Unpacking Creativity for Language Teaching

In this book, creativity is unravelled from various perspectives and the relevance for language teaching and learning is explored. Based on the author's own practice and research over two decades, the book serves as an important contribution for students, teachers and scholars in applied linguistics, language teaching, and education.

Before unlocking creativity, we must first unpack what it means. In this book, creativity is unravelled from various perspectives and the relevance for language teaching and learning is explored.

Tin offers a coherent discussion of creativity, adopting an inclusive and integrated but, at the same time, focused approach to creativity. Divided into 12 chapters, the book covers:

• A critical review of the way the term 'creativity' is used, defined and written about in various disciplines
• Various models and theories of creativity, the product- and process-oriented views of creativity and their relevance for language teaching
• Three pillars on which creative language pedagogy should be based

• Over 60 practical tasks, applying theoretical arguments and principles of creativity to language teaching and learning Based on the author's own practice and research on creativity over the last two decades, the book provides exciting new ideas for scholars and practitioners interested in creativity and creative language pedagogy. The book serves as an important contribution for students, teachers and scholars in the field of applied linguistics, language teaching and education.

  Autorentext

Tan Bee Tin is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Unpacking creativity and aims of the book 2. The language of creativity: Exploring the terminological landscape of creativity 3. Creativity as an inclusive term: Locating its common core 4. Heuristics and creativity 5. Constraints and creativity 6. Algorithms and creativity 7. The discourse of creativity in language teaching publications (2012-2018) 8. Segmentation of creativity from a linguistic perspective (From language of creativity to creativity of language) 9. View of language and creative language pedagogy 10. View of language learning and creative language pedagogy 11. View of language teaching and creative language pedagogy 12. Conclusion: Unpacking creativity for language teaching and learning Epilogue. My creativity journey: My journey to the West - to creativity