Creative Teaching in Secondary School EFL Classes: A Critical Study of a Proposed Training Program

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a proposed training program in creative teaching for secondary stage EFL teachers to enhance their teaching performance. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design with 36 English language teachers teaching at secondary schools in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Based on the available literature, proven teaching methodologies were identified and included in the training program and teachers trained in their application in the EFL classrooms. Data were collected via an observation sheet. Results revealed that the extent of application of creative teaching skills by the high school EFL teachers at a typical Saudi school is currently low. Additionally, the results showed statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the treatment and control groups in the post-teaching performance in favor of the former. Further, the proposed training program achieved high effectiveness in enriching the teaching performance of English language teachers in secondary stage with (1.21) average gain ratio. The study concludes with recommending that EFL teachers both pre-service and in- service be trained in creative teaching in the EFL classrooms.