Effect of Peer Assessment and Artificial Intelligence Review on English Writing and Evaluation Ability

Abstract

Peer assessment has been widely adopted in teaching English writing; artificial intelligence (AI) assisted teaching has also been practiced and applied in English writing teaching. Based on an in-class writing practice of 250 Chinese undergraduate students majoring in English and Translation, this study adopts an empirical comparative method and a questionnaire survey to carry out post-writing peer assessment and AI review. By comparing the similarities and differences through the practice of the two different modes, this study tries to explore their value in effectively improving undergraduates’ English writing and evaluation abilities. The questionnaire survey shows that both modes can give constructive evaluations on the content; organization; sentence expression; use of words; grammar, spelling, punctuation and other technical aspects of an essay, with the AI review providing more objective and specific feedback. In addition, in the artificial intelligence era, the use of peer assessment and AI review can optimize English writing teaching and enhance the ability of undergraduates’ English writing and evaluation.