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dc.contributor.authorPourfeiz, Jafar
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T09:14:29Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T09:14:29Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.119
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11655/20552
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed at investigating the relationship between global personality traits and attitudes towards foreign language learning in a Turkish context. The participants were 157 university students majoring in English as a foreign language (EFL) at a state university. Goldberg's (2001) International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) was used to assess the participants' perceptions of global personality traits and the Attitudes towards Foreign Language Learning (A-FLL) scale (Vandewaetere and Desmet, 2009) was employed to measure their attitudes towards foreign language learning. Findings demonstrated statistically positive correlations between five big personality traits and attitudes towards foreign language learning. Findings also showed statistically significant relationships between cognitive component, affective/evaluative, and behavioral and personality components of attitudes towards foreign language learning (A-FLL) and Big-Five personality traits. Additionally, openness was the strongest predictor of cognitive component; conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability and openness were the predictors of affective/evaluative component, and emotional stability, agreeableness and openness were found to greatly contribute to the prediction of behavioral/personality component. Gender differences were also observed in exhibition subcomponent of behavioral component. Based on the findings of the present study and the diagnostic implications obtained regarding the participants' personality it becomes evident that getting a clearer picture of students' personality traits and their attitudes towards language learning at the beginning of the course might lead to better learning outcomes. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bv
dc.relation.isversionof10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.119
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectEducation & Educational Research
dc.subjectSocial Sciences - Other Topics
dc.titleExploring The Relationship Between Global Personality Traits And Attitudes Toward Foreign Language Learningtr_en
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.relation.journalProceedings Of 5Th World Conference On Learning, Teaching And Educational Leadership
dc.contributor.departmentYabancı Diller Eğitimi
dc.identifier.volume186
dc.identifier.startpage467
dc.identifier.endpage473
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