A Review of the Uses of Artificial Intelligence in English Language Teaching

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the recent published literature on the uses of Artificial Intelligence in English Language Teaching, its benefits and challenges. The qualitative, narrative literature review design was employed to identify and analyze the articles published in the last five years on this topic. The researcher used most popular academic databases, namely Google Scholar, and screened the vast published literature between 2020 and 2025. Most studies that were searched presented systematic literature reviews; the researcher identified around 25 relevant papers on AI in ELT. The investigation of the literature has answered the three research questions on the topic of AI in ELT. Recent papers highlighted the benefits and useful application of AI tools in language education. While some papers revealed challenges and limitation of implementing AI in teaching and learning English Language. The researcher concludes the review by providing recommendations for future research.