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VARIANT – 17
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Project and its types.
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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).
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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