Abstract

ROOHA-BERNAL, NICOLÁS; VALBUENA-GARCIA, LEIDY MARCELA  and  CASTILLO, RIGOBERTO. Arts-Based Teaching in E.L.T.: A Review of Concepts and a Proposal of Integration. Zona prox. [online]. 2024, n.40, pp.171-193.  Epub May 02, 2024. ISSN 2145-9444.  https://doi.org/10.14482/zp.40.825.478.

This article reports a study about the intersection between Arts-Based and English Language Teaching. The literature review and proposal discuss the promotion of creativity in a pedagogical intervention consisting of sixteen sessions, divided into two cycles, that combine visual arts, music, acting, and literature. In the qualitative action research, 35 second graders between the ages of 7 and 9 participated. The findings suggest that Arts-Based Teaching fosters the combinational, exploratory, and transformational dimensions of creativity and enhances English language development. We propose a syllabus that contributes to holistic education. An Art-Based curriculum should promote considerable progress in the creative dimensions which deal with combinational, exploratory, and transformational thinking.

Keywords : Arts-Based Teaching; arts in E.L.T.; creative dimensions; creativity; English Language Teaching.

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