Yuxuan Sun

With the continuous development of science and technology, especially after the pandemic, artificial intelligence technology has received wide attention and usage all over the world. In China's higher education system, English teaching in colleges and universities has always been an important component. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the usage of artificial intelligence technology in a university for teaching English in order to provide the recommendations for improving the quality of teaching and promotion the digitalization of the education. This research employs a combination of literature review, case study analysis and empirical research methods to summarize the advantages and status of the usage of artificial intelligence technology in the process of teaching English at the university by sorting and comparing the relevant literature. At the same time, combined with the real-life cases of teaching English at the Department of Finance of Inner Mongolia University (China), an in-depth analysis of the effect of applying artificial intelligence technology in teaching English was carried out. We found that intelligent teaching platforms can provide the students with personalized learning resources and learning services, which greatly improve students' learning efficiency; the application of natural language processing (NLP) technology in the teaching English in the universities can improve teaching efficiency, and promote the digitalization of the education process. Machine learning technologies can provide personalized learning resources and learning plans based on students' learning preferences and characteristics, greatly increasing their interest in learning English. The research’s results show that artificial intelligence technology has important ways of usage and broad prospects in teaching English at the universities. It can also improve teaching efficiency, and promote the digitalization of the education process.