Variant – 1 Three basic concepts of science.

VARIANT – 17 
1. 
Requirements for the choice and formulation of the topic. 
(give short information about each 
of them)
2. 
Project and its types.

3.
Write keywords and abstract for the following article: 
The English Creative Writing course is originated from the traditional college English course, 
which involves teaching reading and writing specifically. Our English creative writing course 
is an innovation of the traditional course model based on some western theories about creative 
writing. As writing is closely related to reading, our course also prepares a lot of reading 
materials for students. Based on the reading materials, students are asked to write according to 
the given subjects.
In western countries, creative writing has a history of more than 80 years and a relatively 
mature and complete discipline system has been formed. The rapid development of economy 
and culture also promotes various creative industries, which are directly related to creative 
writing. At the same time, inviting writers as visiting professors in university provides an 
excellent environment for students to master writing knowledge and produce professional 
works. Lots of graduates choose to work in writing industries and be devoted to cultivating 
more writing talents, forming an effective circle for student cultivation.
Our course attempts to apply western creative writing pattern to our teaching methods and 
course design. This paper analyzes the national standards for college English teaching and the 
levels and needs of the students in Beijing International Studies University (BISU) and makes 
a survey about the feasibility and effect of creative writing teaching. Contrasted with the 
practice of other universities in China, we aim to find the proper pattern to teach and develop 
our own course better. Based on the students’ feedbacks, we will give some solutions and 
make some adjustments for future course design. 
The idea of creative writing originates from the University of Iowa, which is considered the 
source of creative writing teaching. In this university, there is also an International Writing 
Program every year to invite worldwide writers to write, communicate and introduce their 
works. The development of creative writing is a great success in America. The Association of 
Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), founded in 1967, is the oldest and largest creative writing 
association (Dai, 2019, p.64).
The creative writing was officially identified as a discipline in the United States since early 
times. In 1936, the Iowa’s writing program began to provide students with MFA degree and 
the graduates cultivated also made a lot of contributions to more creative writing programs in 
education career. American creative writing also played more social functions after the Second 
World War. The prosperity of the cultural industry has become a new driving force for the 
development of creative writing (An, 2020). 

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In China, creative writing has a history of more than 10 years, and it is still in the early stage of 
development. Universities like Fudan University, Shanghai University, Renmin University of 
China have started relevant creative teaching and practice. Although some universities have set 
the bachelor’s degree or the master’s degree for creative writing, the discipline system of 
creative writing is still not formed. Creative writing in China still needs to undergo localization 
development to achieve success (Song, 2019, p.79). Recently, the Ministry of Education made 
some new adjustments and standards for college English classes. From the documents, College 
English Curriculum Requirements (2020) and the Evaluation Index System of College 
Education and Teaching (2021), some new requirements for college English teaching can be 
concluded. First, classroom teaching should be learner-centered and teacher-oriented. In 
traditional college English classes, the teacher plays the dominant role, inculcating all the 
knowledge to students. As the result of such traditional pattern, students’ enthusiasm and 
participation in class are not very high and their abilities have not improved much. Therefore, 
the transformation of classroom model is inevitable. Students should be in the center of the 
class, with the teacher as the guidance role. For example, some teaching content can be handed 
over to students in advance. Then, they will make some preparations to present at class. In the 
process of preparation and presentation, various kinds of abilities are exercised, like self-study, 
analysis, and summarization. The teacher’s role is to point the direction and answering doubts 
when students meet some difficulties. 
Contrasted with traditional English writing, creative writing has more advantages in terms of 
students’ participation, ability cultivation and higher-order thinking methods. The workshop 
model is a good way to implement creative writing course. Previous studies also proved the 
effects of this model. Lensmire (1994) applied the theory and practice of writing workshop 
approaches to a third-grade classroom and got good course effects. During the class, the 
construction of community between the teacher and students was crucial to learning. Our 
course is designed to let students discuss and do peer-reviews, which also reflects the idea of 
learning community. Within the community, all people can express their own ideas and discuss 
together to find better solutions. From the students’ feedbacks, most students are satisfied with 
such class model and speak highly of the course effects in improving their thinking abilities.
In addition, creative writing in China still has a long way to go. For tertiary level education, 
more connections need to be made with industries. Students should be conscious to publicize 
their works and know more about industry demand in order to learn more efficiently. Under 
the background of new liberal arts, creative writing can develop according to national 
situations and needs. At the same time, the construction of creative writing discipline system 
should be emphasized. It is not enough that only several universities focus on creative writing 
studies. Only from the perspective of discipline can teachers and students realize the 
importance of creative writing. 

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