This document discusses ways to promote creativity in the classroom. It provides quotes from language teachers on how creativity involves experimenting outside one's comfort zone and using language as a tool. Some suggestions for promoting creativity include allowing open-ended tasks giving students choice, exposing them to different language types and ways to express themselves, encouraging role-playing, exploring literature through various activities like book trailers and hidden poetry. The document ends with contact details for the author.

1. Ways of promoting
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Vicky Saume
July, 9th, 2015

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3. http://thecreativestack.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/creativity-is/
http://dollarstoremom.com/2012/10/inspirational-creativity-quotes/

4. "Creativity in the context of ELT is recombining known elements in a
new and engaging way. For example, borrowing activities and
techniques from a very different field and applying them in the
language classroom." Jorge Sette (Brazil)
"For language learners, I think creativity is about going beyond language for
language's sake, and using it as a tool towards making something. For
language teachers, I think it's about not being afraid to experiment with the
unknown and venture out of your 'safe zone' now and then. Experimentation
is the investment, and creativity is the reward when it goes well." Damian
Williams (UK)
"Creativity is Imagination in action“ Fabiana Casella
(Argentina)
"Being creative doesn't always mean being original. Sometimes you can give
known ideas a new twist. For me being resourceful is also being creative.
Dealing with unexpected situations - thinking on your feet." Ela Wassell
(Poland)

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6. Allow for open
ended tasks so that
students have room
for choice.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/tag/pro-choice/page/3/

7. Choice as a planned strategy within a lesson.
Once your main objective is clear you can come up
with more than one way of achieving it.
The choice can be in
• the type of task,
• the tool to be used,
• the way to present it,
• the topic.
http://www.hpx-party.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/choice.jpg

8. Allow them to be
exposed to different
types of language.
http://ltsig.org.uk/
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13. Allow them to express who they ar
in different ways.
http://artsidestudio.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/express-yourself/

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17. Allow them
to become
somebody
else.
http://laughingsquid.com/become-someone-else-a-terribly-clever-bookstore-ad-campaign/

23. Allow them to explore literature
in different ways
http://www.discoveringlatinamerica.com/literature-home.html

24. Shakespeare’sA
MidsummerNight’s
Dream

25. Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s

26. Book Trailers

29. Hidden
Poetry

30. My contact details
E-mail:
saumell.vicky@gmail.com
Websites:
http://vickysaumell.blogspot.com/
http://educationaltechnologyinelt.blogspot.com
Twitter: @vickysaumell
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31. My contact details
E-mail:
saumell.vicky@gmail.com
Websites:
http://vickysaumell.blogspot.com/
http://educationaltechnologyinelt.blogspot.com
Twitter: @vickysaumell
Reference:
Saumell, V. (2015). Ways of promoting creativity in the classroom in IATEFL 2014 Harrogate
Conference Selections. UK, IATEFL