A pedagogical stylistic evaluation of creative writing studies in the Department of Communication and Languages at NUST
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2025-04-29
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Namibia University of Science and Technology
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This study was driven by the critical need for creative writing skills through creative writing studies. The current literature teaching methods do not contribute to the enhancement of students’ creative writing skills, as a result, most students are unable to enhance their creative writing skills through literature studies. The Namibia University of Science and Technology main campus in Windhoek conducted a study, which focused on evaluating stylistic pedagogical approaches typically used in literature classrooms to improve students’ creative writing skills. The current study used a mixed research approach following a concurrent triangulation mixed method design through a pragmatic paradigm, which allowed the researcher to interpret the collected data objectively. A questionnaire was utilised to collect data from twenty-three (23) English third-year students and two (2) undergraduate literature course facilitators. Furthermore, a classroom checklist, students’ tests, and review of the current literature syllabus were also used as part of the data collection tools. The collected data were analysed in line with the study objectives following a thematic analysis method. The key findings of the study specified the significant role of pedagogical stylistic approaches towards the enhancement of students’ creative writing skills through literature studies. Creative writing skills enhance students’ abilities to develop character, enrich their vocabulary, understand language context, deepen their thematic knowledge, and improve their sentence constructing and structuring skills, their reading, writing, and imagination skills. Indeed, it also enhances students’ second language acquisition. The results suggested that there are several challenges impeding students from enhancing their creative writing skills through literature studies. These challenges include poor literature teaching methods, failure to use technology for creative writing, and being a creative writing beginner. The study further shed light on the several linguistic strategies that could be implemented in order to enhance students’ creative writing skills through literature studies, namely using technology for creative writing, introducing creative writing courses, reviewing and updating the current curriculum, as well as teaching literature with specific goals targeting some linguistic aspects that would contribute towards language learning.
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THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGLISH AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
SUPERVISOR: PROF. HAILELEUL ZELEKE WOLDEMARIAM
CO – SUPERVISOR: DR. BEVEN KAMWI
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stylistics, HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature, pedagogy, creative writing, pedagogical stylistics, applied linguistics, Namibia
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Kalimbo, S. H. (2025). A pedagogical stylistic evaluation of creative writing studies in the Department of Communication and Languages at NUST [Master's thesis, Namibia University of Science and Technology].