| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| TABLES | 第11页 |
| FIGURES | 第11-12页 |
| 1． INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| 1．1 The Background of Creative Teaching | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2 The Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1．3 The Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 2． PROBLEMS IN LACKING CREATIVITY IN ENGLISH TEACHING | 第15-26页 |
| 2．1 Previous Research in Lacking Creativity in Language Teaching and Its Inadaptability to the Requirement of Teacher Development in China | 第15-18页 |
| 2．2 Research of the Present situation in Teaching Creatively | 第18-20页 |
| 2．2．1 The Interview | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2．2 The Questionnaire | 第19-20页 |
| 2．3 The Results Analysis of the Interview and the Questionaire | 第20-21页 |
| 2．3．1 The Results Analysis of the Interview | 第20页 |
| 2．3．2 Results and Analysis of the Interview | 第20-21页 |
| 2．4 Problems in Lacking Creativity in English Teaching | 第21-26页 |
| 2．4．1 Traditional Teaching Beliefs Influence The Teachers | 第21-23页 |
| 2．4．2 Teaching Patterns and Teachers' Quality Problem | 第23-24页 |
| 2．4．3 Teaching Appraisement Problem | 第24-26页 |
| 3． RATIONALE FOR CREATIVE TEACHING | 第26-40页 |
| 3．1 Concepts | 第26-31页 |
| 3．1．1 Definition of Creativity | 第26-27页 |
| 3．1．2 An Overview of Approaches to the Study of Creativity | 第27-30页 |
| 3．1．3 Confluence Approaches and the Four Ps of Creativity | 第30-31页 |
| 3．2 Teachers' Influence on Creativity Development of Middle School Students | 第31-34页 |
| 3．3 Three Approaches to Language Education | 第34-39页 |
| 3．3．1 The Theory of Social-Constructivism and English Teaching | 第34-37页 |
| 3．3．2 The Theory of Teachers' Mediation and English Teaching | 第37-38页 |
| 3．3．3 The Theory of Humanism and English Teaching | 第38-39页 |
| 3．4 The Ultimate Tendency-Training Individuals More Creative & More Practical | 第39-40页 |
| 4． SURGUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO CREATIVE TEACHING IN ENGLISH | 第40-69页 |
| 4．1 Preparation for Being Creative in English Teaching | 第40-43页 |
| 4．1．1 Investigating the Characteristics of Creative Teachers | 第40-42页 |
| 4 1．2 Renewing the Thoughts and Opinions about Teaching | 第42页 |
| 4．1．3 Realizing Teachers'Self-Development | 第42-43页 |
| 4．2 Introducing the Effective Ways of Raising Teachers' Creative Consciousness | 第43-55页 |
| 4．2．1 The teacher's Role in Strategy Training | 第44-48页 |
| 4．2．2 Altering the Teaching Style to Create Teacher-student Style Matching | 第48-50页 |
| 4．2．3 Teaching the Learners in a Task-Based Situation | 第50-53页 |
| 4．2．4 New Standard Evaluation on Learners | 第53-55页 |
| 4．3 Improving Students' Creativity by Teaching English Creatively | 第55-68页 |
| 4．3．1 Training Learners' Creative Thinking | 第56-57页 |
| 4．3．2 Training Learners' Learning Strategy | 第57-60页 |
| 4．3．3 Training Learners' Learning Style | 第60-63页 |
| 4．3．4 Stimulating Learners' Motivation and Self-esteem | 第63-68页 |
| 4．4 Factors to Be Considered in Creative Teaching | 第68-69页 |
| 5． CONCLUSION: PRESENT FINDINGS AND FUTURE RESEARCH | 第69-71页 |
| 5．1 Present Findings | 第69-70页 |
| 5．2 Future Research | 第70-71页 |
| APPENDIX | 第71-74页 |
| REFERENCES | 第74-79页 |
