期刊名称：LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
印刷版ISSN：1410-7201
电子版ISSN：2579-9533
出版年度：2020
卷号：23
期号：2
页码：207-219
DOI：10.24071/llt.v23i2.2469
语种：English
出版社：Universitas Sanata Dharma
摘要：The present study employed a mixed-method approach to investigate creativity and speaking ability of EFL learners towards its relationship and other essential factors. Indonesian EFL students of the 5th semester taken the course of Academic Speaking in a private university (n=30) who were selected randomly responded Creative Personality Scale (CPS) and Self-Rating of Creativity. For the former,they described themselves by checking off 18 positively scored and 12 negatively scored items which were given a value of +1 and a value of -1,respectively. The latter was assessed by using eight items from the creativity scale. The 7-point Likert-type scales (1=strongly disagree,7=strongly agree) were made to respond these items. Following this,the students' monologues based on five themes were scored using the IELTS Speaking Test Descriptor. The data were analyzed using Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient,pattern matching,and explanation building. The finding shows a significant correlation between EFL learners' creativity and their speaking ability (ρ = .961). The students also faced up to the cultural constraints in advancing their creativity. This study should,therefore,be of value to practitioners wishing to provide EFL students with appropriate materials that are addressed to enhance their speaking ability.
