中国学习者创造力与口头叙事任务表现的相关研究

A Study on Chinese EFL Learners’ Creativity and Oral Narrative Task Performance

本研究旨在探究中国学习者创造力与口头叙事任务语言产出的关系。通过对大二英语专业学生创造力测试和口头叙事录音的数据收集，我们对总体创造力及创造力的流利度、独创性、精准性三个维度与口头叙事任务语言产出话语量、复杂性、准确性、叙述结构四个方面进行了相关分析。结果发现：（1）学习者总体创造力与口头叙事任务的表现显著相关；（2）创造力的流利度和独创性与语言产出的准确性呈正相关，而话语量、语言的复杂性和叙事结构与创造力没有明显的相关关系。这些发现不仅加深了我们对创造力与叙事任务表现的关系的认识，还对外语教学中任务的设计和实施有启示作用。

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between creativity and oral narrative task performance by Chinese EFL learners. Data were collected from Chinese EFL learners＇ creativity test and oral narrative task, and correlation analyses on the data were conducted between the three dimensions of learners＇ creativity in the test and the four aspects of their linguistic performance on the narrative task. The analyses revealed the following results： （1） learners＇ overall creativity is positively correlated with their oral narrative task performance; （2） learners＇ creative fluency and originality are positively correlated with their linguistic accuracy of the narratives, but no correlation is found between learners＇ creativity and their discourse quantity, linguistic complexity and narrative structure. These findings can not only shed new light on the relationship between creativity and oral narrative task performance, but also have some implications on the design and implementation of tasks in foreign language teaching