On the Viable Linkages between Extroversion/Introversion and Academic Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Proficiency

Autor/inn/en	Alavinia, Parviz; Hassanlou, Adel
Titel	On the Viable Linkages between Extroversion/Introversion and Academic Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Proficiency
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 3, S.167-175 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Extraversion Introversion; Correlation; Majors (Students); English Literature; Personality Measures; Questionnaires; Writing Skills; Essays; Personality Traits; Statistical Significance; Gender Differences; College Students; Persuasive Discourse; Personal Narratives; Descriptive Writing; Language Tests; Iran; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Korrelation; Englische literatur; Fragebogen; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Collegestudent; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Erlebniserzählung; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	The current study was aimed at investigating the relationship between academic Iranian EFL learners' extroversion/introversion and their writing performance. The participants of the study were some 52 BA learners majoring in English language literature in Urmia and Tabriz state universities. The chosen sample comprised of both males and females and as convenience sampling was utilized, all the participants took part in the study on a voluntary basis. The major instrument used in the study was the online version of Eysenck's personality questionnaire, which was exerted as the means of determining the learners' extroversion/introversion. Furthermore, to gauge the learners' writing performance, they were asked to write three types of essays (argumentative, narrative and descriptive). Through the final analysis of data, it was revealed that no significant correlation held between the participants' personality types and their writing performance in terms of all three modes referred to. A statistically significant difference was, however, observed between the writing performance of male and female students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01