INTEGRATING CREATIVE WRITING INTO THE ASSIGNMENTS TO REDUCE FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING ANXIETY

The procedure of learning a language should best start with listening, speaking, reading and last come writing. This explains why the vast majority of foreign language learners in general and English learners in particular consider writing as the most intricate and time-consuming skill to master. A myriad of research on the issue of second/foreign language writing anxiety has been conducted and a corresponding number of solutions have been proposed. A Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory was even formulated. This action research is to recommend the creative writing method which the author employed in her own class with 33 students of the fast-track program. The procedure lasts 12 weeks and the end-products are 12 extensive reading texts attached with a vocabulary table and four creative stories. The findings suggest that the employment of creative writing (in particular story writing) does facilitate in the substantial reduction of learner writing anxiety.