ChatGPT in DELE Preparation Class: A Didactic Proposal and Impressions from Spanish as a Foreign Language Students

Abstract

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years has brought about significant technological advancements in various fields. Recently, the emergence of tools like ChatGPT has revolutionized the paradigm of information access (Kirmani, 2022). This paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of employing ChatGPT in Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) teaching. Additionally, a series of considerations are listed to ensure optimal results when interacting with this AI (Morales-Chan, 2023). As an illustration of this type of communication, an example of a didactic sequence designed for a DELE B1 preparation class is provided, specifically for the written tasks of this exam (Martínez-Atienza de Dios and Zamorano Aguilar, 2018). Finally, after implementing this didactic model in the classroom, the impressions of the participating students are presented. Their opinions are gathered through two means: an online survey created for this purpose and direct observations by the teacher in the classroom. The results conclude that the informants showed some reluctance to use the chat in the ELE class, despite clear advantages of using it as a learning tool.