Si-Ni Yu

Mechanisms of Alleviating Second-Language Writing Anxiety through ‘Creative Imitation’ in the Context of Large Language Models

The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence has made large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT a regular presence in second-language (L2) writing. Even so, how these tools act as dynamic scaffolds — and the cognitive and affective mechanisms behind that process—remain relatively unclear. Grounded in Vygot...