This paper (1) introduces an innovative way of improving EFL learners’ thinking strategies and their writing skills, (2) represents possibilities in the organic blending of Western educational principles and literary classics with the actual teaching of English creative writing in China, and (3) opens up broad prospects for direct intercultural communication between and among learners and users of English all over the world. This paper examines English creative writing as taught to EFL learners in China, touching upon the relevant teaching rationales and methods, and the stepped learning procedures of comprehension, imitation and creation. My students’ creative writing outcomes showcase their sensitiveness, imaginativeness and creativeness. The uniqueness and significance of a well-structured English creative writing course just lie in the fact that it follows the general line of humanistic education; it enhances the overall quality of EFL learners’ self-expression in English. At its best, an English creative writing course might help EFL learners create an eye for beauty, a taste for verbal art, and a voice of self-expression for themselves; it might also help them create links between writers and readers, between feelings and meanings; it might help them create channels of intercultural communication as well.
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CREATIVE WRITING AND ENGLISH LEARNING CREATIVE WRITING AND SYSTEMATIC TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING AND SELF-EXPRESSION TOWARDS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
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Sui Gang [ Beijing Second Foreign Language University, China ]
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.