Ágnes Albert

Stories students tell

Creativity and oral narrative task performance of English majors in Hungary


Procedures

Data collection was carried out throughout the academic year at a prestigious university in Budapest. Participants were asked to fill in the creativity test (Barkóczi & Zétényi, 1981), the TOEFL test (Phillips, 1989), the C-test (Dörnyei & Katona, 1992), and the language aptitude test (Ottó, 2002) in the presence of the researcher. The reason for this was that all of the above tests are timed and reflect the knowledge or skills of the individual; therefore, the presence of an invigilator is highly recommended. In order to simulate classroom-like and exam-like conditions, the oral narrative tasks were performed in pairs, where each member of the pair was randomly assigned one of the cartoon strip and one of the picture sequence tasks. Students were allowed to spend five minutes with preparation, after which they told their story to their partner. Then they changed roles, and the listener became the speaker. Each participant told two stories altogether, which were recorded by the researcher.

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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