This is the third in a series of four articles on transforming activities for creativity. The first introduced the concept of creativity in the language classroom.
In this article, Alan Maley talks about how you can organise classroom work to incorporate the four features of creativity. You can also explore the essential elements of creative thinking if you want to get back to the basics. Alan Maley's article connects you to other articles and lesson plans on the topic of creativity.
This webinar focuses on helping teachers, rather than learners, with developing their own creative thinking skills so that they, in turn can do a great job with their learners. There are useful ideas for teacher educators and teachers.
Before we set out and look at some theories and practice for introducing creativity into the language classroom, let's see why it is worth making all this effort.
Watch a recording of the fourth webinar in our 'Creativity' series with Claire Steele and Sarah Smith. This webinar explores giving creative feedback to our learners.
Watch a recording of the sixth and final webinar in our 'creativity' series. Claire Steele and Sarah Smith look at creativity in low-resource contexts.