The Potential of RAFT Strategy for Improving Jordanian EFL Students' Creative Writing

• Authors: Na'ela Jumah Al-Mahdawi , Oqla Mahmoud Al-Smadi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examines the potential effect of RAFT strategy on Jordanian EFL Eleventh-grade students' creative writing. A sample of Eleventh-grade students was purposefully selected from a secondary school in Irbid. The experimental group (n=25) was taught using a RAFT strategy whereas the control group (n= 25) was taught conventionally based on Teacher Book of Action Pack 11. For data collection, a creative writing pre/post- test was used. The findings reveal statistically significant differences in students’ means scores in the creative writing post test, in favor of the experimental group which may be attributed to RAFT strategy.

DE

Der Band enthält die Abstracts ausschließlich in englischer Sprache.

FR

L'article contient uniquement les résumés en anglais.

Keywords

EN

RAFT Strategy; Creative Writing; Jordanian EFL Students

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FR

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2019

online

2019-12-30

Contributors

author

Na'ela Jumah Al-Mahdawi

author

Oqla Mahmoud Al-Smadi

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/lsmll.2019.43.4.105-113