The Relationship between Language skill,Intelligence and Creativity among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
Teaching second language is in urgent need ofsomeresearches to staiinsevni the role of intelligence and creativity inFL/SL learning because realizing particular learners’ psychological features such as intelligence and creativity has an effective role and it will improve both teachers and learners’ understanding about the level and complexity of these two items on language skills.Creativity is considered as an infinite and unique feature of human nature in FL learning.Intelligence as an effective factor in learning a new language has beenunder question for a long time and various kinds of intelligence have been studied to explicate different facets of human ability in learning a new language as a sophisticated phenomenon.This study aims to clarify the relationship between language skill,creativity and intelligence. It also illuminates the merits and drawbacks of creative thinking andusing multiple intelligences in learning.This research was confronted with some difficulties such as abstract concepts of creativity and intelligence but through psychological tests and applying a plethora of particular tenets those problems were tackled.This study is an experimental research and the researcher has used random sampling process to conduct it and used oxford placement test at the first phase.The sample of this group consists of sixty male pre-university students. This study strongly recommends that further researches are needed to reveal different effects of creativity and multiple intelligences on language learning.
Authors and Affiliations
Houman Bijani| Assistant professor, English Language Department, Islamic AZAD University, Zanjan branch, Zanjan Iran, JafarAsadi| English Language Department, Islamic AZAD University, Zanjan branch, Zanjan Iran, email: JafarAsadi2015@gmail.com, Parisa Bagheri| English Language Department, Islamic AZAD University, Zanjan branch, Zanjan Iran, AlirezaToulabi| Department of English language Teaching, Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz,Khuzestan,Iran
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