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    Artificial intelligence writing tools and writing skills
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y extranjeros, 2024-07-01) Pinto Abril, Hilary Stephanie; Calero Sánchez, Ximena Alexandra
    Within the skills that are developed in English language learning, writing is one of the most complex due to the grammatical, spelling, punctuation and writing rules that exist in this language. However, thanks to advances in technology, there are now writing tools that use artificial intelligence and are part of the education system to facilitate autonomous learning for thousands of students around the world who are learning a new language. For this reason, the purpose of this research was to identify the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence writing tool in improving writing skills. The participants in this project were 39 second semester students of the Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros program at the Universidad Técnica de Ambato. The methodology managed was preexperimental with a quantitative approach. The instrument employed was a test from the writing section of the Cambridge KET (Key English Test), which was taken before and after the treatment. In addition, the artificial intelligence writing tool Wordtune was utilized. The treatment was applied in eight interventions where students wrote different types of texts following the writing process (before, during and after writing); after this, they transcribed their texts and received feedback from the tool and the teacher. The rubric used had three evaluation criteria: content, organization and language. The data obtained were analyzed according to the Wilcoxon statistical test to verify the hypothesis. Main findings revealed a positive impact on students' writing skills, especially according to the criteria of content and organization.