Towards creativity in ELT: the need to say something new.

Autor/in	Tin, Tan Bee
Titel	Towards creativity in ELT: the need to say something new.
Quelle	In: ELT journal, 67 (2013) 4, S. 385-397 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen 1; Literaturangaben; Tabellen 1
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8290; 0307-8337; 0951-0893; 1477-4526
DOI	10.1093/elt/cct022
Schlagwörter	Kreativität; Methodik; Kommunikativer Ansatz; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachgefühl; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Aufgabenstellung
Abstract	What lies at the centre of the evolution of human language, according to complex/dynamic theory, is the need for humans to innovate and use language to construct new meaning. Language evolution studies propose that language grows in complexity over time to deal with complex tasks. Language goes through a trajectory of change in accordance with the needs of language users as they innovate complex language to handle complex tasks and communicate new meanings. However, in many language learning tasks used in research and language teaching, language is employed primarily to express 'known meaning' rather than to construct 'unknown meaning'. In order to increase the learner's desire to explore and retrieve less accessible language within and beyond their Zone of Proximal Development, this paper discusses how language learning tasks can be transformed into creative tasks. It proposes two conditions that facilitate creativity: the use of multicultural experiences and constraints. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2