چکیده:
In recent years, language-learning research has been more
concerned with factors that may affect the choice of learning strategies among
learners. In studies conducted by Cohen (1990), Ehrman and Oxford (1995),
MacIntyre and Gardner (1989) and Reid (1987), these factors have been identified
as motivation, gender, learning style, previous experience, and personality type.
This study attempts to find out the kinds of language learning strategies that
Iranian EFL learners mostly utilize. In addition, the language learning strategies
preferred by Iranian extrovert/introvert, sensing/intuitive, thinking/feeling, and
judging/perceiving language learners are also considered. The sample of the study
included 137 Iranian EFL learners at MA level, studying at different branches of
the Islamic Azad University and University of Teacher Education, who were
randomly selected for the purpose of this study. The instruments utilized in this
study were (a) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to identify the kind of
personality type language learners have, and (b) Strategy Inventory for Language
Learning (SILL) to assess the learners’ strategy-use-frequency in language
learning. The results of the study showed that learners with extrovert and introvert
personality types did not show any significant difference regarding the use of
language learning strategies. Both sensing and intuitive learners preferred to use
affective strategies. The findings also indicated that thinking, as well as feeling
learners, used memory and social strategies. Perceiving learners used two
categories of strategies, cognitive and compensation, whereas judging learners
employed only the compensation strategy.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"On the Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Personality Types among Iranian EFL Learners Jahanbakhsh Nikoopour Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch Mohammad Amini Farsani University of Teacher Education In recent years, language-learning research has been more concerned with factors that may affect the choice of learning strategies among learners.
The instruments utilized in this study were (a) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to identify the kind of personality type language learners have, and (b) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) to assess the learners’ strategy-use-frequency in language learning.
The results of the study showed that learners with extrovert and introvert personality types did not show any significant difference regarding the use of language learning strategies.
Extensive investigation has shown the importance of language learning strategies in making language learning more efficient and in producing a positive effect on learners’ language use (Cohen & Weaver, 1998; O’Malley & Chamot, 1990; Oxford, 1996; Wenden & Rubin, 1987)."