Arts-Based Teaching in E.L.T.: A Review of Concepts and a Proposal of Integration
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This article looks into the issues of 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 and divided into two cycles, that combined visual arts, music, acting, and literature. The qualitative action research study occurs at a public school in Bogota with 35-second grade boys and girls between the ages of 7-9. Preliminary results indicate that Arts-Based Teaching enhanced creative outcomes, self-expression, and English language usage. In the second cycle of action research, the authors expect significant progress in creative dimensions, which deal with combinational, exploratory, and transformational thinking. We propose two syllabi that sustain the project goals to achieve a more integral education.
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