This course will first review the communicative approach to language teaching. While building upon students’ existing knowledge of language teaching and introducing to them categories and samples of creative activities that encourage ESL/EFL learners’ fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality, the course aims at cultivating in students the concept of creativity in language teaching and developing their competence in designing English lessons with creative ideas and fun but without sacrificing the important element of meaningful practice of target language items or language skills. The course will provide students with hands-on experience in planning and conducting creative English lessons through the development of teaching plans and micro-teaching.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Review the communicative approach to language teaching and examine how creative elements can be introduced into the English language lesson.
CILO-2: Explain the principles for creative task design and use these principles in developing language activities.
CILO-3: Design a feasible creative language task with the use of authentic materials and resources and explain the design with a sound rationale.
CILO-4: Work in groups, design and conduct an English lesson that consists of some meaningful, creative components.
CILO-5: Observe and critique an English lesson conducted by their peers in other groups.