《语言教学创新的理论与实践》评介

A Review of Creativity in Language Teaching: Perspectives from Research and Practice

《语言教学创新的理论与实践》由Rodney H.Jones和Jack C.Richards合作编撰,是迄今为止对语言教学创新介绍最为系统、最为全面的一本论著,涵盖了语言教学创新的理论基础、案例研究、研究空间等。本文简要介绍此论著的4个主要部分:第一部分是对语言教学创新的理论探讨,第二部分集中探讨课堂中如何实现创新,第三部分关注课程设计的创新,第四部分论述语言教师发展的创新。本文还对此论著的价值作了简要评价,指出此论著重新阐释了教学创新的概念,推动了对语言教学创新的研究,为研究者提供了理论与实践的借鉴,而且为教师创新能力的发展提供了指导。该书立意新颖,反映了语言教学创新研究的最新成果,兼具时代前沿性和学术创新性,值得学术界关注。

Creativity in Language Teaching:Perspectives from Research and Practice is compiled by Rodney H.Jones and Jack C.Richards.It is the most systematic and comprehensive book on creativity in language teaching so far,which covers the theoretical foundations,case studies and the research spaces of creativity in language teaching.This paper briefly introduces the main content of this book,which consists of four sections:(1)theoretical perspectives;(2)creativity in the classroom;(3)creativity in the curriculum;(4)creativity in teacher development.By analyzing the academic value of the book,this paper points out that this book provides a new concept for creativity in language teaching,exploring its linguistic,cognitive,sociocultural,and pedagogic dimensions;makes an important contribution to the ongoing debates about creativity in education in general and in language teaching and learning in particular;gives language researchers and teachers both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and practice that can be applied to make their lessons more creative.Unique in the field,this book takes a broader and more critical look at the notion of creativity in language teaching,reflecting the latest achievement in the research of creativity in language teaching,to which close attention should be paid by academia.