Cognitive creativity as an Individual difference in second language acquisition research
Could more creative people be better second language learners? How do you define, measure, and test creativity?
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Description
Dr. Alison Mackey will first introduce cognitive creativity, and discuss how the construct of cognitive creativity can be measured then briefly describe two empirical studies—one with 20 English L1 learners of Japanese L2 in the US, and one involving 52 Chinese L1 university students in the UK focusing on (a) linguistic production during a group oral interaction task, (b) the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT), (c) the paperclip task, an alternative creativity test. Dr. Mackey will conclude by contextualizing cognitive creativity as worthy of future investigation in second language acquisition (SLA) in general, and in cognitive-interactionist SLA and task-based learning in particular.
Speaker Bios
Dr. Mackey is a Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies at Georgetown University
For more information contact: Stephen Skalicky
stephen.skalicky@vuw.ac.nz