of human and artificial intelligence (AI) connection, people seem to be getting more affiliated to AI nowadays in everyday life, which is also valid for education and language learning (LL) processes. Language learners’ attitudes towards AI mostly play a crucial role in their acceptance of AI initially as they embrace new technologic advances with a positive attitude. The goal of this study was to develop an instrument to measure the attitudes toward AI in LL process which is MALL:AI (attitude scale in LL with AI) of language learners. The participants were 174 university students from different regions of Türkiye as they are dominant using the new generation technologic tools such as digital educational tools or mobile applications based on AI. The MALL:AI scale was found to be valid and reliable with three factors such as communicative, behavioural, and cognitive skills, as a result of the data analysing. Three sub-factors captured different aspects of the items in line with their valence. Few existing scales for measurement the attitudes toward AI in education are different from the current one as the items were, specifically, grounded according to the LL process. The study suggested that language learners were highly satisfied and preferred to use AI in their LL process.