The Relationship of Personality Traits with English Speaking Anxiety
| Autor: | Haldun Vural |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Agreeableness
personality traits foreign language speaking foreign language speaking anxiety English Language Teaching foreign language teaching Extraversion and introversion media_common.quotation_subject Conscientiousness Microbiology Neuroticism Developmental psychology Education medicine Openness to experience Personality Anxiety medicine.symptom Big Five personality traits Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Research in Educational Policy and Management, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2019) Research in Educational Policy and Management; Vol 1 No 1 (2019): Research in Educational Policy and Management; 55-74 |
| ISSN: | 2691-0667 |
| Popis: | Speaking in front of people is challenging even in one’s own language. Since personality and speaking anxiety are interrelated, students’ personality types are important to find out the reasons for their anxiety. The aim of the current study is to determine the personality traits of the participants; to investigate their foreign language speaking anxiety levels; and to find out whether students’ personality traits significantly predict their foreign language speaking anxiety. According to the results, extraversion, openness and conscientiousness significantly and negatively but neuroticism and agreeableness significantly and positively predict foreign language speaking anxiety. The majority have agreeableness which predicts foreign language speaking anxiety positively; this may explain why people cannot speak English in our country. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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