Predicting Language Learners' Grades in the L1, L2, L3 and L4: The Effect of Some Psychological and Sociocognitive Variables

Autor/in	Dewaele, Jean-Marc
Titel	Predicting Language Learners' Grades in the L1, L2, L3 and L4: The Effect of Some Psychological and Sociocognitive Variables
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 4 (2007) 3, S.169-197 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Grades (Scholastic); Second Language Learning; Multilingualism; Personality; Anxiety; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Indo European Languages; English (Second Language); French; German; Second Language Instruction; Cognitive Style; Gender Differences; Correlation; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Notenspiegel; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Personalität; Angst; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Indoeuropäisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Französisch; Deutscher; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Belgien
Abstract	This study of 89 Flemish high-school students' grades for L1 (Dutch), L2 (French), L3 (English) and L4 (German) investigates the effects of three higher-level personality dimensions (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism), one lower-level personality dimension (foreign language anxiety) and sociobiographical variables (gender, social class) on the participants' language grades. Analyses of variance revealed no significant effects of the higher-level personality dimensions on grades. Participants with high levels of foreign language anxiety obtained significantly lower grades in the L2 and L3. Gender and social class had no effect. Strong positive correlations between grades in the different languages could point to an underlying sociocognitive dimension. The implications of these findings are discussed. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10