Innovating in tertiary education : a course in language play

Roger BERRY

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-071-1_8

Innovating in tertiary education : a course in language play

Roger BERRY

Department of English

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In this chapter I discusses the development, implementation, teaching and evaluation of a course entitled 'Language as Play', an elective on the BA in Contemporary English Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. I outline some of the challenges involved in delivering such an innovative course in the absence of anything that might be termed a theory of language play (including uncertainty about a definition) or of any coherent teaching or reading materials. Some ad hoc theoretical concepts are presented, and the problematic relationship between language play and the much-vaunted but poorly understood concept of language creativity, and how to teach and assess it, is investigated. The chapter finishes with an evaluation of the success (or not) of the course.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	English Language Education and Assessment: Recent Developments in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	121-138
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9789812870704
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-071-1_8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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Language creativity
Language play
Tertiary

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