Almost little is known about creative writing. In this research, creative writing has been introduced as an alternative to academic writing. The aims were to introduce creative writing as an alternative to academic writing to boost the participants...

in this study the effect of collocation structures on writing skills of a group of Iranian EFl learners were experimentally checked and results showed positive impact on the process of writing....

The present study seeks to introduce and investigate an approach to teaching writing in the EFL classroom which draws heavily on the use of formulaic expressions. In contrast to its predecessors, this approach includes both the application...

Abstract



Instructors teaching writing in the EFL setting either choose to introduce the language necessary for writing (grammar, vocabulary, language use) or focus on the process of writing and attend to matters such as content...

As Leki and Carson (1994) emphasize: \\"ability to write well is necessary both to achieve academic

success and to demonstrate that achievement\\" (p. 83). However, how the information is presented in a piece of writing is also important...

of educational, institutional, and personal contexts: narration and exposition. Based on a language proficiency test, and comparison of the students’ writings in the pilot study, out of 80 senior EFL learners, 30 were chosen and defined as more proficient...