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The chapter sets out some of the pore-requisites for more creative teaching. It first outlines what creative teachers do and moves on to list the relevant motivational strategies described by Dörnyei. It also reviews the eight key factors of Read’s Reflective Teacher Wheel. It then presents our own key, practical strategies for achieving a creative climate in the classroom. These reflect the discussion in earlier parts of the book: the importance of atmosphere, using task constraints, offering variety, using aesthetic inputs, using humour and surprise, publishing student work, developing observation and curiosity, giving helpful feedback, ensuring activities are done regularly, offering a role model, setting high expectations, applying the principles of Acknowledge, Listen, Challenge, Support. Many of these are intangibles but no less important for that.
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Maley, A., Kiss, T. (2018). Pre-conditions for Classroom Creativity. In: Creativity and English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46729-4_10
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