Personality factors in language learning
- 1. Personality Factors in Language Learning Jennifer Castillo Natalia Molina
- 2. Affective Domain Affective Domain refers to the emotional side of human behavior
- 3. Five Levels of Affectivity Receiving Responding Valuing Organization Value System
- 4. Self-Esteem it expresses an attitute of approval or disapproval, and indicates th extent to which an individual believes himself to be capable, significant, successful and worthy...
- 5. Categorized into three levels First Level General or global s.e relatively stable in mature adults and resistent to change Second Level Situational or specific s.e refers to s.e in a certain situation Third Level Task s.e refers to s.e while performing a specific task in a situation
- 6. The chicken or egg question Does high self- esteem cause language success or does language success cause high self- esteem?
- 7. Inhibitions
- 8. Risk Taking Self-esteem and risk taking go
- 9. Anxiety Synonyms include: worry, tension, self-doubt Debilitative anxiety: text anxiety undermines your ability to perform a task Facilitative anxiety: provides the extra push to get the job done
- 10. Social transactions Means to overpass yourself as well as to get to others Empathy Imitation Agression Extroversion
- 11. Empathy
- 12. 2 ways of achieving it Awarness and knowledge of ones feelings Identification with another person * You need to learn and love yourself first.
- 13. Extroversion Can be characterized as Outgoing Sociable Needed for attention adaptable
- 14. Introversion Can be described as: Quite Reserved isolated
- 15. Myers-Briggs Character types Extroversion (E) Introversion (I) Sociability Concentration Interaction limited relationships Multiplicity of Intensive Relationships Internal events External events
- 16. Sensing (S) Intuition (N) Expirience Hunches Down to earth Future Fact fantasy Sensible Imagination
- 17. Thinking (T) Feeling (F) Principles Personal Objective Humane Critique Good or Bad Analysis Sympathy
- 18. Judging (J) Perceiving (P) Decided Let life happen Decision-making Adapt as you go Planned Something will turn up Wrap it up Theres plenty of time
- 19. Desire to be committed in a particular aspect of life
- 20. Six needs to achieve motivation 1. Need of exploration 2. Need of manipulation 3. Need for activity 4. Need for stimulation 5. Need for knowledge 6. Need for ego enhancement
- 21. Instrumental and integrative motivation They are 2 basic types of motivation Instrumental- refers to acquiring a language Integrative- Get involved with culture of the language