LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
Vol 23, No 2 (2020)

TOWARD CREATIVITY AND SPEAKING ABILITY OF EFL STUDENTS: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY

Abdullah, Debiga Fikky (Unknown)
Kristina, Diah (Unknown)
Sumardi, Sumardi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2020

Abstract

The collaboration of indispensable creativity comprehension and the speaking ability is pivotally needed. The present study investigated the individual creativity and speaking ability of EFL learners correlation. There were 30 Indonesian students majoring in the English language who participated in this study. The questionnaires were employed in gaining the creativity values which are measured by Gough?s (1979) Creative Personality Scale (CPS), Zhou and George?s (2001) Creativity Scale, and the score from the sum of two previous scores when z-scored. The students? interview results were checked using the IELTS Speaking Test Descriptor. The finding of the study reveals that there is a statistically significant correlation between EFL learners? individual creativity and their speaking ability The latter is believed will redound to the benefit of society considering that speaking ability is essential demand, enabling it with the full understanding of creativity. This study will help the researcher to uncover critical areas in the educational process from which a new theory on learning English maybe arrive at.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

LLT

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, to be published twice a year, namely in April and October, is a scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The ...