“Research and Innovations in English Language Teaching and Learning in the light of the Creative Schools”
Innovations in ELT in Secondary Schools
My new book has a
theoretical-empirical character and was published two years ago at university
in Poland. It contains the guide how to implement the innovations in teaching
English as a foreign language in alternative schools worldwide. The theoretical
part contains definitions of “innovation”, accompanied by theoretical basis of
teaching English as a foreign language, structure and organization of teaching
English in a secondary school system worldwide. The second part of theoretical
part contains innovative character of teaching and learning English in the
theory of “creative schools” worldwide as well as it sheds a light to
neurolinguistics basis of acquiring English as a foreign language in the light
of well world-known linguistic specialists.
The book is
available at a French site of amazon.com.fr https://www.amazon.fr/Innowacje-edukacji-angielskiego-ogolnoksztalcacych-tworczej/dp/8362495871
and Polish
Scientific Association (PWN) website https://ksiegarnia.pwn.pl/autor/Agata-Sowinska,a,747226154.
A short
note from the book:
“The school and education system requires both stabilization and change.
Stabilization is needed in a systematic and well thought out implementation of
the pupil's education and training, to the extent of his personal capabilities
and the needs of the modern world. The change involves optimizing the
educational process and seeking answers to the many challenges faced by modern
man and society. The changes are institutional, top-down, sometimes referred to
as reform. But there are bottom-up changes, formalized and non-formal,
initiated by individual teachers or teacher teams, such as Dalton teacher
teams. Their didactic and educational activity breaks stereotypes, giving the
educational process a creative dimension, inspiring pupils to engage more in
their own development and effectiveness. Creative change is an extremely desirable
innovation not only in today's economic and social life, but also in school.
What's more, it is accessible to any creative teacher implementing innovative
methods within Dalton Plan during English lessons. Such methods are based on
three basic factors of Dalton Pedagogy, which are : liberty, responsibility and
cooperation. These three factors are basic in implementing innovative methods
of ELT with pupils. Among those methods are definitely the one deriving
teaching techniques based on multiple intelligences in English Language
Teaching, especially designed exercises and tailored to the linguistic
abilities and needs of pupils…….”
