The Interplay between Semantic Fluency and Learner Creativity in L2 Acquisition

Creativity in L2 acquisition is an issue which has received considerable attention in domains related to the study of individual learner differences, lexical item memorisation and retrieval, bilingualism, teaching strategies. Despite that the interdependence of L2 creativity and verbal production of young English language learners has not received considerable attention so far. The aim of the current study is to examine the relationship between creativity and L2 word production fluency of a group of 52 10-11-year old Bulgarian primary school speakers of English. The performed descriptive statistical analysis of the data gathered revealed a strong interdependence between creativity (in its three dimensions – fluency, flexibility and originality) and the target language verbal production of the study subjects. Full text …

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