CONCEPT
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023): JJune 2023

EFL teachers’ creativity in the classroom

Melvina Melvina (Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2023

Abstract

In the 21st century, teaching and learning English should be creative. The teacher, as the orchestra conductor, is required to be creative in the classroom. The purpose of the present study is to scrutinize English teachers’ creativity when teaching. The concept of a creativity teacher (freedom, positive challenge, supervisory encouragement, group support, sufficient resources, and organizational support) from Amabille (1997) was adopted. This study is carried out in one Junior high school in Tebo Regency. Descriptive research methodology is used. The data was collected through direct communication and analyzed descriptively. The results revealed that the English teacher is creative in the classroom. She has implemented a pleasant learning atmosphere in the teaching and learning process. This study suggests that English teachers should be creative to foster students' creativity in the classroom environment. Keywords: 21st century learning; EFL teacher; teacher creativity

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Journal Info

Abbrev

CJU

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Concept: Community Concern for English Pedagogy and Teaching is a blind peer-reviewed and open-accessed journal which welcomes both local and global scientists to share and raise principled approach to research on English language teaching and learning. Contribution in such areas of linguistics, ...