초등영어교육에서 창의성의 의미와 창의적 의사소통능력의 증진 방향

Investigating the notion of creativity and the ways of fostering creative communication in primary English education by a Delphi survey and textbook analysis

Fostering creativity is one of the key purposes of education for the future society. Primary English education also should join in serving the purpose. According to the national curriculum of primary English, the main objective of primary English education is to develop basic communicative ability together with fostering interest in and familiarity with English. Now it is necessary to define what creativity means and to find what primary English education can do to foster students' creativity. In this context, this paper attempts to investigate what creativity is, and how it is fostered in primary English education by means of the Delphi survey and the textbook analysis. On the basis of the survey and textbook analysis, creativity that is feasibly fostered in primary English education is delineated and some practical strategies for fostering creativity are suggested.