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The Relationship Between Extroversion-Introversion and English Proficiency Among Applied Foreign Language Students at a University of Technology
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The Relationship Between Extroversion-Introversion and
English Proficiency Among Applied Foreign Language Students
at a University of Technology
Presenter: Patty Tsai
Advisor: Dr. Wangching Chen
Date: 2013/06/31
4. Background
The classroom in Taiwan where English is learned as a
foreign language (EFL), with the amount of
approximately 45 students and only one teacher, it is not
easy for teachers to notice the relationship between
every student’s personality type and their English
proficiency.
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6. Purpose
The purpose of this study attempts to probe
into the relationship between extroversion-
introversion and students’ English proficiency
in Taiwan.
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7. Research questions
Q1:
Do extroverts perform better on their TOEIC tests than
introverts?
Q2:
Do the extroverts and introverts use the similar learning
strategies when learning a second language?
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8. Hypothesis
H1:
Different personality types of learners especially
extroverted learners can get higher scores on TOEIC
test.
H2:
Different personality types of learners especially
extroverted learners use better learning strategies than
introverts.
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9. Significance of the study
To provide an “empirical research” into the
scarcity of information on Taiwanese English
major students’ individual differences and their
English proficiency.
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11. What is personality?
Personality is the type of person you are, which is shown
by the way you behave, feel and think.
(Sharma, 2008)
Personality is defined as the sum total of our mental,
emotional, social and physical characteristics that
distinguishes us from others. They are what make us the
unique person we are.
(Yusoff, Rahim, &11
12. Definitions of Personality
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(Fiske et al., 1949)
Extraversion
This trait includes characteristics such as
excitability, sociability, talkativeness,
assertiveness and high amounts of
emotional expressiveness.
13. The notion of extroversion and introversion
Extroverts are always regarded as “life of the party” person;
in contrast, introverts are thought of as quite and reserved,
with tendencies toward reclusiveness. Unfortunately, these
stereotypes have influenced teacher’s perceptions of
students, e.g., teachers always admire the talkative,
outgoing students who participates freely in class
discussions, rather than introverts who are sometimes
thought of not being smart.
(Brown, 1994) 13
14. Extroverted-introverted vs. English proficiency
Many SLA theorists claimed that extroverts are the better
language learners.
(Shahila & Meenakshi, 2012)
Introverts actually have higher English proficiency than
the extroverted learners, which is not what she expected.
(Busch, 1982)
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15. Research Gap
Even there were some researchers focused on
students’ English proficiency and extroversion-
introversion factors, e.g., Busch’s study; still,
there were very few research conducted in Asian,
especially in Taiwan.
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When it comes to personality types especially extroversion and its counterpart introversion, people always think that extroversion are outgoing, open-minded, talkative and sociable while introversion are shy, quiet, non-talkative and unsociable. Extroverts with these personality characteristics are more willing to try new things and learn from mistakes. That’s why people think that extroverts have better English proficiency because of their attempts, which is so called a stereotype.
There’re 8 classes in the department of applied foreign languages. Only one class will be picked randomly.
