Abstract

All humans are born with creativity and the inbuilt creativity leads him to self-development. Development of an individual is possible through knowing the abilities which he possesses. Capacity building is very much essential in today’s fast changing world as we have come across a lot of changes in the past couple of years in education system in terms of technology-based teaching-learning process. In addition to adapting to the technological changes it is also necessary to develop the basic ability of language writing skill which plays a very important role in learning process.

This study is an attempt to know the language creativity of 9^th standard students in relation to gender and locality. A total of four schools were selected randomly out of which a total number of 170 students were selected. Descriptive analysis is done. To know the significant differences in language creativity (Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration) in relation to gender and locality of 9^th standard students, t-test is used on the groups (boys and girls, urban and rural). The study concluded that the obtained mean scores of students studying in 9^th standard have low language creativity. The study also reveals that there is no significant difference in language creativity (Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration) between girls and boys and also urban and rural 9^th standard students. The study suggests to conduct activities to improve the language creativity of 9^th standard students.

Keywords: Language creativity (Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration), Gender, Locality.

[1] Asst Professor and Research Guide, R V Teachers college (IASE), Bengaluru City University, Bengaluru.

[2] Research Scholar, R V Teachers college (IASE), Bengaluru City University, Bengaluru.