Znaczenie determinacji w nauce języka angielskiego jako obcego na poziomie zaawansowanym

• Authors: Pawlak Mirosław , Zawodniak Joanna , Kruk Mariusz

Title variants

EN

The role of determination in learning English as a foreign language at an advanced level

• Conference: Interdyscyplinarność w glottodydaktyce – uczenie się języka obcego w perspektywie badawczej
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Second language acquisition (SLA) researchers have long been engaged in investigating the effect of a range of learner individual differences (IDs) (e.g., motivation, anxiety and aptitude) on L2 learning and achievement. At the same time, there are no more than a few studies focusing on learner personality and its place in SLA as well as the relationship between personality traits and other ID variables. One such underappreciated and thus poorly recognized personality trait is grit, understood as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The present paper reports a study in which grit was investigated among advanced university students majoring in English with the help of a language-specific grit scale and semistructured interviews. The empirical considerations are preceded by a handful of theoretical comments on the nature of grit and related research that was conducted to date. The paper ends with the discussion of future research directions and possible pedagogical implications.

Keywords

PL

determinacja; różnice indywidualne; osobowość; wytrwałość; cele długofalowe

EN

grit; individual differences; personality; perseverance; long-term goals

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne
• Journal: Neofilolog
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 56/1
• Pages: 9-22

Dates

published

2021-03-31

Contributors

author

Pawlak Mirosław

• Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Kaliszu
• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Koninie

author

Zawodniak Joanna

• Uniwersytet Zielonogórski

author

Kruk Mariusz

• Uniwersytet Zielonogórski

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/n.2021.56.1.2