Chapelle, Beckett & Ranalli (2024). Exploring AI in Applied Linguistics: Book Review

Abstract

Exploring AI in Applied Linguistics has edited by Carol A. Chapelle, Gulbahar H. Beckett, and Jim Ranalli. It was published in Iowa State University Digital Press, United States, in 2024. The chapters in this volume were developed from various conference proceedings, covering a broad range of topics on AI technologies, their uses and their implications for language learning, teaching and research. This book consists of fifteen chapters divided on four main section within introduction and conclusion chapters, these chapters are organized according to their general field of application. The chapters in the first part begins with research on AI and then on language learning, introducing language learners' past and present use of AI tools. The second part includes chapters covering studies that illustrate how skill assessment researchers describe and test ChatGPT's abilities across aspects of language assessment. While, the third part chapters cover the research issues developed by AI in applied linguistics. Finally, the part four chapters, address the issue of language teacher training. Moreover, foreshadows research trends on AI and its impact on applied linguistics, with a high level of new contributors to this volume. The aim of this review is to evaluate the book's scholarly and pedagogical contributions to applied linguistics, highlighting its innovations, limitations, and overall impact.