The Challenges of Applying ChatGPT in the Academic Writing of Postgraduate Students in English Major at IUH

Abstract

Nowadays, AI chatbots like ChatGPT have brought many innovations to different fields, especially in education. Due to ChatGPT’s benefits, users tend to become overly reliant on using it in their learning process. Postgraduate students who have to face the transition into higher education might face difficulties in their writing tasks because it requires advanced learning and research. This study aims to investigate and discover the disadvantages students in higher education encounter when using ChatGPT for their writing purposes. The research was conducted on twenty-five postgraduate students majoring in English at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City. The researchers apply qualitative research to gather data, including survey questionnaires and short interviews. Closed-ended and open-ended questions about the disadvantages that postgraduate students confront when using ChatGPT in their writing process are focused on. This study's findings indicate that ChatGPT's challenges outweigh the benefits it brings that enhance the efficacy of writing skills of postgraduate students majoring in English at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City.

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