Writing approach generation: adapting design thinking to enhance efl students' writing skills

This research paper explores a creative way of teaching writing by adapting design thinking - a human-centered approach- as an innovative solution in response to writing challenges in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Design thinking which is proposed in this paper consists of seven phases i.e. empathize, define, ideate, prototype, revise, evaluate , publish. Thirteen EFL learners, age of 17 years, studied a proposed writing unit based on design thinking approach were investigated. Their results indicated statistically significant differences at (≤ 0.05) level between the mean scores of the pre-test and post- test of writing skills in favor of the post-test. The findings show that teaching writing through design thinking process has improved learners writing skills in relation to organization, development, cohesion, structure, vocabulary, and mechanism, as well their active involvement and satisfaction.