Novelty and creativity in teaching English: Teachers' perceptions of secondary schools

Abstract

This is a study on the teachers’ perceptions on novelty and creativity in teaching English in the secondary. It aims to explore the facts on how teachers perceive that teaching learning activities should be carried out to promote students’ novelty and creativity in the English language classrooms. This study has explored varieties of ELT materials and resources that can be used for promoting students’ novelty and creativity. It was based on the survey research. The data for the study were collected from 40 secondary level English language teachers. The results from this study indicate that the call for novelty and creativity in teaching English in classroom can be addressed through the use of appropriate teaching techniques and strategies accompanied by effective teaching materials and resources. In nutshell, the study reveals the secondary school teachers’ perceptions that students’ novelty and creativity can be enhanced by the use of various teaching learning methods and strategies aided by various teaching materials and resources. The study also gives an overview that the use of such teaching methods and strategies along with the use of proper teaching materials and resources, transforms the traditional classrooms, and can be very motivating and interesting to the learners. This thesis is composed of five prime chapters. Each of these chapters consists of some specific content of the study. The first chapter is the introductory part; the second chapter includes the review of literature; the third chapter is related to methodology; the fourth chapter is the detailed analysis and interpretation of the data; and the fifth chapter concludes this study.