Factors Affecting the Creativity of English Teachers in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Learning a new language can be challenging, especially when there is a child involved. During these years, different sciences, theories and learning styles were designed and developed for teaching foreign languages to children. But still, you will not find the best and only way to teach English to children! In fact, it can be said that choosing the appropriate English language teaching style for children depends on their skills and abilities. Traditional teaching methods, especially at high school levels, have been adjusted to adult learning-based approaches. This type of teaching enables students to take ownership of their learning and work using a holistic and independent approach, but in creative activity-based teaching, students are encouraged to think in alternative ways to traditional learning models. In this method, the student is involved in the teaching process and the teacher, using multiple and multimedia tools along with pre-designed strategies, leads the classroom to mutual interaction and the development of students' creativity. Perhaps one of the most important functions of this method is that the student gets a clear vision of the future function of what he learns and knows how this knowledge is useful in his real life. Creative teaching strategies also include student-centered activities, using multimedia educational aids, creative classroom management, connecting educational content with real life, open questions, and encouraging creative thinking. But in order to achieve the goals mentioned in this article, teachers must take creative teaching courses and have deep knowledge about creative teaching. They should create a suitable classroom environment for the implementation of creative instructions and continuously participate in creativity development workshops and have good interaction with colleagues to share their opinions and views and collaborate to improve processes.

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Creativity ، English Teacher ، Teaching English ، Foreign Language