Volume 12, Number 2

Suggestions and Prompts of Foreign Language Activities in Expressive Writing

  Authors

Ioanna Tyrou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

  Abstract

The expressive experience of language learners can be developed and transformed into an enriched, authentic, stimulating and above all autonomous and lasting process through activities that not only enhance language proficiency but also encourage learners to think creatively and express themselves uniquely. Literature and empirical research guides teaching in a variety of interpretive schemes that highlight the uniqueness of each student, improve the communication skills, and allow for a pleasant contact with the language. This paper suggests several activities for creative engagement and unfolding of the imagination and the way of thinking, to cultivate expressive expression and writing in the foreign language.

  Keywords

creative writing, activities, authentic expression, second/foreign language