CHOP: Integrating ChatGPT into EFL Oral Presentation Practice

TL;DR

This paper presents CHOP, a new platform integrating ChatGPT to provide personalized, real-time feedback for EFL students practicing oral presentations, aiming to enhance their speaking skills and feedback quality.

Contribution

The study introduces CHOP, a novel ChatGPT-based platform for EFL oral practice, and evaluates its effectiveness and user perceptions with real students.

Findings

ChatGPT provides valuable personalized feedback to EFL learners.

Students perceive the platform as helpful for improving speaking skills.

Identified strengths and weaknesses inform future design improvements.

Abstract

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students often struggle to deliver oral presentations due to a lack of reliable resources and the limited effectiveness of instructors' feedback. Large Language Model (LLM) can offer new possibilities to assist students' oral presentations with real-time feedback. This paper investigates how ChatGPT can be effectively integrated into EFL oral presentation practice to provide personalized feedback. We introduce a novel learning platform, CHOP (ChatGPT-based interactive platform for oral presentation practice), and evaluate its effectiveness with 13 EFL students. By collecting student-ChatGPT interaction data and expert assessments of the feedback quality, we identify the platform's strengths and weaknesses. We also analyze learners' perceptions and key design factors. Based on these insights, we suggest further development opportunities and design improvements for the education community.