Personality: Its Impact on Attitudes toward Classroom Activities.

Ely, Christopher M.

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ERIC Number: EJ367536

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Personality: Its Impact on Attitudes toward Classroom Activities.

Ely, Christopher M.

Foreign Language Annals, v21 n1 p25-32 Feb 1988

Investigation of how college students' (N=125) personality characteristics influenced their attitudes toward various second-language learning activities partially confirmed hypotheses suggesting that risk taking and sociability factors positively influenced attitudes toward free language use and negatively affected attitudes toward highly structured grammar practice. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Learning Activities, Personality Traits, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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