Abstract

Our study explored EFL writing skills in relation to self-experience in an authentic learning context with the help of a mobile application. Two authentic writing activities (‘Tell your story’ and ‘Describe your context’) were designed and compared to see if they resulted in significant differences in EFL writing performance and writing behavior. The results showed that the experimental group who completed the “tell your story” exercise exhibited significantly better writing performance than the control group who completed the “describe your context” exercise’. More specifically, the experimental group used more vivid words and vocabulary to write about their surrounding contexts than the control group. Our observation and study results showed that using authentic materials in storytelling exercises motivate students to share their experiences, which not only improves students’ general EFL writing skills but also enhances their confidence to use English in real situations.

摘要

我们的研究在移动应用程序的帮助下探索了与真实学习环境中的自我体验相关的 EFL 写作技巧。两个真实的写作活动（“讲述你的故事”和“描述你的背景”) 进行了设计和比较，以查看它们是否会导致 EFL 写作性能和写作行为的显着差异。结果表明，完成“讲述你的故事”练习的实验组的写作表现明显优于完成“描述你的背景”练习的对照组。更具体地说，实验组比对照组使用更生动的词汇和词汇来描述他们周围的环境。我们的观察和研究结果表明，在讲故事练习中使用真实的材料可以激发学生分享他们的经验，这不仅可以提高学生的一般 EFL 写作能力，还可以增强他们在真实情况下使用英语的信心。