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1. PART 1:
UNLEASHING LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ SUPERPOWER
EXTRACTING
THE JUICE

2. Language
teachers have a
superpower.
Do you agree?

3. IMAGINE…
You‟re teaching in a school on a very remote island.
No text book.
Very limited resources.

4. You search through your box of materials and find…

5. Your challenge: Turn these into
language learning materials.
Use your superpower.

8. CREATIVITY – your greatest superpower.

16. Creativity is…
an “imaginative process with
outcomes that are original
and of value.”
(Sir Ken Robinson, 2006).

17. Creativity is…
a “mental activity performed
in situations where there is
no prior correct solution or
answer.”
(Encyclopedia of Creativity, vol.
2, ‘Teaching Creativity’).

18. Teaching creatively
Teaching for creativity

19. Teaching creatively
teachers use their own creative skills to
make ideas and content more interesting.
Some of the great teachers we know are
the most creative teachers because they
find a way of connecting what they're
teaching to student interests.
~ Sir Ken Robinson

20. Teaching for creativity
the pedagogy is designed to encourage other
people to think creatively. You encourage kids
to experiment, to innovate, not giving them all
the answers but giving them the tools they
need to find out what the answers might be or
to explore new avenues.
~ Sir Ken Robinson

22. “…all kids have
tremendous
talents and we
squander them,
pretty ruthlessly.”
(Sir Ken Robinson, 2006)

23. “My contention is that
creativity now is as
important in education
as literacy, and we
should treat it with the
same status.”
(Sir Ken Robinson, 2006)

24. Creativity in 21st Century Education
“Creativity, ingenuity, and innovation are
the keys to success in the evolving global
economy.”
(Henderson, 2008)

25. “I call the age we are entering the creative age
because the key factor propelling us forward
is the rise of creativity as the primary mover of
our economy.”
Richard Florida, The Flight of the Creative
Class

28. What about exam?

30. The clock is ticking…

32. Expectation is high…

34. stress

35. workload

36. responsibility

37. risks

38. pressure

54. If you can turn these into language
learning materials…

55. …imagine what you can do with these!

56. You have a superpower.

57. Extract the language.

58. Squeeze out the fun.

59. Let the creative juice flow…

60. Throw a party!

61. IDCA Model

62. I
D
C
A
nspiration
efinition
reativity
cquisition
James, C.C (2013)

63. Inspiration
What inspires you?
What inspires your
students?

64. Personality
Interests
Aptitudes Style
Ability

65. Definition
What language area/s does
the exam item test?
What skill/s do you want to
your students to focus on?

66. Content
Skills
Issues

67. Creativity
How do you tackle the issues
/ problems?
How do you make it
interesting?

68. Pedagogy
Materials
Psychology

69. Acquisition
Does learning occur? Why?
Do you manage to solve the problem?
What can you do to improve?

70. Assessment
Analysis
Reflection

71. The best
teachers…are the
ones who are able
to think outside the
box and put
themselves in the
mind-set of the
children they
teach.
Ron Clark

72. “The teacher who
is indeed wise
does not bid you to
enter the house of
his wisdom but
rather leads you to
the threshold of
your mind.”
Kahlil Gibran

73. “I am not a teacher,
but an awakener.”
Robert Frost

74. Cynthia C. James (2013)
„Beyond Chalk & Talk‟
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