Résumé:
The purpose of the present study is to investigate EFL teachers' views and attitudes toward the
integration of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model, in their teaching practices in
general and lesson planning in particular. Thus, it was hypothesized that if teachers use ChatGPT
as a supporting tool in planning lessons, their lesson plans will be effective and creative. To achieve
this aim, a mixed-methods approach to data collection was adopted with EFL teachers at the
Department of English Language, University of 8 Mai 1945-Guelma. Through a structured
questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. A questionnaire was administered to twenty-nine
(29) teachers. Additionally, an interview was conducted with fifteen (15) teachers. The study
explores teachers' integration of ChatGPT in lesson planning and evaluates its impact on fostering
creativity in their instructional designs. The results obtained revealed that a great majority of
teachers perceived ChatGPT as an important tool to be incorporated carefully in the teaching
process, as well as their agreement that it can save time and efforts when designing lessons.
