Abstract
The creative writing is very important for students; where it develops their imagination and helps them choose the vocabulary in which to express their ideas. The RAFT strategy is useful to develop students' creative writing skills. The current research aimed to identify the effectiveness of the RAFT strategy in developing the creative writing skills of eighth-grade students in public schools in the State of Qatar. The research sample consisted of two groups: the controlled group and the experimental one. Each group contained (46) male and female students from the eighth grade. The RAFT strategy was applied to the experimental group students. The traditional method was also applied to the students of the control group. The students of the two groups were also pre-and post-tested in the creative writing skills test. The results of the research revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the students of the control group and students of the experimental group in the post-test of creative writing in favour of the experimental group. The research also recommended employing the RAFT strategy to develop creative writing skills in different educational stages. Keywords: RAFT strategy - creative writing - Arabic language DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-32-03 Publication date: November 30 th 2021
Highlights
The environment around children is an important factor for children to acquire their first language
The researchers used the Independent Samples T-Test to test the validity of this hypothesis, and to determine the significance of the differences between the mean scores of the students of the control group and students of the experimental group in the creative writing pre-test, the results came as in the following table: Table (2) "T" value and levels of significance of the differences between the scores of the control group students and the experimental group students of in the pre-test for creative writing (n = 92)
The questionnaire was modified to contain (18) skills. These skills were divided into five areas of creative writing skills, and they are presented in Table (3): Table (3) List of creative writing skills for eighth grade students
Summary
The environment around children is an important factor for children to acquire their first language. Schools give a great interest in developing listening and speaking skills, in addition to teaching reading and writing in the early educational stages. Children are prepared to learn to read and write within the environment around them. A new stage in teaching children’s different concepts and language skills begins and children are prepared educationally and linguistically to learn reading and writing. The development of students' creative linguistic performance skills is in line with the nature and characteristics of the Arabic language. Students’ writing is an area that is increasingly overlooked day by day This cannot be avoided unless the teacher carefully reads everything the students wrote and comments on their writings (Hilfish & Smith, 2012). Creative writing is one of the most important language skills as it expresses feelings and feelings clearly. Students don't just share their thoughts; rather, they must choose the appropriate vocabulary to express these thoughts. (Anggraini& Usman, 2017, 20)
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