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University of San Francisco

Creative Teaching: Using Creative Teaching Methods in a Student-centered ESL Environment

Abstract

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<p>Creative teaching is a viable approach to education in the digital age. In addition, engaging students’ individual talents and abilities through a method of principled eclecticism involved in creative teaching will motivate them to learn English by engaging them as whole person (Duffy & Hoffman, 1999). All in all, what ESL students need now is not a place to acquire textbook knowledge of the English language through rote memorization, but a safe space to hash out, work with, and work through the language that involves a student centered curriculum, which relates directly to students’ lives. This type of curriculum, brought to life through creative teaching methods, will ultimately motivate them to learn the language (Krashen, 1982).</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Level thesis:degree_level
Project/Capstone - Global access
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
International and Multicultural Education (IME)
Year dc:date.available
2017

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Johnson, Ivy
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Dr. Susan Katz

Subjects

dc:subject × 7

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/675
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1700

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2026-07-24
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citation

Johnson, Ivy. Creative Teaching: Using Creative Teaching Methods in a Student-centered ESL Environment. Project/Capstone - Global access thesis, 2017. https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/675