VISUAL MATERIALS TO INCREASE MOTIVATION FOR CREATIVE WRITING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The present article considers the motivation for Creative writing in a foreign language. Even such techniques of Creative writing as Automatic writing and Free Writing do not motivate some students to write creative texts. We see the solution to this methodology problem in employing visual materials. We organized a questionnaire for third- and fourthyear Linguistics students of the Humanitarian Department at Novosibirsk State Technical University. According to the questionnaire 54 % respondents need visual materials for writing creative texts. The purposes of research are to study the selection criteria of visual materials and to consider the possibilities for using them in a Creative writing process (in particular at German lessons at non-linguistic universities). Finally, the key findings are analyzed.