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IMPACT OF CREATIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES AS THE PEDAGOGICAL INTERVENTION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITING SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PAKISTANI UNIVERS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).07      10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).07      Published : Mar 2022

Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities

Abstract

    This study unfolds the impact of creative writing technique on improving the writing skills of a public sector university’ fifty undergraduates studying English language-related course, but their writing skills' proficiency is not up to the mark because of their use of L1 in learning other courses. The researchers held a pre-test to know grammatical, spelling, and overall syntactical errors. Later on, a series of lectures on how to minimize errors in English by using L2 was organized and eventually, a post-test was taken to know the results of the creative writing technique as a pedagogical intervention on learners’ writing skills. The findings reflect that the creative writing technique as a pedagogical intervention in L2 improves writing skills of the students at the undergraduate level if the use of L1 is minimized. In the light of the results, the study suggests that this approach is helpful in improving undergraduates’ English Language writing proficiency.

    Creative Writing Technique, Pedagogical Intervention, L2, Writing Skills

    (1) Abdul Rahman
    PhD Scholar in English (Linguistics), Department of English, Division of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Humaira Irfan
    Associate Professor of English, Department of English, Division of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Rahman, A., & Irfan, H. (2022). Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities. Global Language Review, VII(I), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).07

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Rahman, Abdul, and Humaira Irfan. 2022. "Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities." Global Language Review, VII (I): 71-79 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).07

HARVARD

    HARVARD : RAHMAN, A. & IRFAN, H. 2022. Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities. Global Language Review, VII, 71-79.

MHRA

    MHRA : Rahman, Abdul, and Humaira Irfan. 2022. "Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities." Global Language Review, VII: 71-79

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    MLA : Rahman, Abdul, and Humaira Irfan. "Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities." Global Language Review, VII.I (2022): 71-79 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Rahman, Abdul and Irfan, Humaira (2022), "Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities", Global Language Review, VII (I), 71-79

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Rahman, Abdul, and Humaira Irfan. "Impact of Creative Writing Techniques as the Pedagogical Intervention on English Language Writing Skills of Undergraduate Students in Pakistani Universities." Global Language Review VII, no. I (2022): 71-79. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).07