Abstract
A common measure for person-based creativity is the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT). This test requires respondents to devise novel figural or verbal responses to unusual situations, and has been used in a number of studies exploring the relationship between person-based creativity and second language performance and learning (Albert, 2011; Albert & Kormos, 2011; McDonough, Crawford, & Mackey, 2015; Otto, 1998). These studies have tended to find favorable second language outcomes based on having higher person-based creativity scores. Overall however, these studies have also been cross-sectional rather than longitudinal in their methodology and second language performance gauged solely via spoken modality.
The research within the current paper attempts to contribute to this area of research by comparing students’ person-based creativity scores with their written language performance across six different individual tasks over a 14 week university semester. Language performance was measured via the complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) of the participants’ written texts.
Results from the research indicated statistically significant negative correlations between several person-based figural creativity subscores and CAF scores. The strength of association for these significant correlations ranged from small to large. These results will be discussed in relation to findings from the previous studies in person-based creativity and second language performance and learning.
The research within the current paper attempts to contribute to this area of research by comparing students’ person-based creativity scores with their written language performance across six different individual tasks over a 14 week university semester. Language performance was measured via the complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) of the participants’ written texts.
Results from the research indicated statistically significant negative correlations between several person-based figural creativity subscores and CAF scores. The strength of association for these significant correlations ranged from small to large. These results will be discussed in relation to findings from the previous studies in person-based creativity and second language performance and learning.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 14 Dec 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference 2015 - St. David’s Lecture Theatres, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Duration: 14 Dec 2015 → 15 Dec 2015 https://www.otago.ac.nz/english-linguistics/linguistics/otago120717.html |
Conference
| Conference | Linguistic Society of New Zealand Conference 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | New Zealand |
| City | Dunedin |
| Period | 14/12/15 → 15/12/15 |
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