Relations between personality traits, language learning styles and success in foreign language achievement

Bu çalışmanın amacı, öğrencilerin değişik kişilik özelliklerinin farklı öğrenme stilleri geliştirmelerine yardımcı olduğunu ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu tez, kişiliğin, yabancı dil öğrenirken, eğitim – öğretim stillerinin seçilmesinde belirleyici bir faktör olduğunu ortaya koymayı amaçlamıştır. Bu bağlantıyı ortaya çıkarabilmek için, Bilkent Üniversitesi, birinci sınıfların aldığı Akademik İngilizce Programında, İngilizce 101 dersini tamamlamış, Mühendislik, Fen, İşletme, Güzel Sanatlar, İnsani Bilimler ve Edebiyat Fakültelerinde okuyan öğrencilere, Maudsley’in Kişilik Testi ve Barsch’ın Öğrenme Stilleri anketleri dağıtılmış ve sonuçlar istatistiksel olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonuçları, yabancı dil öğrenen bir öğrencinin kişilik özelliklerine bağlı olarak farklı öğrenme stilleri geliştirdiğini ve buna bağlı olarak başarının da farklılık gösterdiğini, ancak, bunların arasında istatistiksel olarak güçlü degil, sanılanın aksine zayıf bir bağlantı olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Yabancı dil öğretiminde kişilik özellikleri, dil öğrenme stilleri ve başarı arasındaki bağlantı

The purpose of this paper is to show that the reflections of different personality types can be observed in students’ developing different learning styles for themselves. It is hypothesized that personality may be a dominant factor in achieving the educational goals through several learning styles in foreign language achievement. To clarify this relationship; Maudsley’s ‘Personality’ and Barsch’s ‘Learning Styles’ inventories were distributed to Bilkent University Freshman students studying at the Faculty of Engineering, Science, Economics, Fine Arts, and Humanities & Letters, who received the English 101 course in their first year at the university. The results were evaluated statistically and the findings showed that there is not a statistically strong, but a low relationship between the personality traits of the learner, the way he/she establishes the learning styles and reflects these characteristics into success while learning a foreign language.

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