Creative Writing Workshop 2014

Creative Writingand

Language Teaching

Malu Sciamarelli

Creative writing is personal writing where the purpose is to express thoughts, feelings and emotions rather than simply convey information accurately, effectively and appropriately. It is expressed in an imaginative, unique and sometimes poetic way.

Creative Writing

Planning Drafting

RevisingEditing

The Writing Process

Paper hat

A process through which something new brings about the demise of whatever existed before. Something new kills something older.

Joseph Schumpeter

Creative Destruction

Classroom

- environment free of pre-concepts- writing is not the most difficult skill for L2 learners to master- create new practices- motivate students to want to express themselves through writing

"If I were to teach a child the beauty of music, I wouldn't start with a musical score. We would listen together to the most pleasant melodies and I would tell them about the instruments which make the music. Then, amazed with the beauty of music, they themselves would ask me to teach them the mystery of those little black dots written on five lines. Because these little black dots are only tools for the musical production. The experience of beauty must come first."

Rubem Alves

New model of paper hat

CreativeDestruction

CreativeEnvironment

Generation of ideasWriting

PeerCritique

Revising/Editing

Post Writing

The Creative Writing Process Approach

(Malu Sciamarelli)

Activity

CreativeDestruction

CreativeEnvironment

Generation of ideasWriting

PeerCritique

Revising/Editing

Post Writing

The Creative Writing Process Approach

(Malu Sciamarelli)

Benefits for learners:

Language development

Willingness to play with language

Increase self-confidence and self-esteem

Increase motivation

Students become more creative readers

And for teachers?

Not only models, but co-writers

Keep English fresh and vibrant

CW teachers tend to be more interesting to be around --> relationship with students

CW teachers tend to be better teachers of writing in general

Malu Sciamarelli

Email:[email protected]

Website:www.malusciamarelli.com

Asian English Language Teachers' Creative Writing Project:http://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/cw/1.html

The C Group:http://thecreativitygroup.weebly.com