Whether the technology is mature or not, I think this is revolutionary: I am using AI-generated materials for learning.

For many years, I didn’t enjoy practicing English writing, maybe because I didn’t like the odd expressions in some example essays or the seemingly correct but useless words.

I found an example essay from an old IELTS writing guidebook online. I marked the parts I found strange.

Then, I tried to rewrite sentences based on the first one, searching online for better phrases. Still didn’t like it.

However, it was not good enough, so I searched online for other example essays and drafted and revised one repeatedly. I liked the result of picture three the most, marking the new expressions I used. I wouldn’t be able to write this without the internet.

I’m unsure how well the two revised texts do in an exam. I don’t know what band/score I would get if I took the writing test. Reading difficult magazines like Scientific American and The New Yorker, and studying GRE words, helps me understand which expressions are better, but I struggle to write them down like they’re not in my head. I think I can practice different writing prompts the same way as this topic, and then I’ll buy some books of sample essays to read. Maybe I’ll make some mistakes, but I find it interesting.

P.S.: Thesaurus, collocation dictionaries, and AI have made significant contributions.