Developing Foreign Language Skills, Competence and Identity through a Collaborative Creative Writing Project

Autor/in	Feuer, Avital
Titel	Developing Foreign Language Skills, Competence and Identity through a Collaborative Creative Writing Project
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 24 (2011) 2, S.125-139 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
Schlagwörter	Jews; Creative Writing; Speech Skills; Language Skills; Language Proficiency; Collaborative Writing; Self Concept; Semitic Languages; Second Language Learning; Interviews; Content Analysis; Instructional Effectiveness; College Students; Writing Instruction; Student Projects; Student Attitudes; Brainstorming; Maryland; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Kreatives Schreiben; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Language skills; Selbstkonzept; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Inhaltsanalyse; Unterrichtserfolg; Collegestudent; Schreibunterricht; Schulprojekt; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study examined the effects of a collaborative creative writing project on identity formation and overall language proficiency development among advanced Hebrew students. In an exercise called "The Zoning Committee", college students created the fictional Israeli-American town of Beit Shemesh, located in northern Michigan. Qualitative data collection methods consisting of semi-structured group interviews, observation and text analysis of story drafts showed that the writing project gave students an opportunity to explore significant issues about the Jewish community and their personal lives as manifested in themes and motifs in their fiction. In addition to the social and intrapersonal benefits, the project was beneficial to language proficiency development: it increased confidence and classroom morale, required strategy use, improved writing level and honed listening and speaking skills. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10