READ ME File For 'The practical function and symbolic meanings of ChatGPT for TEFL student teachers'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3950

Date that the file was created: May, 2026

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Stephen Sowa, University of Southampton

Date of data collection: January 2023-2024

Information about geographic location of data collection: Northern Cyprus

Related projects: n/a

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: no restrictions placed on the data

Recommended citation for the data: Silman, L. & Sowa, S. (2026) 'The practical function and symbolic meanings of ChatGPT for TEFL student teachers'. https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3950
Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: n/a

Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: n/a


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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains: Tables and figures related to the qualitative findings; metaphors expressed by questionnaire respondents; metaphors put into groups; and questionnaire responses.
File list:
Tables and figures related to the qualitative findings 
- Findings from the questionnaires organised into tables and figures.
Metaphors
- Metaphors expressed by respondents.
Metaphors Grouped
- Metaphors expressed by respondents and organised into groups.
Questionnaire responses 
- Responses to the questionnaire provided by TEFL student teachers.

Relationship between files, if important for context:  The metaphors files derive from the questionnaire responses document. While the tables and figures file are summarises of the thematic analysis of the questionnaire data.

Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: n/a

If data was derived from another source, list source: n/a

If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: n/a



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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for generation of data: a questionnaire was disseminated to TEFL student teachers at a university in Northern Cyprus.

Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:  n/a

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Stephen Sowa and Leyla Silman.