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Temperament as An Temperament as An Indicator of Indicator of Language Achievement Language Achievement Patty Tsai Patty Tsai 2013.09.30 2013.09.30 Instructor: Dr. Teresa Hsu Instructor: Dr. Teresa Hsu

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Temperament as An Temperament as An Indicator of Language Indicator of Language

AchievementAchievement

Patty TsaiPatty Tsai2013.09.302013.09.30

Instructor: Dr. Teresa HsuInstructor: Dr. Teresa Hsu

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Citation Ali Salmani Nodoushan, M. (2011). Temperament as An Indicator of Language Achievement. International Journal of Language Studies, 5(4), 33-52.

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Table of contentsTable of contents

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Methodology

Introduction

Literature Review

Conclusion

Results and Discussion

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IntroductionIntroduction

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IntroductionAmong varied factors studied by researchers, personality is a learner variable that has been associated with success in language learning and use.

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Purpose

The main aim of most of the works done on learner variables was to explain why some learners were more successful than others in second language acquisition.

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Literature reviewLiterature review

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Eysenck’s Personality Types

Introversion-Extroversion scale Introversion-Extroversion scale

Neu

roticism scale

Neu

roticism scale

Psychotic scale

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Definitions of 4 Psychotic factors

Sanguine

confidently optimistic and cheerful

Phlegmatic

undemonstrative man

Choleric

easily moved to anger

Melancholic

characterized by sadness

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Literature ReviewTemperament is that aspect of our personalities that is genetically based, inborn, there from birth or even before. That does not mean that a temperament theory rules out the role of environment; rather, a temperament theory does not focus on environment.

(Kasschau, 1985)

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Literature ReviewAs early as the 1980s, Stern noticed that extroverts are dominant in obtaining communication skills so they can achieve more talk opportunities whereas introverts are better language learners because of their analytic and systematic orientation.

(Stern, 1983)

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Literature Review

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Zhang concluded that extroverts learn a second language more easily because they are more risk-taking; they are not afraid of embarrassing themselves by speaking incorrectly, or by not being able to speak at all, so they do not miss the opportunities that can help their learning.

(Zhang, 2008)

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Method Method

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• 20 written expression items• 15 structure items • 15 word study items• 15 word recognition vocabulary items• 15 word production vocabulary items• 10 short-context-passage items• 10 reading comprehension items

U-Test

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The U-Test is a TOEFL-like proficiency test which consists of 100 items.

An example of structure items:

When ______ the conference? a. the doctor attended

b. did the doctor attend c. the doctor will attend d. the doctor’s attendance

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An example of the card:

Describe a classmate or colleague you often meet.

You should say:•Where you usually meet•When you first met•What topics you usually talk about

And say why you often meet

IELTS speaking test cards

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IELTS is a standardized test with a high enough reliability index.

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Structure of the Eysenck Personality Test_____________________________________________

Scale Item Numbers Totals_____________________________________________

Neuroticism 2.4.7..........52.55.57 24--------------------------------------------------------------------Extroversion 1.3.5………..51.53.56 24--------------------------------------------------------------------Lie Detection 6.12. 18. 24. 30 36. 42. 09

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Eysenck Personality Test

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The version of the test used in this study consisted of 57 Yes-No questions.

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Results and discussionResults and discussion

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Multivariate Tests

The p value was less than 0.01, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant effect for time. 19

< 0.01

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As figure 2 indicates, the sanguine group showed a greater gain in spoken performance than any of the other groups.

Factor analysis for SILL

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Sanguine

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Pearson’s correlation coefficients between extroversion/introversion and six factors

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The mean changes for the temperament groups were mathematically large.

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As table shows, the P value for treatment was statistically significant. Therefore, it was concluded that the main effect for group was significant.

T-test for differences between I-Group and E-Group

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< 0.01

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Discussions I. The sanguine and the choleric groups outperformed the

other groups. The sanguine group had the best results.

II. Extroverts appeared to be better language learners than introverts.

III. It seems that such individual characteristics as being carefree, talkative, easygoing, sociable, etc. are conductive to language learning.

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Conclusion Conclusion

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Conclusion

The study found that extroverts had an advantage over introverts in their achievement in speaking classes.

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Limitations

In this study, the number of participants is not that promising.

Moreover, the people studied in this research belonged to the intermediate-proficiency group, and the researcher cannot be sure if the same results will be found in a study that involves beginners or advanced learners of English.

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My research plan

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Thank you for listening. Thank you for listening.