Creativity development through questioning activity in second language education
IntroductionCreativity is an important 21st-century skill that also plays an important role in second language use and development. This study examined the effects of creative pedagogy centered on student questioning activities for second language learners’ creativity, language proficiency, and ques...
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| description | IntroductionCreativity is an important 21st-century skill that also plays an important role in second language use and development. This study examined the effects of creative pedagogy centered on student questioning activities for second language learners’ creativity, language proficiency, and questioning ability.MethodsIn the Japanese second language course, a creative activity intervention involving questioning activities was conducted for 81 university students. The students were taught how to ask higher-order questions, and they performed questioning activities and discussions about their questions after reading articles for eight lectures in 4 weeks.ResultsAfter the intervention, the quantity and quality of questions asked by participants increased and improved in the Questioning ability test. In the Creative thinking test, the three subscales of creative thinking (fluency, flexibility, and originality) improved after the intervention. In the Language proficiency test, there were also significant changes in vocabulary, grammar, and total scores after the intervention compared to before the intervention.DiscussionThe creative pedagogy significantly improved learners’ creativity, second language performance, and questioning ability, with a particularly positive impact on questioning ability, representing innovative thinking skills. The findings of this study not only contribute to future research on the development of creativity in second language instruction and deepen the exploration of the development of questioning ability for innovative thinking skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95083a4667e3436ca2bca21b28e2efee2023-08-31T15:03:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2023-08-01810.3389/feduc.2023.11786551178655Creativity development through questioning activity in second language educationXiaoling Yu0Xiaoling Yu1Tzu-Yang Wang2Takaya Yuizono3Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, JapanSchool of Foreign Language, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, ChinaGraduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, JapanGraduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, JapanIntroductionCreativity is an important 21st-century skill that also plays an important role in second language use and development. This study examined the effects of creative pedagogy centered on student questioning activities for second language learners’ creativity, language proficiency, and questioning ability.MethodsIn the Japanese second language course, a creative activity intervention involving questioning activities was conducted for 81 university students. The students were taught how to ask higher-order questions, and they performed questioning activities and discussions about their questions after reading articles for eight lectures in 4 weeks.ResultsAfter the intervention, the quantity and quality of questions asked by participants increased and improved in the Questioning ability test. In the Creative thinking test, the three subscales of creative thinking (fluency, flexibility, and originality) improved after the intervention. In the Language proficiency test, there were also significant changes in vocabulary, grammar, and total scores after the intervention compared to before the intervention.DiscussionThe creative pedagogy significantly improved learners’ creativity, second language performance, and questioning ability, with a particularly positive impact on questioning ability, representing innovative thinking skills. The findings of this study not only contribute to future research on the development of creativity in second language instruction and deepen the exploration of the development of questioning ability for innovative thinking skills.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1178655/fullcreative pedagogyquestioning activitiescreativitysecond languagelanguage proficiency |
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| title | Creativity development through questioning activity in second language education |
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| title_short | Creativity development through questioning activity in second language education |
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