Se presenta un estudio empírico sobre la utilización de Twitter como herramienta para la mejora de la competencia de la expresión escrita en el aprendizaje a distancia de alemán como lengua extranjera de estudiantes de los niveles iniciales (A1 y A2 del MCER). Se describirá la metodología utilizada y las principales conclusiones del trabajo de campo.

PRESENTACIÓN. El aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras mediante tecnología móvil en el contexto de la educación a distancia y combinada

The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing instruction has garnered significant attention in recent years. This systematic review synthesizes 30 empirical studies published between 2023 and 2025 that explore the impact of ChatGPT feedback on students’ writing performance, examining which dimensions of writing (e.g. linguistic accuracy, content development, organization or vocabulary use) experience more improvements as a result of ChatGPT usage. Results indicate that ChatGPT is particularly effective in enhancing surface-level writing features related to the accurate use of language, as well as in the overall increase in writing quality and the enhancement of text organization. However, the analysed studies also report challenges related to students’ overreliance on the tool, and the need for a student-centred integration of ChatGPT within instructional frameworks. Implications for pedagogy suggest that the effectiveness of ChatGPT as a writing feedback tool is maximized when coupled with the teaching of effective prompting skills, students’ critical engagement with AI feedback as well as teacher input and supervision. Further research is required to explore long-term effects and the sustainability of GenAI-driven writing improvements.

The study of the integration of information technology (hereafter, IT) in languages forspecific purposes (hereafter, LSP) has been rather limited despite the affordances ofdigital technologies for the development of LSP research, teaching and learning. As Arnóstates in the first chapter of this book, this new relationship between IT and languages forspecific purposes caused by the progressive internationalization of academic andprofessional settings and the growth of computer-based communication, merits detailedanalysis.