EFFECT OF INTROVERSION IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1808/6ww3cx96Abstract
The topic of personality and language learning has been one of the most heated ones in recent years. Extroversion and introversion are predicted to have a relationship with language learning since they are thought to contribute to language learning and SLA outcomes. The role of extroversion-introversion in second language acquisition is defined by a variety of assumptions. Furthermore, some research has been undertaken using these assumptions to investigate if there is a link between language learning and these two variables, as to how different people learn a second language differently has been interesting for most in the world of education and also for me as a teacher. However, this topic namely the impact of introversion on learning a language is put forward to find out the priorities and the drawbacks that introverted students have in learning languages. This paper is intended to explore how an introverted English learner performs, behaves, and acts during the learning process and how these can beneficial or disadvantageous for the learner. One teen student of Uzbek high school is chosen as the subject of the case study and tested to identify his personality type. Then he was interviewed so as to identify the difficulties he encountered in speaking and advantages in other parts of the learning procedures like listening, reading, and writing, which requires individual performance and high cognitive processing. Understanding the home culture of the candidate, it can be predicted that the culture may stimulate introverted behavior in the learner.
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