Potential Bonds between Extroversion/Introversion and Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Ability

Autor/inn/en	Alavinia, Parviz; Sameei, Abdolraoof
Titel	Potential Bonds between Extroversion/Introversion and Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Ability
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 5 (2012) 5, S.19-30 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Scores; Personality Traits; Extraversion Introversion; Listening Skills; Correlation; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Personality Measures; Neurosis; Individual Differences; Listening Comprehension Tests; Language Tests; Elementary School Students; High School Students; College Students; Iran; Eysenck Personality Inventory; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Neurose; Individueller Unterschied; Hörverstehensübung; Language test; Sprachtest; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent
Abstract	The present study was implemented to investigate the possible relationship between introversion/extroversion and the listening ability of intermediate Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners by taking into account their gender, age, and grades of study. A total of 120 Intermediate learners (62 males and 58 females) studying at Shokoh-e-Andishe Language Institute in Sardasht participated in the current study. The subjects were asked to fill the EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire) to be categorized as either introvert or extrovert. To test the research hypotheses set forth in the present study, Pearson correlation coefficient and two-way analysis of variance were run as the main statistical analyses. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between listening ability of subjects and the personality characteristic in question, i.e. extroversion vs. introversion. The scores of listening ability had a positive relationship with the introversion of subjects, that is, the more introvert the subjects, the better their performance on listening. However, as the findings revealed, no significant interaction relationship was found between gender and introversion/extroversion on the one hand and listening ability of subjects on the other; yet, there was a significant interaction relationship between introversion/extroversion and the participants' age and grades of study, on the one hand and their listening ability, on the other. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01