Creative Approach to Language Teaching (CALT): A Way to Explore the Full Potential of Creativity in EAP

ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor. Creative Approach to Language Teaching (CALT): A Way to Explore the Full Potential of Creativity in EAP. In Norwegian Forum for English for Academic Purposes 2016: EAP and Creativity. 2016.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Creative Approach to Language Teaching (CALT): A Way to Explore the Full Potential of Creativity in EAP

Autoři

ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Norwegian Forum for English for Academic Purposes 2016: EAP and Creativity, 2016

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Vyžádané přednášky

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Norsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14640/16:00094060

Organizační jednotka

Centrum jazykového vzdělávání

Klíčová slova česky

kreativita; výuka jazyků; jazyk pro specifické účely; CALT

Klíčová slova anglicky

creativity; language teaching; language for specific purposes; CALT

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Anotace

V originále

A Creative Approach to Language Teaching (CALT) has been developed with the aim to extend a range of methods that help EAP teachers implement creative strategies to their teaching practice. This paper presents CALT as an integral part of EAP courses and addresses questions of creative situations, processes and barriers. The approach is theoretically embedded in a fusion of concepts of M. Csikszentmihalyi, K. Robinson, J.P.Gilford, E. de Bono and B. Krouwel and based on action research carried out at the Masaryk University Language Centre (Brno, Czech Republic) in 2009-2013. The paper offers a practice-oriented insight into the approach, shares examples of activities successfully implemented in EAP teaching that foster creativity in learners and help them become natural and actively engaged co-authors of their own language learning. It also takes a critical look at ways teachers include creativity in their practice, establish more authentic, flexible and dynamic learning environments and accept roles of facilitators, guides and language or skill expert advisors who share negotiated responsibilities with a learning community-of-practice. The aim of the paper is to discuss how creativity equips EAP teachers with strategies that can help learners solve a wider variety of language and communication challenges in academic and expert situations.