Course: METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING ESL

Instructor: Le Hoang Dung, PhD

Group 5 presentation outline
Topic: Creative Approaches to Writing Materials
PART I: WHAT IS CREATIVITY?

I. What is Creativity?

II. Key Components of Creativity

A. Newness E. Divine

B. Immediacy F. Seeing relationships

C. Respect G. Unpredictable

D. Experiment H. Acceptability

III. Approaches to Creativity

A. H-creativity (Gardner, 1993) - 7 intelligence types (Gardner, 1985)

B. 10 personalities (Csikzentimihalyi, 1996)
C. Social & environmental viewpoint - 3 main factors (Amabile, 1996)

IV. Why do we need Creativity?

A. It is psychologically inevitable. D. It stimulates and motivates.

B. It is also historically inevitable. E. Language use and language learning are

inherently creative processes.
C. It is necessary for survival.

V. Who are the Stakeholders?

A. Material Writers C. Teachers

B. Publishers D. Learners

VI. How has Creativity been Applied?

 “Dogme”
 Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
 Learning aesthetically: music, video, drama, storytelling, etc.
PART 2: IDEAS FOR GENERATING CREATIVE MATERIALS

Part 3: Creativity in teaching

CONCLUSION:

 In developing materials for language teaching

 In teaching and learning
 The obstacles for the creative thinking process.