The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners‟ Creativity and Their Knowledge of Lexical Chunks

Abstract

Both knowledge of lexical chunks and learners‟ creativity are important indicators of learning quality and play pivotal role in foreign language learning success. This study, thus, is mainly designed and conducted to determine to what extent learner creativity is associated with their knowledge of lexical chunks. In so doing, a creativity scale and a M-C test of lexical chunks were first administered to 70 male and female learners conveniently selected. The gathered data were then analyzed through Pearson correlation coefficient and Cronbach Alpha. The findings indicated that there is a significant relationship between learner creativity and their lexical chunk knowledge. It was also realized that lexical chunk knowledge had the strongest correlation with the „‟ fluency‟‟ component of creativity and no correlation with the „‟ originality‟‟ component