FORUM DE L' ENSEIGNANT منتدى الأستاذ
Volume 18, Numéro 1, Pages 527-542
2022-12-22

Project Work And Creative Thinking Skills In The Efl Classroom

Authors : Sahed Bachir . Djouima Leila .

Abstract

Current trends to English language teaching and learning advocate the use of the project work as a pedagogical task to foster the 21st century learner’s creativity. The present study scrutinizes the role of the project work in enhancing learner’s creative thinking skills in the Algerian EFL classroom. A project work analysis is used as a tool to examine learners’ creative thinking skills. Project work analysis comprises of the observation and the analysis of first year Tarek Ibn Ziad secondary school-Constantine learners’ projects using an observation grid. The findings reveal that the learners were highly creative in processing information and generating ideas and solutions.

Keywords

The project work ; Creative thinking skills ; EFL ; Secondary education