Creative approach to teaching English: We can do more with a lot less Palangos Senoji Gymnasia Teacher of English Aušrinė Janušienė October 25, 2017 Creative approach to teaching English: We can do more with a lot less

WHAT IS ESSENTIAL TO TEACH? English grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, synonyms, responsibility, using a thesaurus, communicative capabilities, what democracy and citizenship is, reading strategies, why learning is important, to listen for specific information, why it’s worth reading books, to write essays well, to write good paragraphs, to plan essays, spirituality, how to avoid doing work, tolerance, wordbuilding, how to copy someone’s work.

WHAT IS ESSENTIAL TO TEACH? English grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, synonyms, responsibility, using a thesaurus, communicative capabilities, what democracy and citizenship is, reading strategies, why learning is important, to listen for specific information, why it’s worth reading books, to write essays well, to write good paragraphs, to plan essays, spirituality, how to avoid doing work, tolerance, wordbuilding, how to copy someone’s work.

For the ship to sail properly it is vital that the captain read the stars and not the lights of passing by ships and boats.

Creativity is based on simplicity

Simplicity: ▪ something ordinary, traditional, or natural, and not complicated ▪ doing exercises that do not require loads of photocopies

We can do more with a lot less

Build students’ confidence I am someone who…

Promote a sense of belonging Me Not me Occasionally me

Play and experiment Alias

Less is more