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7th International Online Language Conference, San Fransisco, United States Of America, 3 - 04 February 2014, pp.6, (Summary Text)
Our classrooms, mainly because of curriculum and assessment requirements continue to treat “learning” as a “mechanistic experience” (Slavkin, 2004). Both teachers and students feel bored with coursebook-based activity work. Children are born into media and the Internet technology. Teachers want to teach less hours but more English. Many students, simply put, do not/cannot learn English despite all efforts. Traditional instruction centers around knowledge and comprehension that is measured by multiple choice tests and short essay questions. Our classrooms must be spaces where language is used as a social medium. English language classrooms must get rid of satisfying our endless thirst for meeting short-termed behavioral objectives. In this presentation, hence, teachers’ creativity will be interrogated so as to show that through teachers’ creativity in integrating technology and other course materials, ESL/EFL classrooms can be dynamic spaces that are conducive to learning.