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Integrating creativity into an English as a foreign language reading classroom
Author(s) -
Chen Cheryl Weiyu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
tesol journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1949-3533
pISSN - 1056-7941
DOI - 10.1002/tesj.384
Subject(s) - creativity , reading (process) , foreign language , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , language education , extensive reading , language assessment , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , social psychology , philosophy
This article describes how creativity is integrated into an English as a foreign language ( EFL ) reading classroom for a class of adolescent readers in Taiwan. The chosen focal material was a book called Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber, and the four language learning units in which creativity was infused were (1) dramatic reading; (2) watching relevant videos; (3) poster sessions; and (4) writing possible plots for the sequel. Student works were included to showcase students’ creativity and how the units were closely connected to language learning. It is hoped that more language teachers will integrate creative elements into their teaching to transform their teaching and classrooms.