Integrating Reflective and Creative Writing with English Literature Survey: Cultivating Voice and Intercultural Awareness in Pre-Service Teachers

Authors : Dilek İnal
Pages : 509-524
Doi:10.30613/curesosc.1774863
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Publication Date : 2025-11-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The Survey of English Literature is an obligatory two-semester field course in the English Language Teacher Education curriculum. Preceding another two-semester course that focuses on the use of literature in foreign language teaching, the survey course is grounded in the study of canonical texts, historical literary traditions and stylistic elements, and has considerable importance in providing pre-service teachers with foundational literary knowledge and a basic toolkit for literary analysis. However, it holds another significant yet unexploited potential for transformative learning in teacher education. This article proposes TRACE as a pedagogical model that integrates literary analysis with reflective and creative writing practices, tailored to the needs of pre-service English teachers who have stepped into the realm of literary studies in a foreign language. Drawing on theories of transformative learning, reflective practice, creative pedagogy, intercultural language education and teacher identity, the proposed model aims to foster critical cultural awareness, pedagogical voice, and cultural empathy through reflective tasks, creative reimagining and repurposing of literary texts and interculturality-responsive tasks. Geared for implementation in a restructured English Literature course for pre-service teachers, the model provides engagement with literary texts written by authors such as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Blake in a pedagogically reoriented way to support intercultural insight and teacher identity development. The article outlines the model’s rationale, design and classroom applications, offering a replicable framework for instructors in search of ways to bridge literature and reflective practice in teacher education.
Keywords : İngiliz Edebiyatı İncelemesi, İngilizce Öğretmeni Eğitimi, Yansıtıcı Yazma, Yaratıcı Yazma, Kültürlerarası Farkındalık

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