Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Writing

Creative Writing

1. Creative writing can be motivating because it

allows freedom of expression.

makes language authentic and playful.

fosters exploration of the language (sounds, rhythm, structure, etc.)

all of the above

2. A poem that is built based on the letters of a key term or concept is called

an acrostic poem

a name poem

a cinquain poem

an agnostic poem

3. Which statement is NOT correct?

Creative writing focuses on meaningful communication (even though accuracy is important too), in order to convey what we really intend to say.

Collaborative writing among students promotes student-to-student learning.

Creative writing includes poetry, drama, web-production, and short stories.

Creative writing tasks are limited to intermediate and advanced learners because of the open-ended nature of the assignments.

Try out one of the poems, then discuss with a group of your peers: How did you like writing these tasks? What did you like about them? What did you not like? Is there an affective benefit? Language benefit?
What experience have you had with using creative writing in your won L2 learning/teaching? How could you transform your experience into an effective creative writing assignment for your students?

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