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The chapter offers an overview of research papers organised according to the four Ps: Person, Process, Product and Press. Under Person, studies are cited on the effect of creativity on language acquisition, and vice versa. There is also discussion of research on teacher creativity and its effects. Under Process we note the difference between the cognitive emphasis on Person-oriented and the affective bias Process-oriented research. We also note a degree of confusion in research design and interpretation of results. This section presents a set of ‘affordances’ which appear to facilitate creativity. Product seems to be less well researched, focusing mainly on error analysis and studies designed to measure creative outcomes in writing, video production and so on. Methods are again sometimes poorly designed and results inconclusive. Press discusses research into factors facilitating and inhibiting creativity, including teachers’ perceptions and attitudes and the role of institutional constraints. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the research in the four areas.

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Maley, A., Kiss, T. (2018). Research into Creativity. In: Creativity and English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46729-4_13

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