Genre of a historical novel and its development in english literature

GENRE OF A HISTORICAL NOVEL AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLISH LITERATURE


CONTENTS

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..2-5

Chapter I. Scholars’ theoretical point of view about Development of
Creative Abilities in Teaching English
1.1 Creativity development: The role of foreign language learning…………..……6-27
1.2 What kind of skills do 21^st century kids need?...................................................28-32
Chapter II. The role of creative abilities in teaching English
2.1 Creating a fictional story and promoting creative writing…………………….33-35
2.2 Students’ autonomy in creating their own activities…………………………..36-37
2.3 Parent involvement in developing creativity….…………………………...…..38-39
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...40-41
Used literatures…………………………………………………………………...48-49

INTRODUCTION

Before we set out and look at some theories and practice for introducing creativity into the language classroom, let’s see why it is worth making all this effort. In the coming chapters I do not aim to answer the questions such Do you think you are creative? Do you think your students are creative? How do you know that someone is creative? What do you actually do when you are thinking creatively? What I aim to do is to look at different theoretical descriptions of creative abilities and explore what language teachers may learn from them. I hope that after reading the articles, you will be able to ask many more and much more challenging questions about creativity and its use in the classroom. Understandings of creativity are varied but most researchers agree that creativity is a process of curiosity exploring imagining and thinking based on one’s knowledge, experiences, emotions and motivations to generate original and effective products (ideas, solutions and concrete objectives).

Creativity in this positive meaning is an aim of a good education to grow our children as useful creators for society. Different personal traits are needed for creativity. However, curiosity, imagination and creative thinking are considered the important traits and they are closely interrelated in creative processes. Curiosity is one’s strong desire to know how things work, how people think. It plays a pivotal role in the mental and intellectual improvement of a child and makes the mind more active and allows exploration of surroundings for new ideas. Creativity has become increasingly important in the 21^st century. Teachers play a key role in developing creativity for students and they need to be aware of creativity (both positive and negative) to educate their students to be happy, well rounded and well-adjusted creators. Creative thinking skills help us to solve problems that don’t have a clear or an easy answer.It’s easy to see why creative thinking skills are important to develop and maintain in adulthood too! The brain science behind the development of problem-solving and creative thinking skills is pretty fascinating. Every new experience creates new connections (synapses) in the brain – kids develop these connections (learnings/understandings) at a much faster rate than adults, with repeated experiences strengthening the connections. Not only that but the connections that are not practiced on a regular basis weaken over time and can eventually disappear (when we forget something that we used to know or understand). Providing your kids with opportunities for play that stimulate their mind and their imagination builds and strengthens the synapses that are required for higher order thinking skills such as problem-solving, logical reasoning, organizing and abstract thinking.