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Discourse and Creativity Issues in EFL Creative Writing on Facebook

Discourse and Creativity Issues in EFL Creative Writing on Facebook

Reima Al-Jarf
Copyright: © 2015 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 28
ISSN: 2155-5028|EISSN: 2155-5036|EISBN13: 9781466679597|DOI: 10.4018/IJSSS.2015010103
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Al-Jarf, Reima. "Discourse and Creativity Issues in EFL Creative Writing on Facebook." IJSSS vol.4, no.1 2015: pp.54-81. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSS.2015010103

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Al-Jarf, R. (2015). Discourse and Creativity Issues in EFL Creative Writing on Facebook. International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS), 4(1), 54-81. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSS.2015010103

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Al-Jarf, Reima. "Discourse and Creativity Issues in EFL Creative Writing on Facebook," International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) 4, no.1: 54-81. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSS.2015010103

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Abstract

Social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, have been used by young Arabs for many purposes such as reporting breaking news, posting special events, launching political campaigns, announcing family gatherings and sending seasons' greetings. Another emerging type of timeline posts is creative writing in English. Some Arab Facebook users post lines of verse, short anecdotes or points of view, express emotions, personal experiences, and/or inspirational stories or sayings written in literary style. A sample of Facebook creative writing pages/clubs, and creative timeline posts was collected and analyzed to find out the forms and themes of creative writing texts. A sample of Facebook Arab creative writers was also surveyed to find out the reasons for their creative writing activities in English. This article describes the data collection and analysis procedures, and reports results quantitatively and qualitatively. Implications for developing creative writing skills in foreign/second language learners using Facebook are given.

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