Ágnes Albert

Stories students tell

Creativity and oral narrative task performance of English majors in Hungary


Summary of findings

The main aim of my study was to describe the relationships between a possibly important ID variable, learner creativity, and oral narrative task performance. In order to provide a context for the study and ease the interpretation of findings, two further variables were introduced in the research design: the ID variable of language aptitude and the level of language proficiency. Since the cognitive complexity of tasks was hypothesised to have a differential effect on the results, two oral narrative tasks with different levels of cognitive complexity were used. Eventually, seven research questions were formulated in connection with the characteristics of the sample, differences in task performance on the tasks differing in cognitive complexity, and the relationships of the variables examined.

Stories students tell

Tartalomjegyzék


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.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/albert-stories-students-tell//

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