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CATEGORIES:Second Language Education Group
SUMMARY:Creativity in the languages classroom: Learners' r
 esponses to literary text - Dr.Linda Fisher\, Univ
 ersity of Cambridge \, Professor Suzanne Graham\, 
 Reading University
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190128T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190128T183000
UID:TALK112990AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/112990
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation we examine what it might mean
  to be creative in the languages classroom. We rep
 ort on an empirical project with school-age langua
 ge students in the UK\, investigating the effects 
 of text type and teaching approach on learning out
 comes and on attitudes. For many years younger lea
 rners in the UK have been exposed to mainly transa
 ctional language in which the figurative has been 
 stripped away. We were interested in seeing how le
 arners reacted to different types of text\, includ
 ing poetry\, and the outcomes when the learners we
 re exposed to different teaching approaches\, some
  of which aimed explicitly to prompt creative resp
 onses. We present some of our findings\, including
  those which suggest that the rate of vocabulary d
 evelopment can be improved through creative approa
 ches\, while attitudes towards language teaching\,
  whether within a traditional or creative conditio
 n\, remain mixed. 
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB2 8PQ\, Room 1S3
CONTACT:Ann Waterman
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