Development of Book Creator-assisted interactive e-book to foster EFL students’ writing skills

This study aims to create an engaging, interactive, and interesting tool to strengthen the EFL students’ writing skill. The research follows a Research and Development (R&D) methodology by using survey and questionnaires, focus group discussions, curriculum analysis, observation, student work samples and feedback forms in collecting the data. The collected data were analyzed through qualitative data analysis involving designing and creating teaching materials with Book Creator, using assistance from Bing Image Creator and Canva, testing these materials with a sample group of students, and subsequently evaluating and revising them based on feedback. The Book Creator application integrates multimedia elements like audio, video, and images to support students in grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Bing Image Creator AI and Canva enhance the Book Creator application, potentially increasing students' motivation and writing proficiency. The final product consists of teaching material designed to provide students with a dynamic, creative, and enjoyable writing experience while also serving as a valuable resource for teachers. This study concludes with pedagogical implications for how interactive e-book using Book Creator can be applied as an innovative teaching media for teaching writing.