This study investigates the potential of integrating generative artificial intelligence, specifically ChatGPT, into the learning and practice of non-native English speakers' four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, in the context of the emergence of generative AI. By means of a case analysis applying the "instruction-reply" method, this study concludes that the combination and utilization of the nine core skills of generative AI, including natural language processing, adaptive learning, attention mechanism, zero-shot learning, pre -training models, speech recognition and synthesis, intelligent recommendation, reinforcement learning, and cross-lingual learning, have significant language learning assistance capabilities for the four skills. Nevertheless, the limitations are reflected in language mechanical phenomena, high usage thresholds, Chinese-English recognition differences, and fuzzy knowledge boundaries as well.

Huyue Liao, Huiping Xiao, Baolian Hu. Revolutionizing ESL Teaching with Generative Artificial Intelligence—Take ChatGPT as an Example. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 20: 39-46. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2023.052008.

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