The effects of writing interventions on students` attitude toward writing among the 7th and 9th Form pupils of Tartu Kivilinna School

Abstract

The present thesis aims to discover whether giving students opportunities to engage in creative writing increases their attitude toward writing in general. This topic is important as the Estonian curriculum does not include creative writing, which has been shown to boost students` motivation and aide language acquisition. The three main hypotheses were that giving students the opportunity to write freely would lead to an increase in attitude, that an interesting topic would motivate students and that language level influenced the students` perception of writing.