Personality: a determining factor in becoming a successful language learner
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2015
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Campos Araya, Rodrigo Ignacio
Brand Fonseca, Kevin Armando
Calderón Rodríguez, Edson Enrique
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II Congreso Internacional de Lingüística Aplicada CONLA UNA
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La presente investigación es un estudio de caso cuyo propósito fue investigar los tipos de personalidad que poseen los aprendices de una segunda lengua exitosos en cinco escuelas primarias del circuito 03 en Pérez Zeledón. La importancia de este estudio se fundamenta en la relación entre la personalidad y el rendimiento académico de los niños en la materia de inglés. Los profesores de dicho idioma pueden recurrir a esta investigación para identificar asuntos de personalidad en los estudiantes con el fin de ayudarles a ser exitosos en su aprendizaje del lenguaje. El instrumento que se utilizó para llevar a cabo el estudio fue un cuestionario. De este, se analizaron las respuestas de los estudiantes con base en las características dadas para los cuatro tipos de temperamento existentes: sanguíneo, melancólico, y flemático. Al final, se pudo concluir que la personalidad es un factor determinante en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes, a pesar de no ser el único, ya que la mayoría de los aprendices con un desempeño lingüístico destacado se podrían adscribir a un tipo particular de personalidad-temperamento. Este documento también ofrece un número de recomendaciones para las autoridades del Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP), escuelas de I y II ciclo, y maestros de inglés para poder lidiar apropiadamente con los asuntos de personalidad presentes en el aula.
This research was a case study whose purpose was to investigate what personality types are shown by successful second language learners at five elementary schools of the educational district 03 in Pérez Zeledón. Its importance lies in the fact that it shows the relationship between personality and children’s academic performance in English as a subject matter. English teachers might use this research to identify their students’ personality traits and, thereafter, help them become successful language learners. The instrument used to conduct the study was a questionnaire in which students’ responses were analyzed in the light of the features entailed in the four different temperament types proposed by Hippocrates: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. In the end, the researchers concluded that although personality was not the only determining factor in the students’ learning process, most of the language learners with a remarkable linguistic performance could be ascribed into a specific type of personality-temperament. In addition, this paper offers a series of recommendations for the Ministry of Public Education (MEP, as it is referred in Spanish) authorities, primary schools, and teachers to appropriately deal with personality issues in the classroom.
This research was a case study whose purpose was to investigate what personality types are shown by successful second language learners at five elementary schools of the educational district 03 in Pérez Zeledón. Its importance lies in the fact that it shows the relationship between personality and children’s academic performance in English as a subject matter. English teachers might use this research to identify their students’ personality traits and, thereafter, help them become successful language learners. The instrument used to conduct the study was a questionnaire in which students’ responses were analyzed in the light of the features entailed in the four different temperament types proposed by Hippocrates: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. In the end, the researchers concluded that although personality was not the only determining factor in the students’ learning process, most of the language learners with a remarkable linguistic performance could be ascribed into a specific type of personality-temperament. In addition, this paper offers a series of recommendations for the Ministry of Public Education (MEP, as it is referred in Spanish) authorities, primary schools, and teachers to appropriately deal with personality issues in the classroom.
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PERSONALIDAD, TEMPERAMENTO, ADQUISICIÓN DE SEGUNDO LENGUAJE, INGLÉS, LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS, ENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA, PERSONALITY, TEMPERAMENT, SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, ENGLISH, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, PRIMARY EDUCATION