چکیده (انگلیسی):

Alan Maley is a British, award-winning, internationally-known writer and artist, highly regarded for his unique
observation of life at the turn of the century. He has been involved in English Language Teaching (ELT) for over 50
years. He worked for the British Council in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, China and India and was the Director of
the Bell Educational Trust in Cambridge for 5 years. He later worked in universities in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia
and UK. Alan has published over 40 books and numerous articles. In the following, Dr. Maley answered our questions
on teaching creative writing in academic centers, the relationship between creative writing and language learning, and
the status of creative writing in non-Englishspeaking countries.