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Self‐consciousness and Assertiveness as Explanatory Variables of L2 Oral Ability: A Latent Variable Approach
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Drawing on current theories in personality, second‐language (L2) oral ability, and psychometrics, this study investigates the extent to which self‐consciousness and assertiveness are explanatory variables of L2 oral ability. Three hundred sixty first‐year Japanese university students who were studying English as a foreign language participated in the study. Personality was measured with the Japanese version of the NEO‐PI‐R (Shimonaka, Nakazato, Gondo, & Takayama, 2002), and L2 oral ability was assessed with an institutionalized group oral discussion test in which performances were judged for pronunciation, fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and communication skills. An analysis of covariance structures technique indicated that assertiveness is a significant explanatory variable of L2 oral ability and no effect was found for self‐consciousness. Communication skills and fluency were slightly better explained by assertiveness than the other subconstructs of oral ability.
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“High levels of extraversion have been associated with greater fluency in the second language (Ockey, 2011).”
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“high levels of conscientiousness seem to promote better acquisition of pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax (Novikova et al., 2020;Ockey, 2011).”
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“It was found that high levels of extraversion and conscientiousness were associated with better pronunciation, better syntactic and lexical skills and better L2 fluency; while high levels of introversion correlated with better performance on written L2 tasks (Novikova et al., 2020;Ockey, 2011;van Daele et al., 2006).”
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“while high levels of introversion correlated with better performance on written L2 tasks (Novikova et al., 2020;Ockey, 2011;van Daele et al., 2006).”
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The Role of Personality in Language Learning
Mrzyglod, E., Esposito, A., Fabbro, A., Fabbro, F., Crescentini, C., & Matiz, A. (2026) · Psychology of Language and Communication · doi:10.58734/plc-2026-0004
Metadata
- Authors
- Ockey, G.
- Affiliations
- Kanda University of International Studies (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Ockey, Gary
- ORCID
- Ockey, Gary
- Venue
- Language Learning
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-02-07
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 968-989
- ISSN
- 0023-8333 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9922
- OpenAlex
- W1960616291
- Cited by
- 37
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- 1
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- FWCI
- 26.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Language Learning (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Keywords
- self-consciousness, assertiveness, personality traits, English as a foreign language, oral fluency, communication skills, pronunciation, NEO-PI-R
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