Researching creativity in second language acquisition. Ashleigh Pipes, (2023). Routledge, New York and Oxon, 164 pages. ISBN: 9781003049951. (e-book)

Leiming Chen; Yongliang Wang

doi:10.30827/portalin.vi42.27679

Authors

Leiming Chen School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6428-6724
Yongliang Wang School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi42.27679

Abstract

In the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), studies on individual differences, such as anxiety, motivation, and aptitude, have come to the core of saturation. However, research on creativity, a fundamental dimension of effective language teaching (Derahkshan, Greenier，& Fathi，2022), is relatively deficient and deserves more attention as a result of the increasing demand for communicative and task-based approaches in modern language teaching. (p.63) Considering such a lacuna, Researching Creativity in Second Language Acquisition is especially timely monograph to fill the gap.

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Author Biographies

Leiming Chen, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China

Leiming Chen currently is a master’s student of translation at School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, People’s Republic of China.

Yongliang Wang, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China

Yongliang Wang, Associate Professor in applied linguistics, Ph.D. degree holder, works for School of Foreign Studies, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, China, and works as a supervisor for postgraduate students in applied linguistics with School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China. He serves as an editorial board member and a peer reviewer for several accredited international journals in the field of EFL education. His name was selected in the Highly Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier in 2022. In recent years, his research interests lie in the interface between positive psychology (PP) and EFL teacher education, technology assisted language learning, and semiotics studies in intercultural communication. His recent academic publications have appeared in either international or Chinese core journals, such as System, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Applied Linguistics Review, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Porta Linguarum, and International Journal of Applied Linguistics, etc.

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