Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: An attempt to Boost Creativity in EFL classroom The case of Algerian EFL Secondary School Teachers in the Region of Skikda

Abstract

The central issue addressed in this study is the place creative practice hold in EFL classroom. More specifically, a questionnaire and interviews were designed to investigate teachers practice for creative and critical thinking strategies regarding their importance in bridging the theory practice gap in EFL teaching. The obtained results revealed that teachers implement creativity in their teaching. Most of them reacted positively to the importance creative teaching has in relation to the process of teaching and learning. This study enabled us to draw significant conclusions regarding the creative teaching skills in the Algerian secondary schools. To this regard, a great work is still to be done to make the implementation of creative environment as fruitful as expected and to make the conditions for better education more favorable. The finding revealed that the implementation of well creative and critical thinking needs creative teachers who are required to widen their knowledge about creativity and how to be a creative person. It is surely that classroom practice is very important to creative teachers because teaching requires both proficiency and creativity. Unlike the tradition method where it was expected from teachers to be the central of their own teaching neglecting creativity. If we consider our self to be one of those who hold this opinion, our work has been a modest attempt to prove it. Yet, in the field of education and scientific research the reader remains the best judge. This research hoped to give a clearer view on how creativity employed all in all in EFL teaching. The importance of creative practice that has been stressed by the teachers and inspectors help progressive education to manage more practice in nearly future and to expand creativity to every teaching and learning classroom.