THE USAGE OF CREATIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

In this research, it has been examined whether the use of creative writing techniques in teaching Turkish as a foreign language can contribute improving writing skills. This research has been carried out with B1 level (n=42) and C1 level (n=24) students, all of whom (N=66) attended to Intensive Turkish Courses at Istanbul University Language Center. This research, which is quantitative, continued 5 weeks and it has been performed on a study group and control group separately. The study group (n=26) were applied the creative writing program, which was designed by the researcher, 2 hours per week. The control group (n=40) wasn’t given any special program, but they continued their regular schedule at the Language Center. In the research, “the pre-test/ post-test control group experimental design” was used. In the process of obtaining data "European Language Portfolio B1 and C1 Levels Written Expression Self-Efficacy Scale" was used. In order to evaluate students' attitudes towards writing the "Writing Attitude Scale", which was developed by Susar Kırmızı (2009), was used; and to evaluate their creative writing products "Creative Writing Evaluation Scale" was applied. The statistical analysis’s, which are Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, have been applied to the collected data. The following conclusions have been observed as a result of the research; creative writing studies that have been implemented on B1 and C1 level students of Turkish as a foreign language have positively affected students' attitudes towards writing and have enhanced students' self-efficacy perceptions and have made efficient the writing processes.