Ágnes Albert

Stories students tell

Creativity and oral narrative task performance of English majors in Hungary


Individual differences in language learning

Individual differences (IDs) in second language learning is a very popular and frequently researched topic within applied linguistics. Since there are numerous articles, book chapters, and even whole books devoted to the topic (e.g. Dörnyei 2005; Dörnyei & Skehan, 2003; Ellis, 2004; Kontráné, 2004; Larsen-Freeman & Long, 1991; Oxford & Ehrman, 1993; Skehan, 1989) a comprehensive summary of IDs would definitely be beyond the scope of this monograph. Nevertheless, it is still important to define what is meant by IDs here. In a recent book devoted to the topic of IDs, Dörnyei and Ryan (2015) offered the following definition which I would like to adopt: “The classic ID construct refers to dimensions of enduring personal characteristics that are assumed to apply to everybody and on which people differ by degree” (p. 3). This definition suggests that IDs are relatively stable, and they characterise individuals to different degrees: two claims that can be said to be true for many human qualities.

Stories students tell

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2021

ISBN: 978 963 454 669 6

This monograph presents research conducted in connection with the relationships between individual difference variables, like creativity and language aptitude, and the oral narrative task performance of first year English major university students. Changes in language instruction that involve greater reliance on learners' creativity imply that researching creativity as a potentially important individual variable should be imminent. The prominence of tasks in the classroom and in tests suggests that tasks and their decisive features leading to differences in task performance should also be investigated. The findings of the monograph contribute to a deeper understanding of how different individual differences contribute to oral narrative task performance on the one hand, and on the other, they shed light on the differential effects of task complexity. Therefore, the monograph might be of interest for researchers, course book writers and practising teachers alike.

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