Abstract

This study investigates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in learning spoken Chinese among intermediate- level students at Dai Nam University, using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The findings show that AI has become a familiar support tool, helping learners generate sentence patterns, correct errors, create dialogues, and reduce psychological pressure in oral communication. However, overreliance on AI may reduce real interaction, weaken spontaneous expression, and limit intercultural communicative competence. Drawing on theories of technology acceptance, learning motivation, language output, and interaction, the article proposes that AI should be used as a controlled support tool in teaching and learning spoken Chinese.

Keywords: AI in foreign language education, spoken Chinese learning, speaking skills, technology dependence, intercultural communication.