International Perspectives on Creative Writing in Second Language Education

This volume explores the instructional use of creative writing in secondary and post-secondary contexts to enhance students' language proficiency and expression in English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL).

Autorentext

Bee Chamcharatsri is Associate Professor of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies and English Language and Literature at University of New Mexico, USA.

Atsushi Iida is Associate Professor of English at Gunma University, Japan.

Inhalt

Introduction: Issues and Perspectives in Second Language Creative Writing Part 1: Understanding the Current Place and Potential of Creative Writing in English language Instruction 1. The Shifting Significance of Creative Writing in Composition Pedagogy 2. Expressing emotions through creative writing: A translanguaging approach 3. Emancipatory Assignments for English Language Learning: Toward Deficiency-Free Writing 4. Reconceptualization of English Creative Writing Instruction in Thai Higher Education Part 2: Practicing Creative Writing in English Language Education 5. Fiction Writing and Second-Language Identity 6. English screenwriting as an alternative medium for language learning in a Chinese university EFL classroom: A creative stylistics approach 7. Teaching poetic autoethnography to L2 STEM students in Taiwan 8. Teaching and assessing second language poetry writing in Japan: Exploring challenges and issues through a lens of autoethnography as critical self-reflection 9. Assessing creative writing formatively and summatively with e-Portfolios: A case study in Hong Kong Conclusion: Implications and Future Directions for Second Language Education