ERIC Number: EJ1181176
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Publication Date: 2017-Apr
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English Language Learners' Big Five Personality Characteristics and Their Preference for Isolated or Integrated Form-Focused Instruction
Navidinia, Hossein; Beidokhti, Zeinab; Hekmati, Nargess
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, v26 n1-2 p75-83 Apr 2017
This study aims to investigate the predictive power of personality traits for EFL students' preference for isolated or integrated form-focused instruction (FFI). Participants were 160 Iranian EFL university students. Results indicated that students' personality traits, as measured by Costa and McCrae (Revised NEO Personality inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) professional manual, Psychological Assessment Resources Inc., Odessa, FL, 1992) NEO-FFI, were significantly related to students' preference for isolated or integrated grammar instruction as assessed by Student Preference for Grammar Instruction Questionnaire developed by Spada et al. ("System," 37(1):70-81, 2009). Multiple regression analyses indicated that NEO-FFI variables of extroversion, agreeableness, and open to experience were significant positive predictors of EFL students' preferences for integrated FFI while neuroticism had a negative relationship with that. Furthermore, NEO-FFI variables of conscientiousness and neuroticism were significant positive predictors of students' preferences for isolated FFI while extroversion and open to experience had a negative relationship with it. The results were discussed and the implications were made with regard to individual differences in educational contexts.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Students, Personality Traits, Personality Measures, Preferences, Grammar, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: NEO Personality Inventory; NEO Five Factor Inventory
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