Marisa ConstantinidesMarisa ConstantinidesDip.RSA, M.A. App LingDip.RSA, M.A. App Ling

Teacher Educator & DirectorTeacher Educator & DirectorCELT Athens CELT Athens

Teacher Development CentreTeacher Development Centre

@Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr – IATEFL Harrogate 2010

What’s on the other half

What’s on the other half of the picture?

Improvise a conversation with all three people

What are they saying

What are they thinking

Write a strange/crazy caption

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Elements of creative

behaviour

Relationship to Language Production

FluencyFluency Ability to produce large numbers of ideas

Easy & ready flow of talk; production of sustained talk

FlexibilityFlexibility Ability to produce diverse ideas (not the same kind)

Ability to follow changes in the direction of the talk and respond to them; ability to initiate such changes

ElaborationElaboration Ability to add on to and embellish an already existing idea

Ability to avoid simplistic responses; ability to improve set phrases and embellish them; useful for writing

OriginalityOriginality Ability to produce uncommon, 'clever' ideas

Ability to produce novel utterances; avoidance of clichés

You were seen chewing the You were seen chewing the chewing the corner of a carpet in chewing the corner of a carpet in a furniture shopa furniture shop

You were seen gluing apples to a You were seen gluing apples to a tree outside your house at tree outside your house at midnightmidnight

You were seen sticking knives You were seen sticking knives and forks into your front lawn and forks into your front lawn

DrillingDrilling roleplaysroleplays

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