Creative Writing For Language With EFL Context Lecturer : Khairina Ramadhani Lubis, M.Hum CREATED BY : SITI NURHALIZA NST (0304172103) TBI-4 SEVEN SEMESTER FACULTY OF TARBIYAH DAN TEACHER’S TRAINING ENGLISH LANGUANGE DEPARTMENT STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA 2020 PREFACE First of all, let's say thanks to Allah SWT, the only one God that always gives us a healthy and live chance. Because Allah we can finish to Working Method Mini research. Salawat and salam we present to our Prophet Muhammad SAW who bring us From a Dark era without good education and Technology to the Bright era with High Technology and good education. The writer wants to say thanks to our Lecture Ma'am Putri, because explanation The writer knows that there is a mistake from my assignment, so I hope the Readers especially my Lecture Ma'am Putri if you find any mistake in Grammar or Structure, please give a good comment for me as the writes. Medan, 18 February 2021 Siti Nurhaliza Nst i TABLE OF CONTENT PREFACE ............................................................................................................... i LIST OF CONTENTS ...........................................................................................ii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Problem Formulation ............................................................................... 2 1.3 Purpose The ............................................................................................. 2 1.4 Benefits .................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Theoretical........................................................................................ 2 1.4.2 Practical ............................................................................................ 3 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................ 4 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ................................................................ 6 CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION ................................................................................ 6 REFERENCES....................................................................................................... 7 ii ABSTRACT Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature. Teaching vocabulary in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context is challenging. This capture discusse is How to describe the creative writing in EFL context. The purpose of creative writing is to both entertain and share human experience, like love or loss Purpose of this study is to describe the creative writing in EFL context. Research is a qualitative descriptive study, where qualitative descriptive research is a research method that utilizes qualitative data and is described descriptively. Keywords : Creative writing, EFL, context iii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Teaching vocabulary in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context is challenging. Incidental vocabulary learning is limited due to a lack of second language (L2) input, and most words are learned through classroom instruction. Overall, research has shown marginal L2 vocabulary growth in many EFL situations. Such research indicates a need for a more effective and efficient approach to teaching vocabulary in the EFL context. Therefore, EFL means learning English in non-English-speaking countries, while ESL means English as a second. language, which has the same or even more important status as mother tongue. Yoko Iwai(2011) defined that EFL refers to those who learn English in non-English speaking countries. EFL meaning: English as a Foreign Language is learning English in a non - English - speaking country. For example, students in China who are learning English are considered EFL students because English is not the official language of the country. The meaning of the initialism ESOL is English to Speakers of Other Languages. They include the ability to make good guesses, communicate in many ways, tolerate mistakes, pay attention to form and communication, practise the language regularly, monitor one's own language use, and understand and attend to meaning. ESL is English which is usually taught to students in an English speaking country. EFL is English which is taught to students in a foreign, non-English speaking country. As it is true of many European countries, where is common to learn to speak more than one foreign language Suspense and conflict, figures of speech and points of view, rhyme and rhythm, setting and scene, form and structure, diction and dialog, exposition and narration, plot and theme, assonance and consonance, 1 induction and deduction, line breaks and stanzas: these are just some of the elements of creative writing. How to be an Effective EFL Teacher to be creative writing : Learn your students' names. Establish authority from the beginning. Be overly prepared. Always consider the learners' needs when preparing for each lesson. Be prepared to make changes to or scrap your lesson plan. Find out what learners already know. Be knowledgeable about grammar. The purpose of creative writing is to both entertain and share human experience, like love or loss. Writers attempt to get at a truth about humanity through poetics and storytelling. If you'd like to try your hand at creative writing, just keep in mind that whether you are trying to express a feeling or a thought, the first step is to use your imagination. Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics. 1.2 Problem Formulation How to describe the creative writing in EFL context ? 1.3 Purpose Purpose of this study is to describe the creative writing in EFL context. 1.4 Benefits 1.4.1 Theoretical It is hoped that this research can be used as one way in order to be creative writing in EFL context. 2 1.4.2 Practical This research is expected to provide knowledge related to culture and communication. This research is also expected to be used as a reference related to creative writing in EFL context. 3 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW Writing has often been considered as the most difficult and, therefore, less favorable subject for most of my students. Learners come to the classroom with this attitude and discouraging mindset that, often, is very difficult to change. It is quite common to find learners who are reluctant to write from the very beginning of the course. It is also a common sight to witness some students gradually stop coming to class towards the end of the course. In my previous teaching context, the component of writing skill is introduced in 5 levels (Writing 1: Writing paragraphs, Writing 2: narrative writing, Writing 3: argumentative writing, Writing 4: Academic writing, Writing 5: Report and research writing). From the very first day learners joined the introduction level of writing course, writing is introduced to the learners in a form of constructing sentences with explicit explanations of grammatical construction. Maley (2012) categorizes several approaches to the use of literature in language teaching programs: 1) Literature as study (teaching about literature): This perspective centers upon the teaching about literature (usually canonical texts are being studied as the objects of the study). This kind of approach is very dominant in any English Department (even in pre-service teacher education program) in Indonesia. 2) Literature as resource (teaching with literature) 3) Literature as appropriation (learning through literature). Due to the rich potential that Maley’s describe on the use of literature, I adopted the second and third approaches in teaching writing. In responding to the issue of creativity, I refer to Boden’s (2004) view of creativity. She makes a distinction between, what she termed with, ‘Psychological’ creativity (P-creativity) and ‘Historical’ creativity (Hcreativity). Boden explains that Psychological creativity “involves coming up with a surprising, valuable idea that’s new to the person who comes up 4 with it” (2004, p. 2) In a very broad sense, creative writing may be defined as a kind of writing which involves imagination and creativity. Often, this type of writing is associated with producing literary composition - such as poems, fictions, and a drama script - and personal writings - such as journal or personal diaries, memoirs, and autobiography (Harmer, 2001; Stegner, 2002; Gorman, 1979, in Lihua 2006). In L2 context, Hyland (2003, p. 8) states that this type of writing encourages learners to be able to express themselves and to find their own voices in producing writing that is fresh and spontaneous. The classroom usually uses the students’ personal experience and opinions in producing a piece of writing. It is a creative act of self-discovery. In other words, writing is a personal act of exploration. Maley (2012) provides reasons for using creative writing in the language classroom : 1. Creative writing aids language development at all levels: grammar, vocabulary, phonology, and discourse; 2. Creative writing fosters ‘playfulness’ (language play). It encourages learners to play creatively with the language; 3. This playfulness encourages learners to take risks with the language, explore, experimenting, and manipulating the language; 4. Creative writing promotes balanced use of the learner’s right and left side of the brain; 5. Creative writing develops self-confidence and self-esteem which leads to an increase in motivation; 6. Creative writing feeds into more creative reading: by getting inside the process of creating the text, learners come to intuitively understand how such texts work, and this make them easier to read for the learners. 7. Creative writing helps to improve expository writing: by helping learners to develop their own individual voice, it makes their writing more genuinely expressive 5 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD Research is a qualitative descriptive study, where qualitative descriptive research is a research method that utilizes qualitative data and is described descriptively. This type of qualitative descriptive research is used to analyze social events, phenomena, or circumstances. At the place and time in this research, this research is conducted conditionally, because this research only describes creative writing in EFL context. Data sources are anything that can provide information about creative writing in EFL context. The data obtained is secondary data, where data has been collected for purposes other than solving the problem at hand. This data can be found quickly. In this study, the secondary data sources are literature, articles, journals and sites on the internet related to research conducted. Data collection uses literature study techniques where data collection only uses secondary data in testing whether or not the research results obtained about creative writing in EFL context. Thus, this study only uses listening or listening methods, namely listening techniques without engaging proficiently. Analysis in qualitative descriptive research in this study looks for data related to creative writing in EFL context, analyzes important data, compiles or presents data in accordance with research problems in the form of reports, describes data and makes conclusions so that it is easy to understand The data analysis technique used in this research is the interactive model data analysis technique. 6 CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION The article discusses definitions of creative writing and reasons for creative writing's persistent absence from many courses, before moving on to analyse the different ways in which creative writing benefits the L2 learner, drawing evidence from ESL/EFL contexts and previous studies in the fields of writing and developmental psychology. Through the course, I observed learners learning behavior and found several benefits of creative writing for the development of learners’ language and their thinking skills. I started the course with introducing the learners to poem writing. I thought that poem writing was probably a good start since the length was usually not too long. Poem also allows learners to write in chunks of words which might be less threatening for the learners to start writing. Another advantage of creative writing that I found in the learners’ writing is that learners are encouraged to express their emotions. In their journal, learners would prefer to write short poems than their personal comments about what they felt in the form of narrative paragraphs. Poem is probably more preferred by the learners because of its length. Learners do not have to write in long sentences but only with some chosen words that they think could represent what they want to say. Most of their writings talk about their troubles, loneliness, wonderings, shame, regrets, and isolation. Teaching vocabulary in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context is challenging. Incidental vocabulary learning is limited due to a lack of second language (L2) input, and most words are learned through classroom instruction. Overall, research has shown marginal L2 vocabulary growth in many EFL situations. 7 Defining Creative Writing : Poetry. Plays. Movie and television scripts. Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories) Songs. Speeches. Memoirs. Personal essays. Creative writing, a form of artistic expression, draws on the imagination to convey meaning through the use of imagery, narrative, and drama. This is in contrast to analytic or pragmatic forms of writing. This genre includes poetry, fiction (novels, short stories), scripts, screenplays, and creative non-fiction. In this Creative writing also develops creative thoughts, using their imaginations, suggest alternatives, broaden their though process and problem-solving abilities. It also allows the child to show their opinions and develop their voice. It also improves their logical skills. Creative writing is a form of writing where creativity is at the forefront of its purpose through using imagination, creativity, and innovation in order to tell a story through strong written visuals with an emotional impact, like in poetry writing, short story writing, novel writing, and more. It’s often seen as the opposite of journalistic or academic writing. When it comes to writing, there are many different types. As you already know, all writing does not read in the same way. Creative writing uses senses and emotions in order to create a strong visual in the reader’s mind whereas other forms of writing typically only leave the reader with facts and information instead of emotional intrigue. As you can see, some nonfiction types of writing can also be considered creative writing. Memoirs and personal essays, for example, 8 can be written creatively to inform your readers about your life in an expressive way. Because these types are written in first person, it's easier for them to be creative. Techniques used in creative writing include : Character development Plot development Vivid setting Underlying theme Point of view Dialogue Anecdotes Metaphors and similes Figures of speech Imaginative language Emotional appeal Heavy description Rather than only giving information or inciting the reader to make an action beneficial to the writer, creative writing is written to entertain or educate someone, to spread awareness about something or someone, or to express one’s thoughts. There are two kinds of creative writing: good and bad, effective and ineffective. Bad, ineffective creative writing cannot make any impression on the reader. It won’t achieve its purpose. There are four main types of writing : expository, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive. Just because you love writing, that doesn't mean you'll enjoy studying it. That's ok - studying Creative Writing is much more academic than many people think. It's also much more difficult. To study it, you must have a never ending supply of ideas that you can dip in and out of at any time. 7 Benefits of Creative Writing Exercises is : Building Confidence. 9 Artistic Self-Expression. Thought Clarification. Better Understanding of the Mechanics of Reading and Writing. Empathy and Communication Skills. Better Mental, Emotional, and Physical Health. Creative writing is writing that expresses the writer's thoughts and feelings in an imaginative, often unique, and poetic way. Creative writing is guided more by the writer's need to express feelings and ideas than by restrictive demands of factual and logical progression of expository writing. 10 REFERENCES Burns, A. (2010). Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching: A guide for practitioners. London: Routldedge. Gorman, T.P. 1979. The Teaching of Composition. In M. Celce-Murcia and L. McIntosh (Eds.), Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. (pp. 189-202). Rowley, Mass., USA: W.W. Norton. Harmer, J. 2001. The Practice of Language Teaching. London: Longman. Hyland, K. 2003. Second Language Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 11
