Full Description
Current, comprehensive, and authoritative, this text gives language teachers and researchers, both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and practices that can be applied to making their lessons more creative. Providing an overview of the nature of creativity and its role in second language education, it brings together twenty prominent language teachers and researchers with expertise in different aspects of creativity and teaching contexts to present a range of theories on both creative processes and how these processes lead to creative practices in language teaching.
Unique in the field, the book takes a broader and more critical look at the notion of creativity in language learning, exploring its linguistic, cognitive, sociocultural and pedagogic dimensions. Structured in four sections— theoretical perspectives, creativity in the classroom, creativity in the curriculum, and creativity in teacher development—each chapter is supplemented by Questions for Discussion and Suggestions for Further Research. Its accessible style makes the book relevant as both a course text and a resource for practicing teachers.
Contents
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Creativity and Language Teaching
Rodney H. Jones and Jack C. Richards
Section One: Theoretical Perspectives
2. Language and Creativity
Rodney H. Jones
3. Creativity and Language Learning
Rod Ellis
4. Conceptualizing Creativity and Culture in Language Teaching
Karen Densky
5. The Vexed Nature of Language Teaching and Learning
James Paul Gee
6. Translating Writing Worlds: Writing as a Poet, Writing as an Academic
Jane Spiro and Sue Dymoke
Section Two: Creativity in the Classroom
7. Exploring Creativity in Language Teaching
Jack C. Richards and Sara Cotterall
8. Creativity in Language Teaching: Voices from the Classroom
Simon Coffey and Constant Leung
9. Creativity through Inquiry Dialogue
Philip Chappell
10. Critical Creativity and Multilingual Texts
Julie Choi
Section Three: Creativity in the Curriculum
11. Creativity in the Curriculum
Kathleen Graves
12. Creativity and Technology in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Alice Chik
13. Creativity in Language Teaching in the Disciplines
Christiph A. Hafner
Section Four: Creativity in Teacher Development
14. Conversations about Creativity: Connecting the New to the Known through Images, Objects and Games
Kathleen M. Bailey and Anita Krishnan
15. Creativity as Resistance: Implications for Language Teaching and Teacher Education
Susan Ollerhead and Anne Burns
16. Cultivating Creative Teaching via Narrative Inquiry
Cynthia Nelson
List of Contributors
