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Description
This study explores the use of creative writing and children’s literature to enhance English for Specific Purposes (ESP) competence among graphic design students. English proficiency is an essential competence in the creative industries. This study investigates the integration of creative writing and children’s literature as innovative approaches in ESP learning.
Using a qualitative descriptive method, the research examines students’ participation in creating a children’s storybook. This activity includes story writing, visual storytelling, and message delivery for children readers. The findings reveal that the integration of creative writing and children’s literature improves students’ writing skills, vocabulary mastery, and creative expression in English.
This study concludes that creative writing and children’s literature can serve as effective pedagogical tools for enhancing ESP competence among graphic design students. These approaches foster language development, creativity, and writing skills relevant to the creative industry. Integrating literary and creative practices into ESP instruction offers meaningful and engaging learning experiences for students in visual communication and graphic design programs.
Biography
Presenter’s Name: Epata Puji Astuti, S.S, M.A
Email: epatapuji@usd.ac.id
Cellphone number: +6285649109641
Affiliation: English Letters Department, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta, INDONESIA
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Epata Puji Astuti is a lecturer in English Letters Department, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta. She was born in Madiun, on December 5, t1988. She is a public speaking enthusiast and is interested in literature, especially ecocriticism and gender studies. She earned her bachelor’s degree in the English Letters Department of Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, and completed her master's degree in Literature at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Some of her previous researchers are Colonial Representation of Caribbean in Rosaliene Bacchus’ Haiku Poems (2021), Ecological Consciousness in the Children’s Literatures One Small Hop, The Leaf Detective, and One Plastic Bag (2023), Challenging Patriarchal Culture of Taliban Regime: A Woman Struggle as Seen in Homeira Qaderi’s Dancing in The Mosque (2023). She published books entitled Speaking is Fun (2020) and Public Speaking: From Fear to Fun (2021).
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