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EFL language learning personality traits and instruction

The purpose of the study was to examine language learning personality traits among English as foreign language (EFL) learners within an EFL instructional context. This study measured learners' psychological traits reflected in student self-report survey in the form of self-esteem, extrovert/res...

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Main Author: H.M., Sidek
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: 2015
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EFL instruction
Language attitudes
Language learning
Personality traits
Self-esteem
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8793
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spelling my.usim-87932015-12-31T07:42:44Z EFL language learning personality traits and instruction H.M., Sidek EFL instruction Language attitudes Language learning Personality traits Self-esteem The purpose of the study was to examine language learning personality traits among English as foreign language (EFL) learners within an EFL instructional context. This study measured learners' psychological traits reflected in student self-report survey in the form of self-esteem, extrovert/reserved attitudes, context dependent/independent, and sustained/ periodical determination. Teacher interviews were also carried out in order to find out whether their classroom experiences are congruent with students' perception of their language learning personality traits as well to find out how language learning personality traits affect classroom instruction. In addition, classroom observation was also conducted for data triangulation. The results from the three data sources provided evidence that the majority of student participants have low self-esteem resulting in them being reserved learners. In addition, the participants are highly context-dependent with significant lack of sustained determination in learning EFL. The results of the study imply that instruction could be used as a vehicle to nurture positive learners' language learning dispositions towards EFL learning. © Common Ground, Harison Mohd Sidek. 2015-07-13T08:15:00Z 2015-07-13T08:15:00Z 2012 Article 14479494 http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8793 en_US
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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country Malaysia
content_provider Universit Sains Islam i Malaysia
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language en_US
topic EFL instruction
Language attitudes
Language learning
Personality traits
Self-esteem
spellingShingle EFL instruction
Language attitudes
Language learning
Personality traits
Self-esteem
H.M., Sidek
EFL language learning personality traits and instruction
description The purpose of the study was to examine language learning personality traits among English as foreign language (EFL) learners within an EFL instructional context. This study measured learners' psychological traits reflected in student self-report survey in the form of self-esteem, extrovert/reserved attitudes, context dependent/independent, and sustained/ periodical determination. Teacher interviews were also carried out in order to find out whether their classroom experiences are congruent with students' perception of their language learning personality traits as well to find out how language learning personality traits affect classroom instruction. In addition, classroom observation was also conducted for data triangulation. The results from the three data sources provided evidence that the majority of student participants have low self-esteem resulting in them being reserved learners. In addition, the participants are highly context-dependent with significant lack of sustained determination in learning EFL. The results of the study imply that instruction could be used as a vehicle to nurture positive learners' language learning dispositions towards EFL learning. © Common Ground, Harison Mohd Sidek.
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