2014 IJRSET – Volume 3 Issue 2
Author/s:
Vaezi, Ramin*
Department of Foreign Languages, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran (ramin.vaezi@khuisf.ac.ir)
Biria, Reza
Department of Foreign Languages, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran (r_biria@yahoo.com)
Azodi, Nazli
Department of Foreign Languages, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran (azodi_n@yahoo.com)
Abstract:
This study explored the relationship between the use of audio-visual aids to improve the speaking ability of Iranian intermediate EFL learners and their personality type; namely, introversion/extroversion. To this end, The Comprehensive English Language Test (CELT) was given to 250 students to homogenize the sample. Out of this, 120 students whose scores fell one standard deviation above and below the mean were regarded as intermediate. Having found the homogeneous participants, the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) was given to them, through which 60 introverts and 60 extroverts were selected as the main participants. The selected participants were interviewed and rated by three native like speaker raters and after the treatment the same raters evaluated the interviewees. The obtained results through a two-way ANOVA indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between extroverts and introverts in terms of audio-visual aids, but the difference was not that prominent and, therefore, it cannot be recommended as an operational pedagogical factor. It can also be concluded that the extroverts were generally better at speaking than introverts; however, there again the difference was not statistically noteworthy.
Keywords: audio-visual aids; personality type; extroversion/introversion; speaking ability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrset.2014.744
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