An Investigation on the Influence of Temperament on L2 Achievement of Adult Turkish Learners of English

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 5, 89 - 106, 21.06.2017

Damilola Joycelyn Ojo

Abstract

Abstract

Temperament
has attracted a lot of attention over the years and may be linked to the
success or failure in the performance of an L2. The interest brings up the
motivation to investigate Learners’ variation, while some are better and some
are poor in L2 performance (Ellis, 2008). There have been claims that
temperament of a learner determines the failure or success in language learning
and use (Pennebaker & King, 1999).

This
study investigate the influence of temperament of Turkish EFL Learners in L2
achievement, temperament is a major aspect of humans and there have been
different argument and to where it originate from either from genes or the
environment. Behavioral science is of the view that genes affect temperament
than the environment. ‘Heredity has a greater influence on one’s personality
and behaviour than either one’s upbringing or the most crushing social pressure’
(Lang, 1987, p.58-66).

Keywords

Efl Learner, L2 achievement

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