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 to writing, which is considered as one of the basic skills in language learning. This research has been carried out with 42 students at B1 level and 24 students at C1 level, a total of 66 students, all of whom attended to Intensive Turkish Courses at Istanbul University Language Center. The creative writing programme has been implemented to the students in the experimental group, B1 level (n=16) and C1 level (n=11), 2 hours per week by the researcher. Control group students , B1 (n=17) and C1 (n=12) level, haven't received any special programme and they continued their regular schedule at the language center. In the research, The pre-test and 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 quantify students' attitudes towards writing " Writing Attitude Scale", which was developed by Susar (2009), was used; and to evaluate their creative writing products "Creative Writing Evaluation Scale" was implemented. Data that has been obtained were analyzed by Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The following conclusions have been observed as a result of the research ; creative writing techniques that have been implemented on B1 and C1 level students of Turkish as a foreign language have affected students' attitudes towards writing positively and have actuated students' self-efficacy perceptions and writing processes. Key words: Creativity, Creative Writing, European Language Portfolio, Turkish as a Foreign Language, Writing