• Hiwa Weisi

  Author

• Zahra Khaksar

  Author

The theory of hemisphericity that gain importance in the recent years, related to the
idea that people may prefer to use the mode of cognitive processing which is related to the
activity on the part of the left or right cerebral hemisphere. This article aimed at investigating
the relationship between Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learner’s left or right
hemispheric dominance and their creativity in EFL writing. The results of the writing section of
a TOEFL (2010) was used to select a homogeneous group of 50 junior and senior English
translation students at Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch. Next the Hemispheric
Dominance Test (HDT) by Venkataraman (1988) and also adapted Torrance Test of Creative
Thinking (TTCT) that was used for measuring their creativity in English writing and is thought
to be the best test to evaluate the creativity dimensions of students in writing (Rabbah, et al,
2013) were administered to obtain the data. Findings of the study indicated that right brain
dominant learners had better performance in creativity in writing test. As a conclusion, it can be
said that investigating hemispheric dominance from the aspects of curriculum and teaching
methods will help teachers to design better syllabuses for improving the creativity of students in
writing.

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