Researching Creativity in Second Language Acquisition explains the links between creativity and second language learning and how to propel the research of creativity as an individual difference in second language acquisition forward at multiple levels.

Ashleigh Pipes holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University. She has taught Linguistics and Communication courses domestically and abroad and currently teaches at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). She has presented her research on creativity and other individual differences in second language acquisition at conferences of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), and the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA). She is also certified by the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development as a Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scorer.

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Proposals for Any Deadline

2 Studying Creativity

3 Assessing Creativity for Linguistics Research

4 Preparing Linguistic Instruments

5 Other Individual Differences

6 Managing and Analyzing Data

7 Sharing Results

8 Moving Forward

Glossary

Index