ABSTRACT

Jam-packed with inspiring lessons and ideas, this book will help you access and enhance your own creativity in the classroom and inspire your students to become motivated language learners.

Top authors Blaz and Alsop share practical strategies to channel your creative impulses and transform them into effective lessons that will energize students of all levels. Aligned with ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) standards, the resources in this book support creativity as a practical process, with step-by-step guidance on goal-setting, implementation, evaluation, and feedback. Examples come from many world languages and cover fun and original topics, including tapping into students’ own interests through cooking, memes, online videos, sports, arts and crafts, and more.

Relevant for all levels of language instruction, this text includes plentiful photocopiable charts, templates, and samples to use in the classroom.

chapter 1|6 pages

Why Be Creative?

chapter 2|8 pages

The Creative Process from Start to Finish

Road Map to the Book

chapter 3|20 pages

Curiosity

My Sparks

chapter 4|6 pages

Imagination and Creativity

part |26 pages

Preliminary Chapter 5-Additional Information on Organization of Capsules

chapter 5|24 pages

Modes of Instruction

Goal Setting, Innovation, and Implementation Capsules

chapter 6|28 pages

Teaching Ideas

Goal Setting, Innovation, and Implementation Capsules

chapter 7|22 pages

Promotional Ideas

Goal Setting, Innovation, and Implementation Capsules

chapter 8|22 pages

Support

Making the Creative Journey Fun and Easy

chapter 9|12 pages

The Path of Persistence

Creative Evaluation/How Did you Do?

chapter 10|72 pages

My Creativity Recipe Cards

chapter 11|14 pages

Stimulating Creativity in My Students

chapter 12|34 pages

Positivity, Celebration, and Final Thoughts