EFFECTS OF USING ONLINE CREATIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION ON MATHAYOM 1 STUDENTS' CREATIVE WRITING ABILITY

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate two objectives including: 1) to compare mathayom 1 students’ creative writing ability after taking the online creative writing instruction (OCWI) and face-to-face creative writing instruction (FCWI); 2) to explore mathayom 1 students’ motivation after taking the OCWI and FCWI. The instruments used in this study were a paper-based creative writing pre-test and a paper-based creative writing post-test, online creative writing instruction, lesson plans for online creative writing instruction and face-to-face creative writing instruction, and motivation questionnaires. The sample in this study was 38 of grade 7 students who were studying in academic year 2014 at Kannasootsuksalai School, Suphan Buri province. The sample was randomly divided into two groups: OCWI group and FCWI group. The results revealed that students’ creative writing ability in both groups was improved due to the experiment. When the OCWI group post-test score was compared with the FCWI group, there was a significant difference in the post-test score in favor of FCWI. When analyzing the scoring traits; Character, Setting, Organization of Plot, Creativity, Sentence Fluency, and Grammar and Spelling, a significant difference was found in Grammar and Spelling trait. However, it was found that OCWI can promote students’ motivation more than FCWI.