Exploring the Correlation between Motivation and Creativity in English Writing among Pakistani ESL Learners

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine whether and how students' engagement in creative writing activities affects their motivation to write in English as a second language. Learning to write creatively, relies heavily on motivation. It has the potential to impede successful writing.

Motivation and creativity in writing are predictive of academic achievement, cognitive capacity, and innate motivation. The investigation was conducted using a correlational methodology. The population of this research was collected from the fourth semester students of Animal Husbandry Department, while this study utilized 30 students as the sample. The Academic Writing Motivation Questionnaire (Payne, 2012) was used in this study with official IELTS and essay score criteria. The correlation between motivation and creativity has been quantitatively examined. A weakly negative link between the two variables is shown by the correlation coefficient value of r=-0.022. The p-value for this correlation coefficient is 0.906%, indicating its statistical significance. It suggests that the link between motivation and creativity is not strong. The results of this study show that further research is needed to fully understand the factors that inspire Pakistani ESL students to write creatively in English.