A Case Study on the Impact of Production-Oriented Approach Empowered by Artificial Intelligence on IELTS Speaking Performance

Abstract

As a localized teaching theory, Production-Oriented Approach (POA) provides important inspirations for foreign language teaching, while the development of generative artificial intelligence tools has also brought new supporting approaches to oral English teaching. This paper combines the Production-Oriented Approach (POA) with AI tools, and conducts a 6-week teaching practice on a college student with relatively weak IELTS speaking foundation but strong learning motivation. This study adopts a case study method, and explores the application process of POA enabled by AI in IELTS speaking teaching and learners' feedback through means including oral transcription analysis, interviews and questionnaires. The results show that the learner has exhibited positive changes in IELTS speaking scores, expression fluency and learning attitude, and has gradually developed the habit of conducting independent oral practice with the assistance of AI tools. Since this study is a single case study, the relevant results are more suitable to serve as an exploratory case of AI-enabled POA-based speaking teaching, and provide references for subsequent larger-scale studies.