AI integration in ELT as a disruptive mechanism

Artificial intelligence (AI) is assumed to be integrated into English Language Teaching (ELT) for more advanced ELT methods that can result in more productive outputs. However, it is still inconclusive whether AI is integrated into ELT by all teachers. If AI is integrated, to what extent the integration was successful, and what will be the scope for integrating more AI in ELT in the future? In addition, in what way is AI integration useful to learners of English, and how far the integration is disruptive to the teachers? Driven by these fundamental questions, this study explores the range of AI integration in ELT at present and its scope in the future. The exploration was carried out by collecting data online from 44 relevant articles chosen, together with the opinions of AI experts from major AI developing institutes as they were presented on various digital platforms, and the data was then analyzed using the qualitative literature review method. The inferences were used to provide an overview of AI integration in ELT at the university level of English teaching, to gain a general understanding of the status of AI integration in ELT at various institutes worldwide, and to discuss the potential role and position of English language teachers in the future, given the exponential growth and expansion of AI.