The Educational Interrelation of Narrative Creativity and Written Expression Dimensions as an Innovative and Didactic Process in Learning a Foreign Language

Tatjana Portnova, José Luis Ortega-Martín, Félix Zurita-Ortega and Gabriel González-Valero
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Tatjana Portnova: Department of Didactics of Language and Literature, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
José Luis Ortega-Martín: Department of Didactics of Language and Literature, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Félix Zurita-Ortega: Department of Didactics of Musical, Artistic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Gabriel González-Valero: Department of Didactics of Musical, Artistic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-14

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyze the impact of narrative creativity on the subject of written foreign languages in secondary school students. A quasi-experimental longitudinal study was conducted with 117 students of 14–15 years of age in two secondary schools in Andalusia (Spain) with experimental and control groups. The tools used were a writing expression analysis tool designed by the authors and the Creative Imagination for Youngsters Test (Prueba de Imaginación Creativa para Jóvenes, PIC-J). The results showed that the participants of the experimental groups improved in terms of the originality and usage of variables of imaginary elements. We also found gender differences—in favor of female students—in the experimental groups in terms of foreign language improvement during the study. Finally, there was a slight interrelation of students with higher narrative creativity showing greater improvements in their written expression skills.

Keywords: narrative creativity; foreign language learning; written expression; secondary education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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