Jean Marie Bakaïwé Ngabra

The use of AI tools to Promote Writing and Speaking Skills in German as a Foreign Language Lessons: a Study of the Motivation of German as a Foreign Language Learners using Cameroon as an Example

The doctoral project investigates the use of AI tools to promote motivation among learners of German as a foreign language (DaF) to write and speak. The focus is on exploring whether, and to what extent, AI-supported tools can enhance language-productive learning—especially in writing and speaking—among learners in C. In particular, it analyzes the motivational effects, but also the contradictory experiences, that arise when using text-, image-, and video-generating AI tools in German as a foreign language teaching. 

The study is designed as a qualitative, longitudinal case study over a period of six months. Three survey instruments are used: semi-structured interviews (at three points in time), participants’ learning diaries, and participant observations in class. The evaluation is carried out using qualitative content analysis according to Mayring (2025), taking into account both deductive categories from the theoretical framework and inductive categories from the data material.