Ágnes Albert

Stories students tell

Creativity and oral narrative task performance of English majors in Hungary


Conclusion and implications

On the basis of the validation procedure of the three supposedly oral narrative tasks it can be concluded that only two out of the three tasks are in fact oral narratives, as only these two can be said to elicit valid narratives. The single picture task seemed to lack validity, as there was too much variability in the output produced by the respondents in response to it. Although according to the definition of a minimal narrative adopted from Labov (1972), the majority of these texts would qualify as narratives; they contained a lower ratio of narrative clauses; thus, their quality was poorer compared to the texts produced under the other two conditions. The picture sequence and the cartoon strip tasks on the other hand appeared to be valid oral narrative tasks; they resulted in balanced performance and a relatively higher ratio of narrative clauses.

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.

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

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