This personal reflection explores the ethical considerations surrounding the use of ChatGPT in ESL writing education. It begins by highlighting contrasting perspectives on the tool's impact, from skepticism to its potential as an empowering resource for students, particular with the immediate feedback ChatGPT provides. Then in reviewing existing…

Adult second language learners arrive at the language learning situation with an already formed first language grammar system in place. The study of cross-language similarity across the first and second languages explores how the similarities and differences in the two languages make learning more or less difficult, particularly for adult…