230633 Using Creative (Writing) Techniques in the English L2 Classroom (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)

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Creative writing and other creative activities in the L2 English classroom have immense potential for supporting and promoting language acquisition and mastery of the L2. Rather than being "time-fillers", they can play a central role in language learning and teaching. In this seminar, we will try out a wide range of creative writing and other creative activities and discuss how to implement them effectively in the language classroom.

Bibliography

Nondabula, Nikiwe/Nomlomo, Vuyokazi (2023): Learners’ experiences of creative writing in English First Additional Language: Pedagogical implications. In: Journal for Language Teaching 57, 1, pp. 1–21. DOI: 10.56285/jltVol57iss1a5884.

Skorge, Patricia (2021): Poetry writing in the secondary EFL classroom – digitally triggered and transfigured. In: Bündgens-Kosten J. & Schildhauer P.(Eds.), Englischunterricht in einer digitalisierten Gesellschaft, pp. 57-68. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa.  

Skorge, Patricia (2023): “So I suppose you want to ask me why I spared the werewolves”. Collaborative creative writing as a motor for languaging in the English L2 classroom, using born-digital prompts. PFLB, 5 (3), pp. 282–295. https://doi.org/10.11576/pflb-6390

Skorge, Patricia (2025): Digitally scaffolded creative writing: Empowering participation in the English classroom. In: Schildhauer P., & Bündgens-Kosten J. (Eds.) Diklusion im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Perspektiven auf Teilhabe und digitale Medien (pp. 250-265). Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa.

Thorpe, Ryan (2021): Teaching creative writing to second language learners: A guidebook. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003043492.

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Frequency Weekday Time Format / Place Period  
block Block 10-16 S1-117 09.-13.02.2026

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Module Course Requirements  
23-ANG-VRPS_GymGe Preparation and Reflection of the Teaching Experience Semester ("Praxissemester") Vorbereitung und Reflexion des Praxissemesters (GymGe) FD 1 Teaching English Language and Literature Study requirement
Graded examination
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23-ANG-VRPS_HRSGe Preparation and Reflection of the Teaching Experience Semester ("Praxissemester") Vorbereitung und Reflexion des Praxissemesters (HRSGe) FD 1 Teaching English Language and Literature Study requirement
Graded examination
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For the Studienleistung, participants will work in groups to develop collaborative creative tasks for the secondary English classroom and present these in microteaching sessions towards the end of the week.
A PL is possible in the form of a "Referat mit Ausarbeitung" (based on the materials developed and the microteaching) or a "Projekt mit Ausarbeitung" based on the techniques discussed in the seminar, but not necessarily those presented in the microteaching. Any PL will have to be submitted by 15th March 2026.

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