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The Big Five in SLA

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Authors:
  1. Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

    1. Institute of Linguistics, Opole University, Opole, Poland

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  • Presents a layman-wise presentation of the field of personality psychology, together with its leading models and approaches
  • Provides a thorough analysis of the Big Five model from the point of view of affective, cognitive, behavioral, social, and academic perspectives
  • Shows the relevance of the Big Five traits theory and research for SLA,
  • Describes the own empirical research as an example of investigating the direct and indirect impact of personality on the language acquisition/learning process,
  • Gives tips for authors interested in conducting similar research

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Personality: Definitions, Approaches and Theories

    • Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Big Five Traits and Their Ramifications

    • Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
    Pages 27-94

  4. The Big Five from the SLA Perspective

    • Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
    Pages 95-150

  5. The Big Five Study in SLA: Future Directions and Pedagogical Implications

    • Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
    Pages 151-176

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 177-238
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About this book

This book also focuses on analyzing each trait from the point of view of its higher and lower order structure, as well as from the affective, cognitive, behavioral, social and academic perspectives, apart from outlining the field of personality psychology. Personality traits are important in daily interaction, and are a significant factor in achieving educational goals also for second and foreign language (L2) learners. Consequently, studying the role of personality in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) appears to be of primary importance, especially because there has been little research on this subject. Moreover, general results pertaining to the role of personality in L2 are inconclusive. This book’s primary objective is to present a concise and updated picture of personality on the basis of the Big Five model, which is accessible for non-psychologists. The middle part of the book focuses on discussing potential merits and drawbacks of each trait for the purpose of the process of SLA, both from the formal and informal, theoretical and empirical points of view. The next part includes a description of an empirical study, whose main aim is to sensitize the reader to direct and indirect influences that personality may exert on L2 learning. The book closes with a concluding chapter aiming at clarifying directions for further empirical study of personality as well as issues in research methodology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Linguistics, Opole University, Opole, Poland

    Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

About the author

Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Institute of Linguistics, University of Opole (Poland). She specializes in the role of individual differences in the foreign language learning process (anxiety, motivation, willingness to communicate in L2, personality). Her interests also include special educational needs (developmental dyslexia, autism and AD/HD).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Big Five in SLA

  • Authors: Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59324-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59323-0Published: 04 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59326-1Published: 05 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59324-7Published: 03 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 238

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Personality and Social Psychology

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