Jigsaw Task

Pica et al. (1993) list some types of tasks as:

1. Jigsaw tasks: these involve learners combining different pieces of information to form a whole. Jigsaw task raises the interest of students of English to study, arouses their motivation, and leads to improvement in their reading ability.(Adhami et al., 2014) Employing jigsaw task motivates students to become engaged in their learning process. It encourages students to learn a lot of material quickly and makes them to share information with peers.(Kazemi, 2012)

2. Information-gap tasks: one student has one set of information and another student has a complementary set of information. They must find out what the other information is in order to complete a task.

Such a task was employed to focus

One who prepares learners for task: pre-task preparation such as topic introduction, clarifying task instructions.

3. Consciousness-raising facilitator: including attention-focusing pre-task activities such as guided exposure to parallel tasks.

2.2.7 Language curriculum

Ellis (2003) has distinguished between traditional or task-supported language teaching and task-based language teaching.

Task-based language teaching (TBLT), the approach which Ellis describes and advocates, involves designing whole courses around tasks, and is related to a strong version of CLT. Ellis (2003) distinguishes TBLT from ‘task-supported language teaching’, which simply combines task use with traditional pedagogy, and is consistent with a weak version of CLT.

TBLT focuses on the use of language and on meaningful activities using target language, for e.g., conducting an interview or visiting a doctor. Assessment is based on task outcome rather than on accuracy of language forms.

2.3. Creativity, and its definition

But how can teachers be creative? How is the creativity defined? We can define creativity in many ways depending on if it is seen “as a property of people (who we are), processes (what we do) or products (what we make)” (Fisher, 2004). When we view creativity as a product we focus on a lesson, a task or an activity. When we view as a process we focus on thinking and decision

What is creativity? Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and in some way valuable is created (such as an idea, a joke, a literary work, painting or musical composition, a solution, an invention etc.). “Creativity, the ability to make or otherwise bring into existence something new, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic object or form.” (Britannica, 2013). “Creativity involves the production of novel, useful products." (Mumford, 2003), Creativity can also be defined "as the process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile."(Lubart & Mouchiroud,