ERIC Number: EJ1414688
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-1017-7108
EISSN: EISSN-2671-9312
Fostering Creativity-Convergence Competency in an EFL Multiliteracies-Based Literature Classroom
Pirae Kim
English Teaching, v78 n4 p135-163 2023
The present study explores the educational potential of multiliteracies-based pedagogy to enhancing pre-service teachers' creativity-convergence competency in an EFL literature classroom. To examine the pedagogical effect, both quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed, including the pre- and post- creativity-convergence competency tests, participants' course evaluation questionnaire, and students' reflective journals. The results from the quantitative analysis indicated that multiliteracies pedagogy employed in the EFL literature classroom enhanced participants' creativity-convergence competency significantly (p<0.05) in its all components, including creativity, problem-solving ability, convergent thinking ability, and self-efficacy. The findings in the analysis of participants' views on the positive potentials of the multiliteracies pedagogical approach in fostering learners' creativity-convergence competency were identified as follows: (1) use of multimodal resources in the communication process promoted their creativity-convergence competency, (2) transformative practices served as the facilitator to foster creativity-convergence competency, and (3) critical literacy practices helped them develop problem-solving ability and self-efficacy. The paper ends with some pedagogical implications and suggestions for further research.
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Teaching Methods, Creativity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Course Evaluation, English Literature, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Problem Solving, Transformative Learning, Self Efficacy, Creative Thinking, Critical Literacy, Language Tests, Language Teachers, Literature, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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