Exploring Poems to Promote Language Learners’ Creative Writing

This article describes how poems can effectively be used to foster EFL/ESL students’ creative writing. The paper starts with discussing the meaning of creativity, and the importance of creativity within the language learning process. Then, it proceeds to demonstrate how students’ creative writing ca...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2014-12, Vol.158, p.394-401
Main Author: Kırkgöz, Yasemin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
assessment of writing
creative thinking
Creative writing
rubrics
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Summary:This article describes how poems can effectively be used to foster EFL/ESL students’ creative writing. The paper starts with discussing the meaning of creativity, and the importance of creativity within the language learning process. Then, it proceeds to demonstrate how students’ creative writing can be fostered by composing English poems. A three-stage writing-using model advocated by Bouman (1983) is employed to promote students’ creative writing skills. Creativity in writing is assessed using a rubric specifically designed for this study. Sample writings of poems produced by learners are included to illustrate how the use of model poems, which is used as a source of input, can facilitate creative writing.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.106