Creativity in Language Teaching Perspectives From Research and Practice

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.

About the author

Rodney H. Jones is professor of sociolinguistics and new media at the University of Reading,UK. He has published widely in the areas of discourse analysis and language and creativity. He is editor of The Routledge Handbook of Langauge and Creativity (2016).
Jack C. Richards has had an active career in the Asia Pacific region (Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Hawaii). He has published in the areas of teacher education, methodology, curriculum, and materials development. He is an honorary professor at the University of Sydney and the University of Auckland.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rodney H. Richards Jones
• Assisted by: Rodney H Jones (Editor), Jack C Richards (Editor), Rodney H. Jones (Editor), Jack C. Richards (Editor), Jones Rodney H. (Editor), Richards Jack C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 09.09.2015
• Subject: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology
• EAN: 9781138843653
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84365-3
• Pages: 284
• Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
• Subjects: EDUCATION / General, Education, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, ESL, Language Teaching, TESOL, Street View, Second Language Teaching, teacher development, Language Teacher Development, Electronic Dictionaries, semiotic mediation, creative teaching, James Paul Gee, task based language teaching, inquiry dialogue, IRF, creative language teaching, IRF Pattern, language curriculum development, creative classroom practices, IRF Sequence, creative teachers, CLIL Curriculum, Cynthia D. Nelson, Kathleen M. Bailey, Sue Ollerhead, Christoph A. Hafner, Informal Person, Alice Chik, Constant Leung, Learning Narratives, EFL School, Kathleen Graves, Jack C. Richards, Anne Burns, Formulaic Sequences, Philip Chappell, Karen Densky, Individual Teaching Style, Julie Choi, Multilingual Creativity, creativity in language teaching, Jane Spiro, Australia’s Language, Rod Ellis, Sue Dymoke, language teaching skills, effective language teaching, Anita Krishnan, Rodney Jones, Creative Criticality, Simon Coffey, Elided Responses, Principle Research Questions, Sara Cotterall