关键词: 《语言教学创新的理论与实践》; 外语教学; 教学创新; 理论与实践; 跨学科

Abstract:

Creativity in Language Teaching: Perspectives from Research and Practice is compiled by Rodney H. Jones and Jack C. Richards. It is the most systematic and comprehensive book on creativity in language teaching so far, which covers the theoretical foundations, case studies and the research spaces of creativity in language teaching. This paper briefly introduces the main content of this book, which consists of four sections: (1) theoretical perspectives; (2) creativity in the classroom; (3) creativity in the curriculum; (4) creativity in teacher development. By analyzing the academic value of the book, this paper points out that this book provides a new concept for creativity in language teaching, exploring its linguistic, cognitive, socio-cultural, and pedagogic dimensions; makes an important contribution to the ongoing debates about creativity in education in general and in language teaching and learning in particular; gives language researchers and teachers both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and practice that can be applied to make their lessons more creative. Unique in the field, this book takes a broader and more critical look at the notion of creativity in language teaching, reflecting the latest achievement in the research of creativity in language teaching, to which close attention should be paid by academia.

Keywords: Creativity in Language Teaching: Perspectives from Research and Practice; foreign language teaching; creativity in language teaching; theory and practice; interdiscipline