Exploring Middle School English Teachers’ and Inspectors Perceptions of Using Artificial Intelligence Tools as Lesson Planning Resources in the City of Tiaret

Abstract

Instructional planning is one of the key components of successful teaching experience which requires different materials and tools . With the technological development more resources and tools have been introduced that can serve this domain such as AI (Artificial Intelligence) generators. The presented work aims to collect the teachers’ and inspectors’ perceptions on the utilization of these AI tools as lesson planning resources. To reach the aim of this study, an exploratory research has been conducted based on a mixed-method approach using two questionnaires, an online questionnaire for the inspectors and a printed one for the teachers . The participants of the study were 4th grade middle school EFL teachers in the city of Tiaret and middle school inspectors from different cities of Algeria . The findings revealed that both teachers and inspectors find AI tools helpful in the lesson planning process and are aware of the various benefits of it as well as its drawbacks , as it shows that it is used by most of the teachers in order to enhance their teaching materials and classroom management as well . The study also shows that inspectors do not totally tolerate the use of these tools by the teachers in the lesson planning process.