Transforming language education: A systematic review of AI-powered chatbots for English as a foreign language speaking practice

Artificial intelligence chatbots recently caused a stir in the world by promising to transform education systems in a multitude of ways. To analyze pertinent publications in the SSCI journals, a systematic review was conducted for this study, which investigates the trends of chatbots in education studies, with a focus on English speaking skills. Despite the increasing use of AI-powered chatbots in education, limited research has explored how to develop the merits of AI-powered chatbots in English-speaking teaching or learning. The empirical evidence of chatbot applications from 24 research studies conducted in an English-speaking learning environment and published between 2017 and 2023 was examined in this…