ENHANCING EFL WRITING SKILLS THROUGH AI-ASSISTED DIGITAL STORYTELLING: A PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK

Annotasiya

Writing is often considered as a challenging skill to be achieved in the EFL classroom especially in an era of post pandemic digital boom. Written assignments submitted by the EFL learners often turn out no humanized/AI generated content, which shows the significance of educating the students how to use AI ethically and constructively. This article focuses on using AI tools like ChatGPT and others for acquisition of writing skills with a special emphasis on digital storytelling. The article put forward a pedagogical framework for the enhancement of English writing skills and digital story creation through assistance of artificial intelligence. The study illustrates the pedagogical framework that include six stages: Generation of Ideas, Planning of the story, Writing the draft, AI scaffolding, Revision/Reflection and Storytelling. The article empirically explores the scope of ethical use of ChatGPT in promoting creative writing skills among the EFL students.