The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Learning and Teaching of EnglishLiterature and Linguistics: A Study of Northern University, Nowshera

Abstract

This study investigates the role of artificial intelligence on the learning and teaching of English literature and linguistics in Northern University, Nowshera. Though artificial intelligence is widely used in every filed of social science, little is known whether it has positive or negative impacts on the leaning and teaching of English literature and linguistics. This study mainly focuses on the impacts that artificial intelligence has on the teaching and learning of English literature and linguistics. The study utilized a quantitative research design and was based on positivist paradigm. The study employed a closed-ended questionnaire based on Likert-five scale to collect data from the population, which constituted the English department of Northern University. Simple random sampling, which consists of 10 teachers and 100 students, was utilized in the present study. The data was analyzed using SPSS software. The findings revealed that AI has both positive as well as negative impacts on the teaching and learning of the English literature and linguistics at northern university, Nowshera. The study concluded that while using AI a more sophisticated, simple and pragmatic approach be adopted to strike a balance between the positive and negative effects.