Self-Consciousness and Assertiveness as Explanatory Variables of L2 Oral Ability: A Latent Variable Approach

Autor/in	Ockey, Gary
Titel	Self-Consciousness and Assertiveness as Explanatory Variables of L2 Oral Ability: A Latent Variable Approach
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 61 (2011) 3, S.968-989 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00625.x
Schlagwörter	Language Tests; Assertiveness; Personality; Statistical Analysis; Psychometrics; Communication Skills; Second Language Learning; Oral Language; College Freshmen; English (Second Language); Grammar; Personality Measures; Pronunciation; Language Fluency; Vocabulary; Foreign Countries; Japan; NEO Personality Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language test; Sprachtest; Personalität; Statistische Analyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Kommunikationsstil; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Studienanfänger; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Grammatik; Aussprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Wortschatz; Ausland
Abstract	Drawing on current theories in personality, second-language (L2) oral ability, and psychometrics, this study investigates the extent to which self-consciousness and assertiveness are explanatory variables of L2 oral ability. Three hundred sixty first-year Japanese university students who were studying English as a foreign language participated in the study. Personality was measured with the Japanese version of the NEO-PI-R (Shimonaka, Nakazato, Gondo, & Takayama, 2002), and L2 oral ability was assessed with an institutionalized group oral discussion test in which performances were judged for pronunciation, fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and communication skills. An analysis of covariance structures technique indicated that assertiveness is a significant explanatory variable of L2 oral ability and no effect was found for self-consciousness. Communication skills and fluency were slightly better explained by assertiveness than the other subconstructs of oral ability. (As Provided).
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