Please join SLAT in congratulating Issam Rian, a 4th-year SLAT PhD candidate, on his English Graduate Student Research Fund Award. Issam's award will support his research project "AI-Powered Metacognition: ChatGPT's Influence on L2 Writers' Genre Awareness and Self-regulated Learning".
This project explores the impact of AI-generated feedback on the metacognitive judgments of L2 writers. Focusing on how these writers perceive and evaluate their own writing within different genres, his research aims to offer insights into the effectiveness of Large Language Models like ChatGPT in second-language writing classrooms. By examining the interplay between AI feedback and student metacognition, Issam seeks to shed light on the potential of AI tools to enhance language learning and teaching, while also probing the unique human ability of self-reflection in the context of rapidly advancing technologies.