The relationship between the extraversion trait anduse of the English language learning strategies

Seyed Hossein Fazeli

Presenter: Minyeh Tsai

Instructor: Dr. Teresa Hsu

Feb 24, 2014

Citation

Fazeli, S. H. (2012). The relationship between the extroversion trait and use of the English language learning strategies. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 5(4), 2651-2657.

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Introduction

Literature Review

Methodology

Results and Discussion

Conclusion

Critiques and Suggestions

Contents

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Introduction

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Introduction

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Recently such strategies have been the focus of specific research, and much of the research was descriptive.

(Oxford, 1990)

Such studies show that in order to affect changes in perceptions of the

learners’ role in learning process; we need to discover more about

what learners do to learn language successfully.

Introduction

Since1990s, there has been a growing interest on how personality correlates to the academic performance.

(Oxford & Nyikos, 1989)

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The purpose of the study

This study aims to find out the relationship between the Extaversion trait and use of the English Language Learning Strategies (ELLSs) for learners of English as a foreign language.

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Literature Review

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Literature Review

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Literature Review

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Literature Review

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Literature Review

Research Gap

The conclusions regarding the past studies of extraversion and introversion varied from each other and they are inconsistent.

(Busch, 1982; Maclntyer & Charos, 1996)

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Methodology

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Method

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Choose the participants

Conduct the pilot study

Get the results

SILL (Strategy Inventory for Language Learning)

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Never true of me Always true of me

TOFEL

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• 20 written expression items• 15 structure items • 15 word study items• 15 word recognition vocabulary items• 15 word production vocabulary items• 10 short-context-passage items• 10 reading comprehension items

An example of structure items:

When ______ the conference? a. the doctor attended

b. did the doctor attend c. the doctor will attend d. the doctor’s attendance

NEO-FFI

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Results and Discussion

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Results and Discussion

Table 1. The classification was suggested by Cohen, J (1988)

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It was chosen as a criterion to interpret and discuss about the strength of the correlation.

Results and Discussion

Table 2. Means and Standard Deviations (SD) of the five traits of personality

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The mean of the Conscientiousness trait (mean=34.7, SD=6.3) was more than each of the means of the other four traits.The mean of the Neuroticism trait (mean=23.0, SD=8.3) was less than each of the means of the other four traits.

Results and Discussion

Table 3. The summary of correlations among the overall six categories of strategy use and Extraversion trait

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The students’ strategy use was positively correlated with the Extraversion trait for the Memory Strategy, Meta-cognitive Strategy and Social Strategy.

Conclusion

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Conclusion

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There is a significant relationship between the Extraversion trait and use of the each of three of the six categories of ELLSs, which are Memory Strategy, Meta-cognitive Strategy, and Social Strategies.

Critiques and Suggestions

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Critiques and suggestions

It’s not clear whether the participants actively used the strategies they indicated or personality that they have.

The measurements which are developed in the western countries may not be so successfully employed in the eastern countries.

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In order to investigate students’ actual use of strategies, researcher must observe classes, use think-aloud procedure (introspection), interview, and so forth.

In order to make sure that measurements developed by western countries can be suitable for the eastern

countries, it’d be better to run a pilot study beforehand.

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