Relationship between learner creativity, task planning, and speaking performance in L2 narrative tasks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7155406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jie Qin (0000-0002-6273-5585, School of Foreign Studies , 12526 South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , GD , China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 2567-2590 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-042X • E-ISSN: 1613-4141 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/iral-2023-0252 |
| OpenAlex | W4398228660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
This study examined the relationship between learners’ creativity viewed as a divergent thinking cognitive trait and the language/content dimensions of their L2 speaking performance under two task planning conditions, while controlling for the effects of L2 proficiency. Sixty-one Chinese learners of English took an Elicited Imitation Task, a verbal and a figural creativity test, and performed two picture-prompted narrative tasks. Results showed that when learners had time to plan, their L2 proficiency and creativity were predictors of their speaking performance in terms of fluency and idea productivity, while under the no planning condition, creativity predicted learners’ performance measured by idea productivity, discoursal structure, and lexical diversity. Moreover, different creativity measures contributed to L2 task performance in differential manners. This study contributes to the field by shedding light on the interaction between learner-related and task-related variables on L2 speaking production and the nature of the new individual difference variable of creativity
Cognitive psychology · Creativity · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Narrative · Task (project management) · Computer Science · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Methods and Teacher Development · Engineering · Psychology · Social Psychology
The methodology of the research on language aptitude
Speaking
Strategic planning, task structure and performance testing
Divergent thinking
MTLD, vocd-D, and HD-D
Multiple Regression in L2 Research
Introducing/Testing New SFL-Inspired Communication/Content/Function-Focused Measures for Assessing L2 Narrative Task Performance
Task Planning and Oral L2 Production
Modelling Second Language Performance
The development of narrative competence in the L1 and L2 of Spanish-English bilingual children
Effects of repeated practice in pre-task planning on the acquisition of English personal pronouns by Chinese EFL learners
How Does Creativity Affect Second Language Speech Production? The Moderating Role of Speaking Task Type
Creativity and EFL Students’ Language Use During a Group Problem-Solving Task
The Relationship between Individual Differences in Learner Creativity and Language Learning Success
Three faces of intellect
Creativity
How Big Is "Big"? Interpreting Effect Sizes in L2 Research
The Roles of Recasts, Task Complexity, and Aptitude in Child Second Language Development
Creativity and Narrative Task Performance
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |