| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第14-17页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第17-27页 |
| 1.1 Research orientation | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2 Research rationale | 第19-23页 |
| 1.3 Research questions and significance | 第23-25页 |
| 1.4 Contents of the remaining chapters | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第27-59页 |
| 2.1 Creativity | 第27-39页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of creativity | 第27-30页 |
| 2.1.2 Creativity research in different approaches | 第30-34页 |
| 2.1.3 Nature of creativity | 第34-36页 |
| 2.1.4 Divergent thinking | 第36-37页 |
| 2.1.5 Measurement of creativity-Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking | 第37-39页 |
| 2.2 Tasks in SLA research | 第39-48页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition and classification of tasks | 第39-42页 |
| 2.2.2 Robinson’s Triadic Componential Framework | 第42-45页 |
| 2.2.3 Oral narrative tasks | 第45-48页 |
| 2.3 The effect of individual variables on task performance | 第48-50页 |
| 2.4 Previous studies on creativity and task performance | 第50-54页 |
| 2.5 Previous studies on the effects of planning time condition on taskperformance | 第54-55页 |
| 2.6 Comment on previous studies on the correlation between creativity andtask performance under the different time conditions | 第55-57页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第57-59页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE EMPIRICAL STUDY | 第59-83页 |
| 3.1 Participants | 第59-60页 |
| 3.2 Instruments | 第60-64页 |
| 3.2.1 Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking | 第60-63页 |
| 3.2.2 Oral narrative task | 第63-64页 |
| 3.3 Data collection | 第64-66页 |
| 3.3.1 Procedure for Torrance Test of Creative Thinking | 第65-66页 |
| 3.3.2 Procedure for oral narrative task | 第66页 |
| 3.4 Data coding | 第66-79页 |
| 3.4.1 Five components for measures of creativity | 第67-70页 |
| 3.4.2 Five facets for measures of oral narrative task performance | 第70-79页 |
| 3.5 Data analysis | 第79-80页 |
| 3.5.1 Measures of creativity | 第79-80页 |
| 3.5.2 Measures of oral narrative task performance | 第80页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第80-83页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS FOR RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES | 第83-93页 |
| 4.1 Descriptive statistics for all variables | 第84-86页 |
| 4.2 Results for research questions | 第86-92页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第92-93页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION | 第93-117页 |
| 5.1 Discussion for the research question one | 第93-105页 |
| 5.1.1 Correlation between creative fluency and five measures of oralnarrative task performance | 第94-98页 |
| 5.1.2 Correlation between originality and five measures of oral narrativetask performance | 第98-101页 |
| 5.1.3 Correlation between elaboration and five measures of oral narrativetask performance | 第101-102页 |
| 5.1.4 Correlation between abstractness of titles and five measures of oralnarrative task performance | 第102-103页 |
| 5.1.5 Correlation between resistance to premature closure and fivemeasures of oral narrative task performance | 第103-104页 |
| 5.1.6 Correlation between total creativity and five measures of oralnarrative task performance | 第104-105页 |
| 5.2 Discussion for the research question two | 第105-114页 |
| 5.2.1 The correlation between quantity of talk and creativity under the three different planning time conditions | 第105-107页 |
| 5.2.2 The correlation between complexity and creativity under the threedifferent planning time conditions | 第107-108页 |
| 5.2.3 The correlation between accuracy and creativity under the threedifferent planning time conditions | 第108-110页 |
| 5.2.4 The correlation between lexical diversity and creativity under thethree different planning time conditions | 第110-111页 |
| 5.2.5 The correlation between narrative structure and creativity under thethree different planning time conditions | 第111-114页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第114-117页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS | 第117-125页 |
| 6.1 Summary of major findings | 第117-120页 |
| 6.2 Implications in creativity and EFL teaching | 第120-123页 |
| 6.3 Limitations | 第123-125页 |
| REFERENCES | 第125-137页 |
| APPENDICES | 第137-165页 |
| APPENDIX A | 第137-139页 |
| APPENDIX B | 第139-141页 |
| APPENDIX C | 第141-143页 |
| APPENDIX D | 第143-145页 |
| APPENDIX E | 第145-147页 |
| APPENDIX F | 第147-159页 |
| APPENDIX G | 第159-165页 |
