Creative Approach to Language Teaching (CALT): Flipping your Language Classes Libor Stepanek Masaryk University, Brno Czech Republic
Masaryk University Language Centre ( ) 35,000 Masaryk University students 9,000 Language Centre students per term 100 Language Centre staff members 7 languages taught (EN, FR,DE, ES,RU, CZ, LAT) 3 activities (teaching, research, projects)
CALT “…the use of any language is inherently creative…” (Clarke, 2010: p.2) “Creativity does not happen inside people´s heads, but in the interaction between a person´s thoughts and a sociocultural context. It is a systemic rather than an individual phenomenon.“ (Csikszentmihalyi,M. 1996; p.23) “ Creativity is a natural function of intelligence of every individual that takes many forms, has different levels and draws from a variety of capacities …“ (Robinson,K. 2009; Csikszentmihalyi,M. 1996; Torrance 1970, Runco et al., 2010:362; Treffinger et al., 2002; Heindel and Furlong, 2000) “…people cannot be taught creativity but, instead, the right combination of personal characteristics and an encouraging environment could produce it…“ (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996; Heindel and Furlong, 2000)
CREATIVE PERSONALITY J.P. Guilford Out of the class: -video -discussion forum -facebook -web quests -synchronous communication with peers -asynchronous communication with peers -peer-review -collaborative tasks -networking Key Competencies in Academic English
Internationalisation Support -online courses -seminars -summers school -conferences -net of collaboration