چکیده:
In order to investigate the relationship between aggressiveness and oral
proficiency of Iranian EFL learners, first a TOEFL test was given to 100
EFL students in order to homogenize the sample. Out of this, 71 participants
whose scores fell one standard deviation above and below the mean were
regarded as intermediate and, therefore, interviewed. They were then asked
to complete the Persian version of a validated aggression questionnaire. All
the tape-recorded interviews were rated by two raters. Based on their scores
on aggression questionnaire, the subjects were divided into two groups of
aggressives and non-aggressives and the means of their scores in oral
interviews were compared using t-test. Results of the t-test showed that,
aggressive and non aggressive groups are different in their oral proficiency.
Finally, the correlations between the two main variables and also between
four subscales of aggression and all the components of oral proficiency were
estimated to see exactly what the nature of the relationships is. Overall, the
results of these calculations showed that aggression negatively affects oral
proficiency of L2 learners. Moreover, verbal aggression and anger as
different subscales of aggressiveness were found to have negative effect on
the components of oral proficiency.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"In spite of the significance of aggression in the field of individual differences in learning, few studies have been done to measure this personality trait and its possible effect on oral proficiency.
It is hoped that the results of this study provide insights into the relationship between this personality trait (in defining exactly who is an aggressive learner) and Iranian EFL learner’s oral proficiency.
The findings of this study may help language teachers and those involved in language teaching and learning to devise more efficient training programs, materials, procedures and methods that are best suited the special personality traits of their students.
In this regard and as mentioned before, aggression as one of the most important and least studied personality traits – compared to other personality factors- can be considered as one of the determining factors in EFL learner’s ability in oral proficiency and investigating the relationship between these two important constructs is supposed to be significant.
Another significance of the study lies in the fact that as far as the researchers know, few studies and works have been done on aggression in education in general and in the area of foreign/ second language learning in particular.
So, it is hoped that this study would assist language teachers and those involved in language teaching and learning to develop more efficient training programs, materials, procedures and methods that are best suited the special personality traits of their students."