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

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

• Survey of English Literature
• English Language Teacher Education
• Reflective Writing
• Creative Writing
• Intercultural Awareness

İngiliz Edebiyatı İncelemesi ile Yansıtıcı ve Yaratıcı Yazmanın Bütünleştirilmesi: Öğretmen Adaylarında Ses ve Kültürlerarası Farkındalık Geliştirme

Abstract

İngiliz Edebiyatı İncelemesi, İngilizce Öğretmenliği Eğitim müfredatında zorunlu olan iki dönemlik bir alan dersidir. Yabancı dil öğretiminde edebiyatın kullanımına odaklanan başka bir iki dönemlik dersin öncesinde verilen bu ders, kanonik metinler, tarihsel edebi gelenekler ve üslup unsurlarının incelenmesine dayanır ve öğretmen adaylarına temel edebiyat bilgisi ve edebi analiz için temel araçlar sağlamada önemli bir role sahiptir. Bu ders, öğretmen eğitiminde dönüştürücü öğrenme için başka bir önemli ancak henüz kullanılmamış bir potansiyele de sahiptir. Bu makale, yabancı dilde edebiyat çalışmalarına yeni adım atmış öğretmen adaylarının ihtiyaçlarına göre uyarlanmış, edebi analizi yansıtıcı ve yaratıcı yazma uygulamalarıyla bütünleştiren bir pedagojik model olarak TRACE'i önermektedir. Dönüştürücü öğrenme, yansıtıcı uygulama, yaratıcı pedagoji, kültürlerarası dil eğitimi ve öğretmen kimliği teorilerinden yararlanan model, yansıtıcı görevler, edebi metinlerin yaratıcı bir şekilde yeniden hayal edilmesi ve yeniden amaçlandırılması ve kültürlerarasılığa duyarlı etkinlikler yoluyla eleştirel kültürel farkındalık, pedagojik ses ve kültürel empatiyi geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Öğretmen adayları için yeniden yapılandırılmış bir İngiliz Edebiyatı dersinde uygulanmak üzere tasarlanan model, Chaucer, Shakespeare ve Blake gibi yazarların metinleriyle yapılan çalışmaların, kültürlerarası anlayış ve öğretmen kimliği gelişimini desteklemek için pedagojik olarak nasıl yeniden biçimlendirilebileceğini göstermektedir. Makale, modelin gerekçesini, tasarımını ve sınıf uygulamalarını özetleyerek, öğretmen eğitiminde edebiyat ve yansıtıcı uygulamayı birleştirmenin yollarını arayan eğitmenler için tekrarlanabilir bir çerçeve sunmaktadır.

Keywords

• İngiliz Edebiyatı İncelemesi
• İngilizce Öğretmeni Eğitimi
• Yansıtıcı Yazma
• Yaratıcı Yazma
• Kültürlerarası Farkındalık

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