A Systematic Literature Review: Teachers’ Perceptions on the usage of ChatGPT in English Language Teaching (ELT)

Abstract

ChatGPT has emerged as a trend to support education in ELT. However, the review of ChatGPT in ELT is still scare although it is essential to maintain educational standards. Thus, this systematic literature review identifies the potentials and challenges of integrating ChatGPT in ELT. Two databases were used, namely Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus, 17 articles were extracted of a total of 362 articles, ranging from 2023 to 2024, with exclusion and inclusion criteria taken into consideration. First, the findings indicated four main potentials including lesson planning, creation of teaching and learning materials, giving instant feedback and improvement of academic achievement. Second, the findings indicated five main challenges including less accuracy of information, over reliance on ChatGPT, inadequate alignment with cultural contexts, plagiarism and data privacy. These findings suggest there are still gaps in research on ChatGPT in ELT. Generally, this review gives skateholders insights regarding the use of ChatGPT in ELT and helps researchers in identifying gaps to do research in the future for better education.