Creative Writing in Foreign Language Teaching

Kirsten Hinzpeter

ISBN 10: 3656108382 / ISBN 13: 9783656108382

Published by GRIN Verlag, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: The idea of creativity in the classroom first came up in the 1970s as a means of 'Erneuerung, Veränderung [und] Selbstentfaltung' and in order to combat 'Verkrustung, Erstarrung [und] Routine' (Thaler in Klippel 2008: 236). At first merely German lessons were affected by this new trend but soon afterwards it became a part in foreign language teaching as well. Today creative writing is considered by many scholars as an important component of teaching foreign languages. In the following it will be discussed what crea-tive writing actually is and why it is important. Furthermore, the process character and the question how creative writing should be marked will be examined.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creative Writing in Foreign Language Teaching
• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3656108382
• ISBN 13: 9783656108382
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 2D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 2 millimeters depth
• Weight: 40 grams

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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: The idea of creativity in the classroom first came up in the 1970s as a means of "Erneuerung, Veränderung [und] Selbstentfaltung" and in order to combat "Verkrustung, Erstarrung [und] Routine" (Thaler in Klippel 2008: 236). At first merely German lessons were affected by this new trend but soon afterwards it became a part in foreign language teaching as well. Today creative writing is considered by many scholars as an important component of teaching foreign languages. In the following it will be discussed what crea-tive writing actually is and why it is important. Furthermore, the process character and the question how creative writing should be marked will be examined.