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Although scenarios have received increasing attention and advocacy in different fields mainly in future studies and education over the past decades, there has been little attention given to scenario-based instruction that focuses on scenarios as a strategy/method to develop language skills. This study addresses the use of scenario writing in education (TEFL) and the conditions required to develop and run a successful instructional programme using scenarios. A scenario-based programme for FEL postgraduate students (n = 5) - the participants of the study - was developed hypothesizing relationships between scenarios and four aspects of creative writing fluency: Ideas, development, coherence and plausibility. The objectives of the programme for the participants were three fold; the production of scenario in different frames, the process they underwent, which involved planning, analysis, creativity and reflection, and the product of creative writing. The study sample were asked to respond to a 4- situation test pre- and post-administering the scenario-based programme. Data analysis revealed that the use of scenario-based instruction has been found to develop creative writing. Some educational implications and suggestions for further research relating to the study results were provided.
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