Project work and creative thinking skills in the EFL classroom

الملخص EN

Current trends to English language teaching and learning advocate the use of the project work as a pedagogical task to foster the 21st century learner’s creativity.

the present study scrutinizes the role of the project work in enhancing learner’s creative thinking skills in the Algerian EFL classroom.

a project work analysis is used as a tool to examine learners’ creative thinking skills.

project work analysis comprises of the observation and the analysis of first year Tarek Ibn Ziad secondary school-Constantine learners’ projects using an observation grid.

the findings reveal that the learners were highly creative in processing information and generating ideas and solutions.