Extraversion In Second Language Learning

PROFICEINCY OF EXTROVERT AND INTROVERT IN SPEAKING SECOND LANGUAGE AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

English language has become the second language in Pakistan in order to have contact with people from other countries. Learning English Language as a second language is not easy as it needs a lot of practice and exercises. According to Carl Jung’s people personality can be classified into 3 criteria which are extraversion-introversion, sensing-intuition and thinking-feeling. However, in this research, only one criterion will be studied which is extraversion-introversion.

The trait of extraversion–introversion is a central dimension of human personality theories. The terms introversion and extraversion

CONTEXT OF STUDY

Field dependent and field independent learners have different tendencies and inclinations towards learning English as Second Language Learning. Field independent Extroverts have a flare for the tendency to separate details from the surrounding context whereas the field’s dependent Introverts have a relative inability to distinguish from other information around. Theories pertaining to Extroversion and Introversion distinguish each of the learners on psychological grounds. Field independent learners tend to rely less on the teacher or other learners for support.

Field dependent learners often work well in teams as they tend to be better at Inter-personal relationship to gauge proficiency level of both the learners, the researcher will use appropriate data collection means so that the competence level may be sought out. The study will be significant for all field dependent, independent learners and the common learners. The strategies and the styles of the Extroverts and Introverts learners will be known to all who take interest in learning English as L2

Sadiq Degree College for Women Bahawalpur. Only 100 students as participants of the study have been selected from the research settings to complete this study. So the work is restricted to participants living in Bahawalpur. In order to assess proficiency level of the field dependent and field independent learners, the researcher restricted himself to Questionnaires only.

SUMMARY OF WORK

The researcher has divided the study into five different chapters. The first chapter introduces the research title, significance, objectives, research questions and methodology of the study. The second chapter thoroughly reviews the major terms, studies done in this particular field of study and a view of the present study. The third chapter relates the methodology of study. The researcher gives a brief introduction of the tools employed here in this work, the way to collect the relevant data and mentions some difficulty in carrying out the work timely and intact. The chapter four gives vent to analysis, tabulation and interpretation of the data. The fifth and the last chapter enlist findings, summary of the results and recommendations of the