Creating a New English: Performance and Creative Writing in EFL Education

This article makes a case for the inclusion of creative writing and performance as necessary and vital parts of university-level EFL curricula. Not only has creative work been shown to have beneficial impacts on both motivation and proficiency in foreign languages, but it also offers ways for students to assert their own identities, cultures, and personalities in opposition to the native speaker bias. Further, the article argues that there is a current lack of resources available for instructors who wish to include creative work as all or part of their EFL syllabi. It ultimately proposes the development of a textbook of creative EFL work that joins poetry, fiction, and performance.