TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Lew, Robert
A1  - Ptasznik, Bartosz
A1  - Wolfer, Sascha
T1  - The effectiveness of ChatGPT as a lexical tool for English, compared with a bilingual dictionary and a monolingual learner’s dictionary
JF  - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
N2  - Traditionally, language learners have relied on dictionaries when trying to read or write in a foreign language. However, new LLM-based chatbots may offer an alternative to traditional dictionaries as lexical tools. This study assesses the effectiveness of ChatGPT versus the monolingual Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE, 2024) and the bilingual Diki.pl (Diki.pl, 2024) online dictionaries in supporting English language learners in receptive and productive lexical tasks. With a sample of 166 university students at B2 to C1 proficiency levels and forty uncommon English phrasal verbs, we investigate whether a leading AI-driven chatbot, a high-quality learners’ dictionary, or a popular free bilingual dictionary offers better support in accurately understanding and producing English. The results reveal ChatGPT to be more effective than either dictionary in production, and better than the monolingual dictionary, but not the bilingual dictionary, in reception.
KW  - ChatGPT
KW  - Wortschatz
KW  - Wörterbuch
KW  - Großes Sprachmodell
KW  - Chatbot
KW  - Künstliche Intelligenz
KW  - bilingual dictionary
KW  - monolingual learner’s dictionary
Y1  - 2024
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-128372
SN  - 2662-9992
SS  - 2662-9992
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03775-y
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03775-y
N1  - Finanziert über den DEAL-Vertrag mit Springer Nature
VL  - 11
SP  - 10
S1  - 10
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Berlin
ER  -