It’s been gratifying over the last few months to see an increase in interest in the role of creativity in learning and particularly language learning, so I thought I’d share some of the work I’ve been doing with Alan Maley on behalf of the British Council and hope to encourage a few more teachers to get involved with the C Group.
I was really glad to see the culmination of over a years’ work come to fruition with the publication of Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom. This is book is now available as a free download from the British Council site.
The book focuses on the development of a deeper understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and explores creative ways teachers can raise awareness of and promote these goals among our students. This is a book I co-edited with Alan and also wrote a chapter for and which I presented in a live webinar on October 5th for Teachers’ Day.
The book was a follow on from our earlier volume Creativity in the English language classroom - also published for free by the British Council back in 2015.
This is where the C Group comes in as the first book would probably never have existed if it hadn’t been for the work of Alan Maley in bringing together a group of teachers and authors all of whom shared a similar concern regarding an increasing orientation in teaching towards tests and certificates.
The C Group first met in Harrogate in 2014 and it was out of that first meeting and with the support of the membership that we were able to put together a proposal for the book.
Since then the C Group has grown considerably so it’s something that I would like to encourage more teachers to get involved with.
If you are interested in finding out more about the C Group please visit their website or Facebook page.
If you have work related to creativity in ELT that you want to circulate through social media or what to track what others are sharing please use the hanshtag #cre8
I hope you enjoy these books and they help to spark your own creativity.
My eBooks:
Best
Nik Peachey
I was really glad to see the culmination of over a years’ work come to fruition with the publication of Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom. This is book is now available as a free download from the British Council site.
The book focuses on the development of a deeper understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and explores creative ways teachers can raise awareness of and promote these goals among our students. This is a book I co-edited with Alan and also wrote a chapter for and which I presented in a live webinar on October 5th for Teachers’ Day.
The book was a follow on from our earlier volume Creativity in the English language classroom - also published for free by the British Council back in 2015.
This is where the C Group comes in as the first book would probably never have existed if it hadn’t been for the work of Alan Maley in bringing together a group of teachers and authors all of whom shared a similar concern regarding an increasing orientation in teaching towards tests and certificates.
The C Group first met in Harrogate in 2014 and it was out of that first meeting and with the support of the membership that we were able to put together a proposal for the book.
Since then the C Group has grown considerably so it’s something that I would like to encourage more teachers to get involved with.
If you are interested in finding out more about the C Group please visit their website or Facebook page.
If you have work related to creativity in ELT that you want to circulate through social media or what to track what others are sharing please use the hanshtag #cre8
I hope you enjoy these books and they help to spark your own creativity.
My eBooks:
- 20 Tech Enhanced Activities for the Language Classroom
- Digital Tools for Teachers
- Thinking Critically through Digital Media
- Exploiting Infographics
- 10 Lessons in Digital Literacy
- Digital Video – A Manual for Language Teachers
Best
Nik Peachey
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