Effects of creative writing instruction using drama techniques on English creative writing ability of upper secondary school students

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study the effects of Creative Writing Instruction Using Drama Techniques on English creative writing ability of upper secondary school students and 2) to explore upper secondary school students’ opinions towards learning English through Creative Writing Instruction Using Drama Techniques. The sample included 20 upper secondary school students who were members of English Club of Triam Udom Suksa School in the first semester academic year 2015. The instruments were a pre-test prior to using the Creative Writing Instruction Using Drama-Techniques, a lesson plan, and a post-test after using the instruction, as well as a semi-structured focus group interview. The statistics used for analysis were descriptive statistics: mean scores, S.D., and dependent t-test were used to analyze students’ English creative writing ability. Interview questions were analyzed by using content analysis. The findings of the study revealed that; 1) English creative writing ability posttest mean scores of the students were higher than the pretest mean scores at the significant level of .05. and 2) students had positive opinions towards Creative Writing Instruction Using Drama Techniques.