Every language has it’s own four basic skills which learners should master if they want to use language properly. It is the same when we learn our native language, first, we learn to listen, then to speak, then to read and at the end to write. We call it the four language skills.
When students learn the language they have to improve it with good grammar and rich vocabulary. It is assumed this is not the final purpose. The learner has to be able to use language but also he has to possess other skills and abilities which he will need. Sometimes learners are good at listening and speaking and we cannot say for them that they are good at English. It also happens that some learners do better in reading and writing than in listening and speaking, it means thay can easily read and write, but they can hardly communicate. They are not able to express themselves with their own words. One teacher is not able to change the educational system but he can improve learning using methods which helps learners to enrich their knowledge. If learners want to use the language properly they have
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Today students are natural producers and consumers of information. It is a natural ability which possesses every student. In the traditional classroom, it was not valued enough so today teachers should use every opportunity to promote creativity. The teacher should encourage students to analyze the information they learned and to make new connections with that information. Doing rewarding projects and meaningful tasks give them challenges to show their creativity. When you ask them what they would like to create you will get different responses. Students need the freedom to express their new ideas without judgment. They are constantly searching ways to express their creativity and uniqueness and creative student have the courage to make a
The key characteristics in creativity can support young children’s development in a number of ways. Emotionally they learn how to manage frustrations if a project isn’t going to plan or can feel happy and proud and a sense of achievement when it is completed. Socially children can build up self-confidence by working alongside or with others, creating something to share and thereby making friends.
We also learn that creativity in the classroom has a positive effect on vocabulary, increases creative problem solving skills, increases the enjoyability of learning, and if used in conjunction with technology can help develop skills in the creative use of technology that will stay with them throughout their lives. (p. 237)
For example, for early pre-production of the language: I can ask questions of my students that they can answer by pointing at pictures in the book, speak slowly and use shorter words using the correct English phrasing, I can model language by saying and showing the meaning. Early Production: Ask questions that my students can answer with one or two words, add more opportunities for students to produce simple language, avoid the use of excessive correction and model phrases to the students and have them repeats it add modifications. Speech Emergence: Ask questions using "why" and "how" that students can answer with short sentences, introduce new vocabulary and model it in a sentence to student, good teachers provide visuals that connect to students background knowledge as many is possible and graphs and charts should be use and introduce because it help for easily understood of information. Intermediate Fluency: Ask questions such as What would happen if … and Why do you think …, when adding new academic key vocabulary for identification model it to students then, later ask students to produce the language during the class activities, teachers must create assessments that give students the opportunity to present in English after
Creative learning is about how children are actively involved in their own learning and their ability to make choices and decisions. This can be achieved by providing a creative environment, allowing exploration through play and praising the child’s creative efforts. Creative learning is about helping children develop imaginative thinking through exploration of materials, objects and problem solving skills like ICT. It is also about giving children opportunities to make connections between different areas and to relate to them. Some creative learning activities may be goal orientated like the
In order for children to be creative the environment and the experiences they are exposed to will determine their creative learning and creativity. This is closely linked with cultural approaches and role modelling.
Creativity or the lack of encouraging creativity can be seen declining as you get lower in the class level in Anyons research. She states “Work tasks do not usually request creativity” and “Creativity is not often requested in social studies and Science projects”. In an article entitled “The Impact of Creativity on the Brain” by Judy Willis M.D; M.E.D posted on the website Radtech.com. “Neuroscience and cognitive science research are increasingly providing information that correlates creativity with intelligence; academic, social, and emotional success; and the development of skill sets and the highest information processing (Executive functions)”. This basically states that if creativity is encouraged then the upper intelligence functions of students are developed which includes social and emotional success. Which shows that if you stifle creativity you basically limit the
Creativity is about risk taking and making connections, allowing children to explore and express themselves through a variety of media or materials including, dance, music, making things, drawing, painting and make believe and to make new things emerge as a result. Being creative is strongly linked to play and can emerge through a
These objectives involve the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), but they can also include:
This is a good example of creativity, when I was a Nursing student in India. I was posted in a Community area as a Community Nurse to give health education to clients who were dealing with Arthritis , when I talk to them I found that more of them were illiterate and does not understand the language and familiar with the things related to disease process and treatment. Then I found that it will be very effective if I will express the ideas on charts with pictures on it to the participants. The result was so good and their feedback was positive. This is a creative learning and teaching.
A smart man said “Creativity is as important as literacy and we should treat it with the same standing.” (Ken Robinson-“Do schools kill creativity?”). There are multiple studies on how creativity helps improve a student’s mind. Project based learning is a huge creative booster for students. A math teacher from California uses projects to do math instead of using the text book. From doing this, she’s had more students pass her class then from when she was teaching straight from the text books. Instead of having standardized tests, using more creative techniques for students to enjoy the learning they’ve done and for them to show the higher officials what the students are learning. Creativity is the process of turning real world problems into an understanding by extending the minds cognitive processes. In Alabama, kindergartners are studying different ways to be creative.
In general, we divided four language skills into two part: reading and listening , which belong to receptive skill and speaking and writing as productive skills.
Learning a foreign language involves developing new skills and going through different stages. The four skills you need to develop are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. You need to be able to understand when someone speaks the language you are learning. In addition to that, you need to be able to express yourself in that language. Most of the time, the written language is more complex than the spoken language. You want to be able to understand a text you read. Moreover, you want to be able to express your ideas in writing, with the right words and correct grammar. Acquiring these four skills requires various study patterns.
Creative teaching makes learning easier for students because it creates a possibility for students to be entertained instead of bored with the material that is being taught. One way to start the quest to being creative in the classroom would be think differently. Teachers need to think of new ways to teach their students. Think of new sources that make students explore, ponder, and contemplate. Providing a variety of options and resources is another way to keep students engaged and creative in the classroom. Creative teaching is a way to keep students excited about learning, keep them entertained and learning at the same
One of the main objectives working as Creative Media lecture is to create a classroom environment that is conducive towards learning while still fostering student creativity. This is balancing act and one which I have been continuously developing since starting in Further Education teaching over a year and a half ago.
In teaching and learning English, there are two aspects that should be concerned. The first one is the language skills such as speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The second one is the language components such as vocabulary, and grammar. These two aspects are taught in order to make the students achieve the ability in communicating both in spoken and written forms.