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A Review of Pedagogical Application: Pedagogical Integration of Mainstream AI Writing Tools in English Academic Writing Instruction and Its Impact on EFL Students' Thinking, Structure, and Language

Hanwen ZhangBeijing Institute of Technology*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

As humans step into the era of artificial intelligence (AI), these advanced technologies have been integrated into a variety of fields, and education is included as well. This paper focuses on reasonable methods for English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers to combine mainstream AI-generated writing tools with academic writing guidance, and aims to improve EFL students' competence in three aspects: language, structure and thinking. This paper builds a complete and reasonable structure with sufficient content, which helps readers get a deeper understanding of the influence of AI writing tools and their importance in the pedagogical system. This paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of AI writing tools in the above three dimensions, collects the viewpoints of EFL teachers and students, and draws on the key findings of current research. It clarifies the key problems and provides targeted solutions for these problems. Different from traditional teaching methods, these writing tools have changed the current role of teachers with the help of advanced technology, so this paper also puts forward four specific transformation. In summary, this study emphasizes the great importance of integrating AI writing tools with pedagogical training in reliable ways. It also tries to find out the gaps in current research and helps future research avoid getting into such difficulties.

Keywords: Pedagogy; Linguistics; AI writing tools; English as a second language
Published: March 9, 2026
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2026.HT32086
Volume: CHR Vol.104
pp. 155-161
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