[AI Summary]: This research analyzes focus group data from Spanish university students to examine critical AI literacy (CAIL) in applied linguistics and language education contexts. The study reveals that while students actively use GenAI tools like ChatGPT for language learning and academic tasks, they demonstrate limited understanding of the underlying technology, ethical implications, and epistemological considerations. The authors propose a disciplinarily-grounded framework for developing CAIL that emphasizes augmented intelligence rather than artificial intelligence, centering human agency in knowledge-making while critically engaging with AI’s affordances and limitations in educational settings.
- Authors: Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Niall Curry, Carlos Ordoñana-Guillamón
- Institution: Universidad de Murcia, Spain
- Journal: Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning
- Year: 2025
- DOI: 10.1515/jccall-2025-0005