THE ROLE OF CHATGPT IN THESIS WRITING: PERSPECTIVES OF 8th SEMESTER EFL STUDENTS

Final year students often experience difficulties in writing their thesis, so they seek
and use Artificial Intelligence to assist them in writing their thesis. One of the AI
tools that students often use is ChatGPT. This study aims to investigate students'
perspective on the role of ChatGPT in their thesis writing process. The method used
in this research is descriptive quantitative with the main instrument of a
questionnaire consisting of 22 questions with a Likert scale of 1-4 and covering 5
TAM variables. Questionnaires were distributed to 63 8th semester students who
were writing a thesis. The results show that out of 63 students only 3 students did
not use ChatGPT in writing their thesis. The results of the 5 TAM variables show
that students have a positive perception because they find it easy and useful in using
ChatGPT as the result they also regularly use ChatGPT and have the intention to
use ChatGPT in the future. Even so, students also have concerns about the accuracy
of the information provided by ChatGPT and also the plagiarism issues that arise
when using ChatGPT in the process of writing their thesis. It is recommended that
students better understand how to use AI, such as ChatGPT correctly in learning
and not violate academic ethics.
Keywords: ChatGPT, Thesis Writing, Students Perceptions