DEVELOPING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS THROUGH AI-EMBEDDED PADLET: A NOVEL APPROACH

This study investigates the effectiveness of Padlet, an interactive AI-embeddeddigital platform, in enhancing English proficiency among medical students in the CentralHighlands of Vietnam. With English becoming increasingly vital in the medical field, tailoredpedagogical methods are essential. Therefore, Padlet serves as a supplementary tool totraditional language instruction, providing students with a collaborative environment forlanguage practice through various functions such as brainstorming, discussions, and peerfeedback. Using a quantitative approach, the research examines Padlet's impact on medicalstudents' English proficiency, confidence levels, and engagement in language learningactivities. The findings indicate that Padlet fosters active participation, peer interaction, andreflective learning experiences, contributing to the improvement of English proficiency amongmedical students. The implications of these findings for language teaching pedagogy inmedical education contexts are also discussed, along with recommendations for future researchand practical implementation strategies towards creating dynamic and collaborative languagelearning environments, particularly in the medical field, to better prepare students for effectivecommunication in professional settings.