ABSTRACT
Creative language teaching is not a standalone methodology. The spirit of creativity can be integrated into any teaching approach. Although it is impossible to apply everything we know about creativity to practice in one single language teaching task or class, an understanding of what creativity means is powerful and can help us generate a multitude of teaching practices and ideas to promote creative teaching language: teaching language for creativity and teaching language creatively. The central argument proposed is that we need to unpack what creativity means before we unlock it. Creativity is unravelled from various perspectives and the relevance for language teaching and learning is explored. This chapter summarises those key issues and their implications for language teaching.
