The influence of teaching short story on the development of Iraqi EFL students' creative thinking in the OEC

الملخص EN

The present study investigates the influence of teaching English short story on the development of Iraqi EFL college students' creative thinking.

The sample of the study includes the second year classes of the Open Educational College (OEC) in Al- Diwaniya Governorate.

One class of 24 students has been determined to be control group.

The other class of 23 students has been determined to be experimental.

Upon review of related literature and previous studies, 4 short stories were prepared in the light of stories in the text.

Torrance creative thinking test was adopted upon review of literature and related studies.

Validity and reliability of the tools have been measured.

Applying the pre-test of creative thinking for both control and experimental groups.

The control group has been taught using the traditional way of teaching whereas the experimental group has been taught using modern techniques.

The post--test of creative thinking applied by the end of teaching the assigned stories.

Data was statistically analyzed.

Results have been discussed.

Based on results, recommendations and suggestions have been occurred.