The Effects of the Creative Collaborative Short Story Writing Technique on Developing Teacher Candidates’ Writing Skills
| Autor: | KURT, Mustafa, GÜNEYLİ, Ahmet, GÖMEÇ ULU, Ezgi, DİMİLİLER, Çelen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 26, Issue: 101 187-201 Folklor/Edebiyat |
| ISSN: | 1300-7491 2791-6057 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to examine how the collaborative technique influencedundergraduate English Language Teaching students’ writing skills in general andcreative collaborative short story writing skills in particular. The study commencedby investigating the writing background of the students. Then the participantsexperienced an intervention period in which they were taught the creativecollaborative technique and practiced collaborative short story writing. The effects ofthis technique on the participants’ writing skills and their creative collaborative shortstory writing skills were investigated, which was the principal focus of this researchstudy. The study was conducted with a mixed methods research design which isa methodology for conducting research that integrating quantitative and qualitativeresearch with 8 students studying in the English Language Teaching Departmentat Near East University. The students’ short story writings and interview questionswere used as a data collection tools. The textual data that was gathered regarding thewriting background of the senior students was analysed by thematic content analysis,whereas the pre- and post-tests regarding the students’ creative collaborative writingresults were analysed with Wilcoxon test. The findings showed that, even in a shorttime, creative and collaborative story writing activities had a positive effect onwriting success. Moreover, the results revealed that writing success was supportedby performing creative writing in conjunction with group writing activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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