Creativity in foreign language teaching

Developing creativity in foreign language teaching provides students with the opportunity to effectively build language skills as well as increasing their motivation for learning. Practical examples are given using folklore materials (songs, tales, etc.) in learning Russian, as well as contemporary...

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Main Author: Monika Ševečková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation Pro Scientia Publica 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Education Culture and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ojs.jecs.pl/index.php/jecs/article/view/10.15503.jecs20162.180.188/pdf
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spelling doaj-f05e910331624abc87e1f6d044ae05772020-11-25T01:15:29ZengFoundation Pro Scientia PublicaJournal of Education Culture and Society2081-16402081-16402016-09-012016218018810.15503/jecs20162.180.188Creativity in foreign language teachingMonika Ševečková0Masaryk University, Language Centre Komenského nám. 2, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDeveloping creativity in foreign language teaching provides students with the opportunity to effectively build language skills as well as increasing their motivation for learning. Practical examples are given using folklore materials (songs, tales, etc.) in learning Russian, as well as contemporary materials reflecting the culture of Russian speaking countries (films, poems, etc.). As well as increasing their ability in the target foreign language students also acquire factual information (realia) through creative language games. In this paper we describe recent findings in the field and propose possible directions for future research.http://www.ojs.jecs.pl/index.php/jecs/article/view/10.15503.jecs20162.180.188/pdfCognitive linguisticscreativityfolkloreforeign languagegamemotivationpedagogyRussian
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author Monika Ševečková
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Creativity in foreign language teaching
Journal of Education Culture and Society
Cognitive linguistics
creativity
folklore
foreign language
game
motivation
pedagogy
Russian
author_facet Monika Ševečková
author_sort Monika Ševečková
title Creativity in foreign language teaching
title_short Creativity in foreign language teaching
title_full Creativity in foreign language teaching
title_fullStr Creativity in foreign language teaching
title_full_unstemmed Creativity in foreign language teaching
title_sort creativity in foreign language teaching
publisher Foundation Pro Scientia Publica
series Journal of Education Culture and Society
issn 2081-1640
2081-1640
publishDate 2016-09-01
description Developing creativity in foreign language teaching provides students with the opportunity to effectively build language skills as well as increasing their motivation for learning. Practical examples are given using folklore materials (songs, tales, etc.) in learning Russian, as well as contemporary materials reflecting the culture of Russian speaking countries (films, poems, etc.). As well as increasing their ability in the target foreign language students also acquire factual information (realia) through creative language games. In this paper we describe recent findings in the field and propose possible directions for future research.
topic Cognitive linguistics
creativity
folklore
foreign language
game
motivation
pedagogy
Russian
url http://www.ojs.jecs.pl/index.php/jecs/article/view/10.15503.jecs20162.180.188/pdf
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