TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE ON INTEGRATING DEEPSEEK IN SAUDI EFL CLASSROOMS

Abstract

Artificial intelligence has provided manifold potentials for present-day instructional methods. The dawn of ChatGPT being a Large Language Model was a major breakthrough which initiated an impactful conversational app for users. Now, the introduction of Deepseek has caught the attention of the world as a Generative AI tool. Sensing its appreciation, the present exploration looks at the opinions of Saudi English as a foreign language teachers regarding the use of Deepseek for their learning by employing qualitative research technique. The population were whole Saudi EFL learners whereas the sample size was 20 teachers from various EFL classrooms in Saudia Arabia. The institutes and teachers were picked by simple random sampling technique. Interviews were conducted through a designed opened ended questionnaire. The recorded replied of the participants were analysed by theme analysis through Atlas.ti. The outcomes showed that Saudi EFL teachers took Deepseek as a low-cost, easy to use and open-sourced tool which provides them results with accuracy and precision. They stated that DeepSeek is a supportive app for teaching.