A Program Based on Chat Generative Pre-trained Text Transformer (ChatGPT) for Enhancing EFL Majors' Descriptive Paragraph Writing Skills and Their English Grammar Use

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using a ChatGPT based program for developing descriptive writing skills and English grammar use of 3 rd year EFL Majors. Participants of the study (30) were randomly selected from English department at Hurghada Faculty of Education. The study followed the one-group quasi-experimental design with its pre and post testing procedures. Instruments and materials of the study were designed by the researcher which included: a descriptive writing skills questionnaire, a descriptive writing test, a descriptive writing rubric, an English Grammar use questionnaire, an English grammar use test and a Chat-GPT oriented program. The descriptive writing skills test included place, things, events and character description, while the grammar use test included punctuation, tenses