Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Second language reading instructors are frequently desperate for accessible and captivating books for students.Extensive reading can enhance vocabulary, broaden cultural knowledge, and boost language study motivation, but finding books with the right balance between level-appropriateness and compelling writing can be a difficult task.Some classic literature has been adapted into graded readers, but those may not be the correct level.Thankfully, the emergence of Large-Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT provides the means to fine-tune nearly any available body of work into the right percentage of familiar words to ease reading for any class of any level.This paper will explain the text-grading process and how it was used in the context of a freshman reading and writing course in a private university in Japan.This case study will show how Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," now in public domain, was itself transformed into a comfortable read for these students, as well as examine their reflections upon finishing.Implications of this technology for teachers and researchers alike will be discussed, and a call for further research into the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in extensive reading will be made.
Author: Krasnansky, Andrej
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7207930313