Abstract
The Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools in Enhancing Academic Writing
This study examines the ability of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools to improve the quality of academic writing with a special interest in second language learners. These tools have proven to be very useful when it comes to improving language accuracy, coherence, and most importantly, decreasing the learners’ efforts in tackling the field of academic writing. But these technologically driven tools have their downside and one important downside that these tools have is the over reliance on them, which in turn can negatively affect originality, essential writing skills, and critical thinking. This study offers insight as to the potential keenness with which others may need to address the over dependence and ethical issues related to the AI usage in academia, such as the issues and challenges of academic honesty, plagiarism, and other form of academic misconducts and crimes. The paper also analyzes the impact of GenAI tools on the education sector as a whole. It points out that these tools should
Keywords
Second Language, Writing, Generative Artificial Intelligence,