The Effect of ChatGPT on the Writing Abilities of Undergraduate English Students

This study investigates the impact of ChatGPT on the writing abilities of undergraduate English students, focusing on its effects on grammar, vocabulary, coherence, and structural organization. This research investigates how ChatGPT affects educational writing among students as well as their tool opinions and usage difficulties within Pakistani educational contexts. Undergraduate English students who total 371 in number participated in the research by completing this study's structured questionnaire through purposive sampling. A study using SPSS produced descriptive results which included frequency data distributions combined with percentages alongside mean scores. The research instrument solicited students' knowledge regarding ChatGPT together with its effects on writing abilities and their confidence in its accuracy and potential difficulties. The data shows that students benefit substantially from ChatGPT in their writing tasks by developing stronger skills for grammar usage as well as vocabulary control and improved essay organization. Most students who used ChatGPT noticed its positive effects on their writing capabilities while noticing a decrease in their errors in assignments. Students expressed worries regarding their heavy use of the tool and authenticity issues and imperfect suggestions it sometimes provided. Students recognized how ChatGPT provided efficient assistance by saving their time while generating suitable ideas for their academic assignments. The research puts restrictions on its results because of studying English undergraduate students in Pakistan yet this limit external application of findings. The use of self-reported data in the research might produce flawed results because of possible respondent bias. Future researchers should study the long-term consequences of ChatGPT for writing skills together with ethics and the precision of academic content generation. The research indicates ChatGPT delivers a beneficial writing skills improvement system that functions alongside standard educational approaches. Academic institutions must create regulations which help teachers exploit AI resources properly while keeping intellectual authenticity intact in student artworks. Institutional leaders should welcome ChatGPT into educational programs through curriculum integration accompanied by discussion of its restrictions. The results of this study enhance current academic research about the implementation of AI in education by documenting how ChatGPT influences undergraduate composition abilities. This paper examines the benefits alongside difficulties of AI-driven tools in academic environments while presenting guidelines for educational institutions and the government. More investigation is required to evaluate both the moral implications and extended outcomes that emerge when students employ AI for educational assistance.