Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(8), pp. 3484 - 3495
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080823
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Students' Reflective Journals and Creative Writing in EFL


Haya Abdul Rahman Abu Hussein 1,*, Deena Abdul Hameed Al Jamal 2, Imad Sadi 2
1 Department of Languages and Translation, Faculty of Arts, Birzeit University, Palestine
2 Department of Curriculum and Methods of Teaching, Faculty of Education, Yarmouk University, Jordan

ABSTRACT

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of online reflective journals on Birzeit University students' creative writing. The participants of the study were sixty first-year university students. They were chosen randomly from Birzeit University in the second semester of the academic year 2019/2020. The study followed the quasi-experimental design. The participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group (n=30) and a control group (n=30). To carry out the study, the researcher taught her students how to write reflective journals, and she established a closed group on Messenger for her students to write their online reflective journals and share them on the group frequently each time on a different topic. The data about the students' creative writing skills were collected using a creative writing pre/post-test designed by the researcher. The data were analyzed using appropriate quantitative analyses. The results of the study showed that the proposed instructional strategy was effective in improving students' creative writing skills. The results proved that the strategy of online reflective journals has positively affected the components of creative writing (originality, flexibility, fluency, and elaboration).

KEYWORDS
Online Reflective Journals, Creative Writing, Originality, Flexibility, Fluency, Elaboration

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Haya Abdul Rahman Abu Hussein , Deena Abdul Hameed Al Jamal , Imad Sadi , "Students' Reflective Journals and Creative Writing in EFL," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 3484 - 3495, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080823.

(b). APA Format:
Haya Abdul Rahman Abu Hussein , Deena Abdul Hameed Al Jamal , Imad Sadi (2020). Students' Reflective Journals and Creative Writing in EFL. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(8), 3484 - 3495. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080823.