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Creative approach to language teaching: From flexible sylabus to students´ autonomy

ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor

Basic information

Original name

Creative approach to language teaching: From flexible sylabus to students´ autonomy

Authors

ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cutting Edges Research Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2014

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Presentations at conferences

Field of Study

Pedagogy and education

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/14:00079075

Organization

Centrum jazykového vzdělávání – Repository – Repository

Keywords (in Czech)

tvořivost; CALT; jazykové vzdělávání; autonomie; výukové styly

Keywords in English

creativity; CALT; language teaching; autonomy; learning styles; teaching styles

Links

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0233, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 2/9/2020 00:47, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

V originále

This paper shares experience with an implementation of Creative Approach to Language Teaching (CALT) to university setting. It presents creativity (M. Csikszentmihalyi, K. Robinson, J.P.Gilford, E. de Bono) as an integral part of the language learning process and addresses questions of creative situations, processes and barriers, focusing on students' autonomy and their contribution to a course development. Masaryk University Language Centre, the leading language learning institution in the country, has been testing, analysing and implementing CALT in diverse courses since 2009. Our findings indicate that teachers using CALT methods prefer adopting roles of language facilitators, guides and advisers. They tend to share negotiated responsibilities with the rest of the learning community-of-practice and provide a more creative, flexible and dynamic environment for students who are allowed to become natural co-authors and engaged creators of more autonomous language learning tasks. This paper brings practical examples of successfully implemented activities and concepts.
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